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Stillorgan
Travel Blogs from Stillorgan, Ireland
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Afternoon walk
on thursday alana and i decided to go for a bit of a midday walk to the beach. using the word beach turned out to be a bit of a stretch! we ended up walking up the train line overpass to see the ocean, fronted by a wall, no sand! went back through a ...
I'm an Auntie - the excitement and sadness....
I have exciting news to share.... Today, Thursday 25th June 2009 I became an Auntie again! It is the firstborn for my sister, Anna, and her husband Shaun. I know, I know.... the suspense is killing you....... Introducing my little nephew Aston Ben Kalms! ...
USA booked and ready to go.....EXCITING!!!!
We have booked our flights to the States for October...EXCITING!!! We now have something to really look forward to and it's really happening now. We got (what we think) a good price for a multi city ticket London - St Louis - Miami - London, so we ...
Will this be the final draft...?
So more changes, oh what a surprise I hear you all say.... It seems that the best, easiest and safest option for the moment is Max to apply for the working holiday visa for Australia. We can then get there later this year, get jobs, get a place to live ...
Oooo....job scare
Had a little bit of a scare about my job last week. Another person got made redundant leaving only 4 of us left here, including the 2 directors!!! Then on Thursday they had a brief chat to me letting me know that they really have to keep their costs down ...
Still living on one wage.....
Unfortunately Max still has not had any luck securing a job. Our hopes were raised slightly about a week and a half ago when he had an interview with a hostel for a maintenance job. Max thought the interview went really well, but unfortunately they hired ...
Day 3 - Cahersiveen - Killarney - Dublin (home)
... hee Kept on driving, which took us through Portmagee on the way to Ballinskelligs. Portmagee had toilets that had come runner up in Ireland's Top Toilet Award - yes, it appears there is such a thing... We stopped of at a viewing point along the way where ...
Time for fitness
... ready for work. I try to motivate myself to get out there not matter what the weather, unless it is absolutely pissing it down - which Ireland is known to do. Sounds a bit corny but I am proud of myself for being so committed to it so far and I think ...
Easter Chocolate Goodness
We were really lucky to have our friend Ellie come and visit us from the UK for Easter. It was great having a friend around and getting out and about a bit, but mostly having a good laugh... We spent our day off Friday cleaning and cooking....well ...
Guess, what...??? I'm coming home!!
Wow wee... exciting!!! Max and I have booked flights to Aus!!! We were given some info about some cheap flights with Singapore Airlines and we found some super cheap return flights to Melbourne (cheaper than a one-way). So we decided and booked.....eeek! ...
Loss of house husband in training
I can safely say that I am not upset about losing my house husband in training (well ok, maybe a little)..... Yes that is right, Max has landed himself a job!! Excitement all round I can tell you and it was aptly celebrated with a bottle or 2 of wine ...
A lesson learned in backing-up....or not...
A couple of weeks ago I lost my email. Suddenly one Sunday morning I was chatting to my parents on Skype and I was given the red writing when trying to log in saying my username or password was incorrect/invalid. I have been using this email for over 2 ...
Watch out Australia!
More excitement for us.... Max applied and was granted his Australian working holiday visa today! Yes, that is right, he applied today and was granted it today!! We wont be complaining about the speed of that one.... So watch out Australia, you have a ...
Ooops... I forgot about St Paddy's Day
Oooops, I realise that I have forgotten to mention St Paddy's day - shame on me!!! Sooo, we decided we wanted to see the St Paddy's Parade in Dublin city centre. It started at 12 and we were going to get there early to get a good spot...well, we were ...
Amazement at technology
... and you are on the Internet! We don't have to be at home to use it, we can take it with us if we go elsewhere in Ireland too. Perhaps I am just getting old to have things like this amaze me....??? It does come with a few restrictions. We pay a 30 day ...
Renee visits for a bit of Irish fun...
... rather elaborately, but well. I even managed at least half a pint of Guinness and yes, I will agree, Guinness does taste better in Ireland! The views over the city from the Gravity Bar at the top were pretty impressive too. By the time we made it to ...
An email home...
... on transportation costs and given me some much needed exercise. I have only been drenched (totally wet) a few times, but this is Ireland! Due to Max having trouble finding work for the first 3 months and us needing to save absolutely everything that we ...
An ongoing list of Ireland reads
Since arriving in Ireland I have done more reading then perhaps I have accomplished in the past 2 years put together! I am enjoying immersing myself in books once again and it is a good and cheap way to entertain myself (especially through my 1hr lunch ...
More work... a gig... and more planning...
So, Max now has 2 jobs! Yay! He is still getting the odd job/shift thrown his way by Giraffe Marketing, but he has also landed some part-time work at a local Spar (convenience store, like a local corner deli/shop - but a franchise type). The work at Spar ...
Visa headaches and constant plan changes
... feel we could meet the 12 month requirement if we waited until December this year to apply (1 year since Max joined me in Ireland), however she feels that our chances for applying in July (when we lived together for approx 6 weeks in Banff) would slim ...
A new abode
So, now we have a new place to live! It is not in Stillorgan, as the map pin suggests, but it is mighty close and thought it was the best map pin option! It is slightly north of the pin location, close to Booterstown and the University College Dublin. ...
Important Decisions: Jobs, Visa's, Travel & Money
Max is a money earner once more! (I can hear the applause and cheering in the background).... He started his first job in Ireland promoting a brand of pizza in a supermarket 1.5hrs away by train (plus the DART to the city centre and a bus the the train ...
Goodbye Dublin - hello Copenhagen!??
Left behind a very rainy Dublin morning- got to the airport with little time to spare, awful rush hour traffic . Im meeting Ciara and Keeva in Bangkok, they'll be flying in from London. Meanwhile I had an eight hour stop over in Copenhagen in Denmark! ...
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