still in Ireland... completely random post

So I am still in Ireland and this is a completely random post. 

My little macbook died, well the hard drive is not so happy at the moment and I have been trawling the net trying to find where I have uploaded the photos I have taken over the last year and half... What do I find my little blog and some of my photos!!! I haven't lost everything, still lost a fair bit but hopefully the shop I'm taking it to will recover them. 

I can't believe the last post I did was in December 2007. 

Lots has happened, moved flats, same job different team, more traveling and a new laptop :) 

This post is for u Lainey

Enjoy.....

the menu

a delicious cheesy cake

apple strudel

goulash soup - heaven

salad o_O

turkey and some sort of mince under the cheese

strudel

goulash soup again, i could live on this

one of the many food markets

the very cheap vodka :)

and here are some more photos of budapest
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=11345&l=1389c&id=706067359

So budapest has been and gone, next stop hopefully barcelona :)

hungover

.....sigh.... had too much last night and today is a day of recovery. Here are some photos:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=8543&l=6c1f4&id=706067359

Enjoy... I am going back to sleep :)

Not long now till Budapest - whoohooo.

Halloween

this is my tribute to halloween, a pumpkin candle that changes colour

And once again, my parents are better then the best, they are the bestest in the world. Two 1 kilo tins of Milo and a packet of Twisties - I'm in heaven....

And thank you to Andrea for kindly driving me round to get a funky hoover, the exploding glass has been cleaned up and I can safely roam around my flat again.

times and exploding glasses

clocks went back today, so now I'm 11 hours behind ozland :(

Trying to get into the city and the darts are delayed, so I'm going to go a little later now, I come back home and give myself a quick fringe cut, walk back into the kitchen and a glass that was on the drainer decided to randomly explode and my hoover has broken...

my day so far.

It's getting darker

it's dark until 8am and it gets dark about 6.30pm... I'm not liking this, the clocks go back this weekend and it will be even darker... sigh.

I got a busted finger too.

Oh well I got cocktail night on Thursday to look forward to :D

A random photo of my lounge room in thermal mode

BOKS Win

the world cup...

sucked in England, I couldn't be happier that you lost, it made my night seeing them lose.

P.S.

I have started saying my first Irish saying without thinking about it - fair play to ya...

The year is nearly over

Wow. Can you believe it's only 2 months to Chrissy. This year has been quick in some respects but long in others, when I think that it was only in February I left Australia yet it feels like a life time away and then I think about when I will be back home and it probably won't be till November next year, that feels like a life time away as well.

I'm looking forward to going to Budapest and I'm researching Greece, as I would like to go there in the New Year and also Prague.

Otherwise same ol, same ol has been happening. Working, drinking, eating etc....

milo milo milo

My mum and dad are the absolute best in the world....

I have three tins of Milo and two jars of vegemite :D YAY.

Guinness Factory

HUGE WASTE OF TIME.... I was so disappointed in that place. This picture was about the most exciting thing there. The waterfall. Why you ask was I not impressed? For someone who is petrified of heights, having the lifts and escalators made of glass jutting out over the middle of nothing doesn't make for an enjoyable time. That is after spending way to much freakin time queuing to get in and then queuing forever for a ticket.


Anyway after leaving that, here some shots of lovely Dublin. The famous Stag's Head.

The River Liffey. I think that is a crane on the right of the picture, the Dublin skyline is full of cranes, what they are building, I have no idea but there are heaps of them.

I have no idea what these are but I named them goblins.

I have been sick today, some sort of stomach bug, poor little tummy :( I pretty much just sat at work and did not move from my chair all day, I'm trying very hard not to go to bed and collapse but I don't think I will be able to hold out for much longer.

I'm going to get the train down to Waterford County and have a look round there soon and then look at going to Galway, everyone says it is gorgeous that way.