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Happy New Year (part two)

Friday, February 4, 2011

Happy Lunar New Year. After Christmas in freezing cold Ireland I had my first New Year of 2011 in the even more freezing Poland. Krakow was really great, very surprising. Will have to go back there and to Opole in the summertime. I’ve concluded that Polish people really do not eat swans, as there were [...]

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Around the World

Sunday, February 7, 2010

It has been a busy few months. Since September I have spent more time abroad than in Ireland, which I’m assuming is a very good thing considering how things have been. In January, I came home to chaos and ruptured roads layered in the Grade ‘A’ grit (specially imported from Spain). The huddled masses of [...]

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Best Airport in the World

Sunday, August 5, 2007

I’m in Kuala Lumpur International Airport – named as the best airport in the world in its class. Free wi-fi, lots of shops, reclined seating, loads of space, so clean you could eat off the floor… it is definitely the best airport I’ve ever been in. Although… once upon a time there was a cosy [...]

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Timisoara

Tuesday, July 11, 2006

I got back from Transylvania last night. What struck me most about Eastern Europe was the absolutely dire music. This first became apparent when I boarded the Malev plane in Budapest accompanied by a pan-pipes version of “I’m a Big Big Girl in a Big Big World”. Made even more evident by a series of [...]

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The Downfall of Cork Airport

Tuesday, July 4, 2006

The woman at the counter grunted to inform me that there was no ketchup. Cafe Kylemore will win no awards for service, but my god, what joy their sausages bring. No better way to say goodbye to Corcaigh and to Ireland… that is at least until Lennox chipper opens in the new terminal. I wonder [...]

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ISPDC '06 in Romania

Friday, June 2, 2006

I had been planning on touring Eastern Europe earlier in the year – had it all mapped out, from Croatia to Estonia, but was forced to come to terms with the fact that I just couldn’t afford it. So I’m pleased to get the chance to attend the the 5th International Symposium on Parallel and [...]

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