Budapest, capital of Hungary, pearl of the Danube and one of the most beautiful cities in Europe. Fast emerging vibrant city straddles the both banks of the river Danube. The old Roman city of Buda and the Bulgarian ruled city of Pest. As Budapest became one of the hottest cities in Europe, it also became [...]
Azores
June 12, 2008 Leave a Comment
The Azores… a Portuguese archipelago way out in the Atlantic Ocean. The Azores is archipelago of nine major Azorean islands and eight small Formigas, and all of the islands have volcanic origins. The mountain of Pico, at 2,351 m (7,713 ft) is the highest mountain in all of Portugal. The Azores are actually the tops [...]
Interior Design Exhibition
June 10, 2008 Leave a Comment
With my fiancée, we have recently visited an interior design exhibition in Dublin, to get some ideas for our house we will start building later this year. As we already have the project of the house, we were mostly interested in interior design, decoration and furniture. There must have been more than a hundred exhibitors, [...]
Greyhound Racing
June 2, 2008 Leave a Comment
Ireland… Beautiful country, friendly and lovely people and yet terrible events happening behind the greyhound racing industry. I didn’t know about this until last Saturday, when I arrived at Shelbourne Greyhound Stadium to watch greyhound races. A bunch of people at the stadium entrance were distributing leaflets about horrific things happening in this industry. I [...]