Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is dominating the news in Ireland and Europe, surely to an even larger extent than it has in the U.S. given the closer proximity of events. There have been many comparisons of the situation to World War II, calling Putin the 21st century Hitler, etc. At least Ireland is an island so it’s not directly connected to the European continent. However, the Irish...
This weekend has been mostly about home projects. I ordered a shelving system off Amazon UK for storing towels and other items in the bathroom. It wasn’t able to be shipped directly from the UK to Ireland, for whatever reasons, so I had to use my ReShip forwarding service (the same one I use in the U.S., they also operate out of the UK and Canada). I wouldn’t have gone to the extra trouble and...
Over the last couple of days I have been recovering from the road trip to County Kerry. One of the only negatives from the trip was that I developed some fairly nasty welts on my legs and arms from bug bites. Sand fleas from walks on the beaches are my primary suspects, although it could have also been some flying ants near one of the places we stopped for food. Being a ginger / redhead...
Dublin is reaching its peak summer weather, with highs in mid 70s F / mid 30s C tempered by a refreshing breeze. I have been decompressing over the last couple of days since my CMA exam on Wednesday. Yesterday I took the DART commuter rail down to Dalkey to pay a visit to my landlord who lives there. Once I knew I would be staying in Ireland through at least the end of 2021, I negotiated a 10%...