Last day in Dublin and took tons of pictures - the hotel I was staying in was right in the really bad parts of Dublin where they had crazy drug problems and I even recognized the area from the film "Veronica Guerin". Anyway decided to walk around that area which was kind of scary and I was surprised people still live in these houses. Will post more about it on the Ireland Blog but anyway. There I saw this sweet thing on 4 hoofs and she reminded me of a celebrity. Can you guess who?

I think the last picture will give it away and most of you think it’s not even funny but not sure why but it cracks me up. I probably spent too much time by myself.

And NO! I did not put a wig on that poor thing.

Help My Eyes Link: I See Double Clock

Just packed up the last box, it doesn’t look like much but we are talking 25 boxes here. Thinking about that half of the boxes are mine and everything I own fits in 12 1/2 moving boxes .. it’s kind of sad. Sob!

The moving guy is on it’s way, let’s see what he is going to say about the fact that they are not all standard sized and that I have 5 more boxes than first estimated. Oh well!

Will be leaving Ireland on Saturday - for ever!

Travel Link: Ireland Forum

Awesome it was I hope it was for you too. We have been playing Wii Guitar Hero for 7 hours straight which gave me blisters on my index and middle finger from rocking it too hard. I am not really a rock kind of person but it looks like I am turning into one. This is the greatest game for the Wii we own and I am totally addicted to it. I can’t wait to rock some more. Anyone has that game as well and would like to challenge through Wii Wifi? I am reader if you are.

Did we leave the house at all yesterday? No, why should we .. but I managed to snap some pictures of our town which put in me the mood on X-Mas Eve.

Hope you all had a great time …

I barely can count how many times I visited the Knock Shrine near us. All our guests are getting forced now to visit it with us. So here are couple of more pictures.

Also, I didn’t know that George W. Bush looks like a pope.

Link: Knick Shrine 2.0

P.S. Tomorrow I am getting interviewed by Deutsche Welle / NPR about Germans emigrating. Let’s see how I can squeeze in some promotion for our sites

Travel Link: Books on Ireland

An other laptop rant!

On Friday I called the repair shop to see how far they have gotten with my Acer ( not so ) Aspire 5670 (like they ever would call me!) - Good New! Woot!

It’s working again. Your computer was over heating, which caused all the problems. We cleaned out the whole thing and it’s working again. You can pick it up tomorrow.

Nice! I thought and I was really excited to have my baby back.

The End - Happy End!

Whoops .. totally wrong. I showed up there and the same problems are back. Oh wow, nicely done and yeah of course I am going to pay you 50 Euros for a job well done.

I am heading out now to Sligo (which is over an hour from here) to check out PC-World and Currys (not too excited about them both) to try my luck. My hopes are like = 0!

Buying electronics online in Ireland is not really an option .. crappy websites and poor selection and overpriced products (I am very tempted to link to them!).

If I can’t find anything I am going to order something from Germany.

Best option though would be buying something in the US - Much better prices, due strong Euro. But shipping and a possible paying import custom fee just sounds like too much of pain.

Oh well …

Any recommendation what laptop I should get? And now .. I am not really interested in an Apple

I will keep posted … heading out now into the rain .. huge storm over Ireland with waves up to 14 meters.

On Saturday we went for maybe one of our last hikes in Ireland and we picked the big "Benbulben" near Sligo.

Link: The whole story with tons of pictures here

Quick Link: Books on Ireland

Just recently we went to see the Cliffs of Moher.

Please visit my Ireland Blog to see more pictures and to read the whole post.

Link: Ireland Blog - Cliffs of Moher