If you wander around Cork city you'll probably walk past this statue at some point. "The Echo Boy" serves as a memory as the number of "boys" selling the local evening paper - The Evening Echo - has now dwindled to practically zero. The "boys" are now grown men if they exist at all … [Read more...] about Evening Echo Boy Statue
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French Beer, Herbal Tea & Cured Meat
James comes over to Carlow a couple of times a year and he usually brings me over a few products that I simply cannot get in Ireland. Vanilla tea - while there are a couple of varieties available in Irish shops they're simply not as good as the Twining's one Adelscott beer - I've been drinking this beer on and off since some time in the early 90s. Even in France it's not … [Read more...] about French Beer, Herbal Tea & Cured Meat
Not Your Ordinary Chicken
I had dinner the other evening in Rouge Tomate in Brussels. The main course was: “Coq des prés” chicken filet with seared foie gras, mustard breaded spinach, farro and a thyme and white Sancerre reduction It was incredible. A fantastic combination of flavours in a lovely setting … [Read more...] about Not Your Ordinary Chicken
Botero
Seeing a Botero "in the flesh" is always better than just looking at a photo of one .. … [Read more...] about Botero
Geneva – Le jet d’eau
Le jet d'eau fountain in the centre of Geneva: … [Read more...] about Geneva – Le jet d’eau