after a long day on the train — starting with the 8:43 ICE International train from cologne to brussels, then the Eurostar to london st pancras, followed by the virgin pendolino from london euston (yep, a short walk from there) … Continue reading
switzerland — behind the scenes…
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ever wondered what happens behind the scenes of touristic switzerland? ever wanted to know how the swiss manage to present one of the most beautiful places on earth in such impeccable order? ever interested in the music that drives the … Continue reading
d2h.net now mobile friendly
thanks to the excellent wordpress mobile pack wordpress plugin i’m pleased to announce that d2h.net is now mobile enabled: if you visit it on your android or iDon’t, err, iPhone you’ll get a mobile browser-friendly version of our web site. … Continue reading
friday evening rucola salmon salad
easy salad: about 125g rucola leaves about 80-100g smoked salmon 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 teaspoons of whole-grained mustard salt lemon juice cut or shred the salmon into little pieces. wash the rucola leaves in a colander and shake off … Continue reading
kells, tara, airport, trinity college, chilling out
the last day of our irish pilgrimage! after another good breakfast at the newgrange hotel we pack once more and enter our pilgrims bus — which this morning has grown in size: morris, our excellent driver, swapped our smaller bus … Continue reading
a walk through pittoresque boyne valley, time travel, monasterboice, & the hill of slane
mrs d and i slept surprisingly well this night, given the fact that one of the main thorough-fares passes the hotel just a couple of meters away.1 breakfast is efficient and good and the waitresses are actually quite friendly and … Continue reading
the burren, limestone pavement, clonmacnoise, & an almost secret birthday
after a rather good night and an equally good and relaxed breakfast1 at hotel doolin we pack once more and embark on the long trip across ireland, going from the atlantic west coast all the way to navan. the weather … Continue reading
listowel, shannon river ferry, lahinch, sunday lunch, cliffs of moher, live music at doolin
it’s sunday. our last night at the ballygarry house hotel was quiet for a change, which is nice. also, as long as our group is having breakfast, we are spared the rather annoying radio blast.1 after breakfast mrs d and … Continue reading
brendan’s chapel, an daingean, gallarus oratory, an inch of beach
our final full day at tralee and the ballygarry house hotel. tonight we are spared the noisy party guests, unfortunately other co-pilgrims are not so lucky, they suffer from a rather rowdy crowd leaving this night’s wedding party at about … Continue reading
gap of dunloe & the lakes of killarney
breakfast today (we are still at the ballygarry house hotel) works out a bit better than yesterday: more coffee and tea available, no being told off for sitting at the wrong table. today’s program: by bus to the starting point … Continue reading
brandon’s well, an daingean peninsula
around 2:00 in the morning: a group of hotel guests from that anniversary party very kindly let us in into their conversations they are having in the parking lot outside the hotel entrance — for about half an hour we … Continue reading
a new breakfast beverage, brigid’s well, rock of cashel
no “madame–baby” wake-up call this morning (i guess mr charming realized that madame was already taking a shower when he called) but a bit of re-packing before breakfast as today we are relocating to tralee in county kerry. having learnt … Continue reading