Just a short note from Ireland.
The city Cork is a windy city as far as I can see it for now. Maybe just for today I don't know but the wind is doing it's best. The temperature is very nice and the weather is fine. Had a small rainshower for 2 minutes that's all. Most of the time the sun is winning it from the clouds.
It's a colourfull city, the houses are painted in the most brilliant colours and if it's yellow it's bird yellow (Hello Tweety). And preferrable different colours next to each other. Made a few pictures so will put them on the internet later. Although this is a very cheap and good Internet Cafe, no coffee though, but all facilities are there, burning cd/dvd you name it you can do it.
I said earlier a city needs water, Cork got plenty water too. Of course close to the sea and hugh rivers across the heart of the city. Cabs are not that expansive and I'm in a lovely old hotel, looks very glamerous from the outside, nice and old from the inside but with all facilities and even WIFI available, will test that later. Been walking through town for at least half a day and they have a lot of pubs, more than anything else I think ... but that's the good part of course. They have some nice coffee places as well. Also a lot of old buildings and narrow streets what makes the city lively and cosy. The city is situated much lower than the land surrounded by it and has some nice hills within the city limits. That creates some nice views and perfect for the river.
Irish must love beer, I haven't seen any industry between the cities bounderies except for the brewery of Beamish, Guiness and Heineken. (Murphy's) and they seem pretty big to me. The airport is close by but the traffic in town is a bit of a nightmare, a lot of traffic lights and an awfull lot of cars on narrow streets and that means waiting times. Like Amsterdam people walk when they can with a traffic light and don't wait for the green light ... Ladies in Stockholm tend to wear the high boots in Cork they like to use a lot of make up, and if I say a lot I mean a lot ... a lot of shops where you can do a make over with dito girls in it as well.
The city has a lot of different shops, from CD, electronic stores, pubs, clothes but not so many "grand cafe" kind of food & beverage outlets. The small coffeeshops are coming here as well. I just went to Gloria Jean's Coffee place and the lattes are coming up, I saw them the last three weeks in Amerika, Sweden and now here and back in Amsterdam they are there as well. Different kind of flavours are well presented and so are the prices but he ... it's nice. That's it for now, I'll post some photo's when I'll be back. Later, Paul.
P.s. An adapter here in the shop for electronic devices is about 500% cheaper than at the airport where I forgot to buy it ... and I need it for all the electronics ... camera, laptop, phone, BB ... and I'm one hour behind Amsterdam time.
That means that 08.00 is 07.00 for those who will SMS ...
The city Cork is a windy city as far as I can see it for now. Maybe just for today I don't know but the wind is doing it's best. The temperature is very nice and the weather is fine. Had a small rainshower for 2 minutes that's all. Most of the time the sun is winning it from the clouds.
It's a colourfull city, the houses are painted in the most brilliant colours and if it's yellow it's bird yellow (Hello Tweety). And preferrable different colours next to each other. Made a few pictures so will put them on the internet later. Although this is a very cheap and good Internet Cafe, no coffee though, but all facilities are there, burning cd/dvd you name it you can do it.
I said earlier a city needs water, Cork got plenty water too. Of course close to the sea and hugh rivers across the heart of the city. Cabs are not that expansive and I'm in a lovely old hotel, looks very glamerous from the outside, nice and old from the inside but with all facilities and even WIFI available, will test that later. Been walking through town for at least half a day and they have a lot of pubs, more than anything else I think ... but that's the good part of course. They have some nice coffee places as well. Also a lot of old buildings and narrow streets what makes the city lively and cosy. The city is situated much lower than the land surrounded by it and has some nice hills within the city limits. That creates some nice views and perfect for the river.
Irish must love beer, I haven't seen any industry between the cities bounderies except for the brewery of Beamish, Guiness and Heineken. (Murphy's) and they seem pretty big to me. The airport is close by but the traffic in town is a bit of a nightmare, a lot of traffic lights and an awfull lot of cars on narrow streets and that means waiting times. Like Amsterdam people walk when they can with a traffic light and don't wait for the green light ... Ladies in Stockholm tend to wear the high boots in Cork they like to use a lot of make up, and if I say a lot I mean a lot ... a lot of shops where you can do a make over with dito girls in it as well.
The city has a lot of different shops, from CD, electronic stores, pubs, clothes but not so many "grand cafe" kind of food & beverage outlets. The small coffeeshops are coming here as well. I just went to Gloria Jean's Coffee place and the lattes are coming up, I saw them the last three weeks in Amerika, Sweden and now here and back in Amsterdam they are there as well. Different kind of flavours are well presented and so are the prices but he ... it's nice. That's it for now, I'll post some photo's when I'll be back. Later, Paul.
P.s. An adapter here in the shop for electronic devices is about 500% cheaper than at the airport where I forgot to buy it ... and I need it for all the electronics ... camera, laptop, phone, BB ... and I'm one hour behind Amsterdam time.
That means that 08.00 is 07.00 for those who will SMS ...
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