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Naughton's Flight
... He died five years later.
Today SFW is part of the Cape Wine and Distillers Group, as well as KWV, a large growers co-operative.
The story of South African wine began on February 2 1659 when Jan van Ribeeck of the Dutch East India Company wrote in his diary: ''Today, praise the Lord, wine was pressed for the first time from Cape grapes.''
Within 100 years South African wines were among the most prized in the world. Thomas ...
Dia duit.
Dia duit!! That means "hello" in Irish/Gaelic. And in case you're thinking, "that doesn't look too bad. It's like dee-ah dooit"..please think again. I have never been so confused by how spelling relates to the sound a word makes in my 20 (almost 21) years of existence. Dia duit is pronounced all together like deeahwit. The "h" sound is probably the most dominant sound. Another personal favorite from ...
O'Connell's on Donneybrook
... meal, including a drink. I had this nice squash soup to start and the very nice chicken option as my main dish. The servers and owner came by with extra scalloped potatoes on the side to serve us. The Irish love their potatoes. They love their potatoes to the extent that there are literally Pringles dispensers all over the place, including in most pubs.
Dessert was solid as well. I forgot what it was, some ...
The Most Poignant Visit
... good. A tanned head, but Louise said there is some forgetfulness. He did not seem to know me, but May remembered me. In fact her mind was sharp, to me that is. We had a copy of an old photo and Mom had identifed some in it, Mickey a identified them different, with May agreeing except for one. Now she had macular degeneration and while Mom wanted to say who was in the photo, it was important that both ofmthemmsay who it is. Turns out I'll have to send it to ...
The Perfect Pint
... day as very unfriendly and unhelpful. Would not have lasted five minutes if employed by us.
After our fair share of Guinness and Whisky we decide it is time to check out Dublin’s oldest pub, which just happens to be on the way back to the bus stop. Rain really settled in by now so nothing better than a drink in a warm cosy pub. Warm and cosy it definitely was and very much like a rabbit warren. Thought it was quite funny that none of the ...