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St. Patrick’s day parade in Cork 2012
The weather was remarkably good this morning. The sun was shining, loads of people went out on the streets dressed in green, there were children eveywhere waving Irish flags, farmer’s market was up and running on Grand parade. I just love St.Patrick’s day! [...]-
Evening view over Paris from the Eiffel Tower
The timing was pretty extreme, we decided to climb the Eiffel tower the same day we arrived to Paris, and of course we didn’t buy the tickets in advance, so we almost missed a very beautiful sunset. But we made it! [...] -
Halloween in Cork: street fashion
Last night I took my camera for a walk to take pictures of the Halloween costumes and people partying around. There were so many crazy awesome costumes and wild makeups! I never realized that on Halloween streets of Cork turn into one huge party. [...] -
Germany – Czech Republic car trip 2011
That was an incredible road trip. We got a car in Munich, went to Prague for 2 days, returned to Germany and drove round for 4 days, stayed in small hotels and tried local food on the way. We ended up in Prien am Chiemsee in the end. Read more for all posts and photos from that trip. [...] -
Prague from the Petřín Lookout Tower
Petřín Tower is very compact, and it’s pretty easy to take the stairs to the top and back . If the weather is clear you can see the whole Prague underneath. And the view is definitely worth it. Petřín Tower is famous for it’s resemblance with the Eiffel Tower, but it definitely has it's own character. [...] -
Aran Islands
This time we spent 3 days on Inis Mór in Kilmurvey b&b, had the best Irish stew every day. Also walked to Dún Aonghasa in the evening and caught a beautiful sunset. There was no one on the cliffs in that time, the wind was strong and the waves were high as never. [...] -
Abandoned Cork
If you go up the Barrack street in direction of the Bandon road you will find yourself in the area of empty shops, closed bars, abandoned takeaways. You can see, that some time ago this area was full of life. [...]
Amsterdam – channels and boats
What I love in Amsterdam is the architecture, and the channels. And the boats of course. And their big swimming houses docked near the quiet streets. And their bicycles, the ones with the very low frames, comfortable seats, wide handlebars. I even love the flower baskets they put on the front of the bicycle, it doesn’t make them look provincial, especially when there is a very angry and aggressive person in a business suit driving it.
I also love poffertjes in a sugar powder and the evening lights in the streets far from the city center. But I will talk about that some other time with photos, of course.
This time I wanted to post few pictures of the boats I met on my way when I took a boat cruise. The weather was not so good, clouds and even some rain, but I managed to take few photos.
The house on the last photo is not actually a boat, its a swimming house, and I wonder if it can be moved to the other location by the channel. Some time I will definitely stay in one of those, it must be so unbelievable cool to fall asleep there…
You can find my first post about the last Christmas vacation in Amsterdam here.
Tagged 2011, amsterdam, christmas, netherlands
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Amsterdam, 2011
It’s weird, but I don’t like the city center in Amsterdam. It’s too commercial, too many tourists, too much things set up especially for them (like sex shops, shrooms and weed shops). I’ve been in Amsterdam quiet a few times already, and for some reason didn’t go outside of the city center much. I know it’s my fault, but something always came up, or I was too lazy to go anywhere )
So this time I was very determined to explore and booked a hotel far from the city center. It was also a good decision, because hotel rooms in Amsterdam are really small, even in the good hotels the room can be pretty much as big as a double bed in it. But in the hotel we stayed the room was fine, though the window was sealed and we couldn’t open it, but well… Happens! )
We spent 2 days in Amsterdam and upon arrival bought the “I Amsterdam” cards. Each costs 50 euros, but gives you free pass for all public transport for 48 hours, provides a lot of restaurant discounts and a free pass to a majority of the museums in the city. You get a guide with all the directions with it as well. We used the cards to get a free boat ride over the channels – that was cool!
I wish some day we rent a boat-house for few days and stay there. It has to be incredibly awesome. I have few photos of the Amsterdam boats, will try to make a separate post about them.
Tagged 2011, amsterdam, netherlands
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Amsterdam-Köln-München vacation is near
I am already in the vacation mood. Just 4 more working days left overall, I can disregard them. Looking forward for the weekend – travel shopping, packing, apartment cleaning, buying the Christmas tree… Maybe Galway Christmas market, if someone is ok with driving me there?…….. )
For now the plan for the vacation is: to land in Amsterdam on 19th early in the morning, to find the awesome hotel that I booked few months ago and to go out taking pictures, shopping, eating tasty food. We will leave Amsterdam in 2 days after and will take a train in Köln. I have big plans for Köln, I have to try the local beer and to climb on top of some church agains my will. Also the Christmas market there seems to be amazing! München is next, we will go there by train again, we won’t have a lot of time there, but enough to look at the Christmas market and to buy some local Christmas decorations. I have plans of bringing some home like I did in the last years to add to my collections )
Found some photos of Christmas Amsterdam that I took in 2009. I am already there, why can’t I have a vacation now?.. (
Tagged 2009, amsterdam, christmas, netherlands
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