Trim Castle

... way of life, with the notable exception of the iconic boomerang which has been enthusiastically embraced by the mainstream. The exhibition prompted a long consideration of and debate on the modern quest for 'progress'. Although by definition it implies improvement, 'progress' and 'development' have produced such a complex web of questionable priorities in this unwieldy beast we call society. Ho hum. The State Library also had a fascinating temporary exhibition, in ...

jaja nach dieser echt geilen Neuseeland tour und dem fetten Roadtrip hiess es dann auch mal wieder: Back to the Roots... Oder anderst gesagt uns ging irgendwann das geld aus. Also am Ende wars so schlimm, dass wir am Flughafen das Essen beim Burger King mit Kreditkarte zahlen...:) Am Mittwoch brachten wir noch einen tag in brisbane rum und flogen dann am Abend nach Adelaide wo Stan auch schon auf uns wartete. In Brisbane hatten wir waehrend dem Flug einen echt ...

... the remaining castle structure - this is because of it's fragility etc, so they limit who is inside at any one time, and lock the door behind you (with a HUGE key!) to stop other people coming in. The tour lasts about half an hour and is really interesting - plus you get to climb all through the castle - something that excited me greatly! I love castles, but the problem is that a lot of the ...

... It is very managable and modern feeling...with some beautiful gothic cathedrals thrown in for good measure. And let me just say that St Patrick's in Melbourne gives St Patrick's in NY a run for the money. The city has the beautiful Yarra River running through the middle of the city and since it is summer holidays here, the river banks were crowded with picnicing families and strolling tourists (like us)...something right out of a picture postcard ...

... mit regnen, sodass wir die meiste Zeit wenigstens trocken geblieben sind. Sooo dann lad ich jetzt mal noch paar Bilder hoch, die Berichte dazu kommen dann in Perth irgendwann :) aber ich schreib fleisig Abends Tagebuch, sodass ich alles nachtragen kann liebe Gruese aus dem trockensten Bundesland auf dem trockensten Kontinent der Welt (South Australia). Jaja, von wegen, wo wir sind ist immer Regen

... riesca a vivere in un posto del genere, dove immagino queste siano le condizioni normali. E' il primo incontro con le famose scogliere irlandesi, anche se queste non sono quelle più alte... ma ci sarebbe da restare a bocca aperta, se fosse possibile. Non sono in grado di stimare l'altezza a cui mi trovo da un mare che fa paura a vederlo, talmente aggressivo che le onde arrivano ad altezze inimmaginabili. Nel giro ...

... of kilometers in which a "town" was little more than a gas station and a grocery store, Adelaide took us a little bit by surprise. While the hassle and bustle of its one million plus inhabitants confirmed to us that we were back to civilization, it must have been a funny sight to compare the professionals coming out of work in fancy cars with us and our dusty van. It didn't last long though because, after getting rid of the van, spending a couple of hours at the ...

... pass one another on these roads . . . a whisker is about right. Whew. We saw LOTS and LOTS of cows and sheep. The sheep all are very white and looked freshly laundered - never have we seen such white sheep out in fields before. Also, very hairy cows. Every time we stopped, the essence of eau de cow floated through the air. In any case, we fround Hill of Tara. The public museum was closed for the season. But, there was a lovely little ...

... and NewGrange. Dad is enjoying driving in Ireland...he seems to have a handle on zipping really fast on the 2 lane roads that curve and meander thru sleepy country villages and past pastures of sheep. Like I said we got to explore the ancient round burial grounds of Knowth and NewGrange. They were made 5000 years ago in the Neolithic period by peoples unknown...they are huge round stone tombs that are ...

... hand checked instead of x-ray and the man doing it thought it was the never-ending , bottomless fanny pack of film! We landed at Dublin airport and picked up our rental car. We had previously taken escorted tours where our luggage and driving was handled by someone else. None of us had ever driven in the UK or Ireland before so this was a first. None of us wanted to do the driving! We ...