Cheese and Onion Potato Chips Everywhere
I was recently having a conversation with a cousin about moving to Ireland. She mentioned on a trip here how much she loved it and I responded I loved it at first but I also miss some of the amenities that come from living in…
Irish Bank Comparison
A few months ago I had a terrible customer service experience with Bank of Ireland. After that experience, I decided it was time to change banks. In the process of switching banks, I did some research and here is my list in order of Irish…
More Ridiculousness in Irish Regulation and The Stupidity of Bank of Ireland
I have posted in the past about some of the stupid ways things are done in Ireland. The electricity meter system for example, but the winner of the dumbest most ridicules experience in mindless bureaucracy is the banking system. As mentioned in my most recent…
An Expat’s Guide to Ireland – Book
Have you enjoyed this blog? If so you can now read more in An Expat’s Guide to Ireland: Life in a Second World Country Included in the book are other stories never before published on this blog. An Expat’s Guide to Ireland: Life in a Second World…
The Other Americans
When I moved to Dublin, Ireland I joined a few meetup groups, to meet people and get out and experience life in Ireland. At one of the meetings, a coffee shop, where I answered the usual questions around why I moved here, where I’m from,…
The Road to Killarney
Having a three day weekend, the first weekend in May it was time for another trip to see some more of this county I have moved to. Since this journey involved driving versus bus or train, as most of my European travels do, the first…
My First St. Patrick’s Day in Dublin
Before moving to Ireland I was told that St. Patrick’s Day is a much more subdued event than in the US. Now that I have experienced my first official St. Patrick’s here, I would describe St. Patrick’s in Dublin as involving a lot of people…
The Immersion and A Quick Shower
When I first began my search for an apartment some of the ads referenced an electric shower system and others an immersion system. I didn’t think much of it, more focused on finding a decent place in a suitable location. And as previously mentioned in…
Standard Relocation Questions For Why I Moved to Ireland
I bet this happens a lot for anyone who moves from one country to the another, and at first, it didn’t bother me, but after a while, it does get annoying answering the same questions over and over again. Instead of answering the questions over…
Views from Poolbeg Lighthouse
The weekend before last I took a stroll out to the Poolbeg Lighthouse with a group of photographers. The lighthouse, built in 1768, is at the end of a long manmade sea-wall, near where the ferry leaves Dublin for England. The…
