Although you can't really tell, I've just been down in the water for this year's first swim in the sea...

Beach feet.

Morning walks on Killiney Beach

One of the best things with living in Killiney is the beach. I have never lived closer to the beach in my entire life, not even in Edinburgh...It's a mere 2 minute walk and there I am, strolling down, enjoying the breeze and the magnificent views.
Only pity really is the cobbles as they are rather unpleasant to walk on. Well, what do you do when you have serious problems with erosion. :(

Anyhow, I try to go for a walk at least once a day, preferably twice. Sharon and I have been really good going for our morning walks with Marley and now when she's off to the sun and lazy beach and coctail life I've been taking him out myself. He's a funny dog, loves running down the beach barking at the birds, stalking them and then running out in the sea, swimming for a while and then up again on the beach. For some reason he loves to chew on sea weed...guess it's like us and chewing gum.

Well, am on my way to Diarmuid's now for a lazy weekend. Take good care of yourselves my dear friends!!

Another picture of Marley chasing birds and eating sea weed.

"Mmmmm....I like sea weed...yummie yummie!"

One very happy Marley.

Marley on our morning walk, Killiney Beach, Dublin.

Killiney Beach early this morning.

Holiday in Asia

In the end of March until the end of April I went with my family on a long nice holiday to Asia. First I traveled from Dublin to Malmo via London, where my parents and my brother met up with me. The day after we flew up to Stockholm where we spent the night at my sister's place. From Stockholm we took the ferry over to Helsinki and then train to Moscow. From Moscow we traveled on the Trans-Mongolian to Ulan Bator were we spent a week (in the city and out in the Terelj National Park in a Ger camp). After Mongolia we went to China (first Beijing and then the Yunnan province in the south) and finally Tibet.
Below you can see some of the pictures that my brother Martin took with his mobile phone. Not the best quality, but hey... ;)

Enjoy.

Me doing some serious shopping in the silk market in Beijing.

My bro and I.

Mom and dad...

Mom enjoying a few.

Even more summer palace.

More summer palace.

The first car in China.

Summer palace.

My dad in the Summer Palace, Beijing.

Beijing.

Beijing skyline.