When I travel to a new country I like to explore the supermarkets. I have a habit of picking up local delicacies or simply popular foods. Assuming of course that they aren't perishable and will fit in my bag. So when I go to Spain I'll pick up a few tins of seafood as well as chorizo and lomo. When I'm in France I might pick up mustards and paté, while in the US I tend to opt … [Read more...] about South African Chutney
Blogging, Writing and More
I first started blogging using one of my personal domains back in November 2003. Back then I was using mneylon.com as my main personal domain. Since then I switched over to michele.me and then, more recently, over to michele.blog. For historical reasons my blog used to live under "/blog", but when I moved over to michele.blog I moved it to the domain root. That means that … [Read more...] about Blogging, Writing and More
Star Wars set to New Order’s Blue Monday
New Order's Blue Monday is a great track and works really well with this mashup of Star Wars. There's clips from the 9 Star Wars films which work really well with the music. … [Read more...] about Star Wars set to New Order’s Blue Monday
Gay Byrne’s Christmas Cake Recipe (Audio)
Gay Byrne passed away earlier this year, but his legacy will live on. While Gay Byrne will probably be remembered for many things, this audio clip of how to make a Christmas cake is one that I always find highly entertaining. It was originally broadcast on Irish radio, though I'm not sure when. It'll always bring a smile to my face hearing it. RIP Gay. … [Read more...] about Gay Byrne’s Christmas Cake Recipe (Audio)
2019 Travel Stats
Unlike last year I don't have any more trips planned before the very end of the year, so I'm "done" for 2019. Of course I will be doing a few trips around Ireland before the end of the year, though I don't count them towards my overall numbers for the year. In 2019 I got to spend plenty of "quality time" on planes and in airports and clocked up over 209 thousand … [Read more...] about 2019 Travel Stats