And this, ladies and gentleman, is a baby guinness, it looks like a guinness but is actually a sweet shot consisting of tia maria and baileys. 

Me at The Long Stone, a very nice pub with nice decoration. It is famous for its huge fireplace that is shaped like a head. 

On Dublin

The name Dublin is an Anglicism of Dubh Linn (Irish, meaning "Black Pool"), though some doubt this derivation. Historically, in the old script used for the Irish language, 'bh' was written with a dot placed over the 'b'—thus appearing to be Dub Linn or Dublinn. The Norman-speaking English who arrived in Old Irish-speaking Ireland starting in 1169 had no idea the dot over the 'b' signified it was really 'bh,' so they omitted it and spelled the town's name as 'Dublin'.

Meanwhile, the city's name in Modern Irish—Baile Átha Cliath ("The Town of the Ford of the Reed Hurdles")—actually refers to the settlement, founded in 988 by High King Mael Sechnaill II, which adjoined the town of Dubh Linn proper, at the Black Pool.

Some have suggested that "Dublin" is of Scandinavian origin, cf. Icelandic: "djúp lind" ("deep pond"). That does not work for two reasons. First, the name "Dubh Linn" pre-dates the arrival of the Vikings in Ireland. Second, the Old Norse name for Dublin is simply the words "Dubh Linn" re-spelled as if they were Old Norse: Dyflin (correctly pronounced "DUEV-linn" - indeed, the letter 'y' is still pronounced like the vowel in "ewe" in Modern Norwegian, Swedish, etc., just as it was in Old Norse).

A HUGE obelisk at phoenix park, nice and useless 

This is the LEGO part of Dublin castle.
Whoever designed this should be killed on the spot! 

Howling at the moon

Last night I had a great time with some collegues in a place called Howling at the moon. It is a fantastic pub with great atmosphere and decoration. Its 3 floors of kitchy antiques mixed with modern paintings leather sofas and huge chandeleres. Defnately recommended to go go there!

Howling at the moon - Lower mount street

You might have wondered, but at the red dot is my apartment. The water you see is Grand Canal Dock, which is connected to the Liffey. This picture is taken with Google Earth, a nice Google program. *plug plug plug *

hi everybody :) 

Malahide castle. A nice small castle in a big park. 

happy new year

happy new year everyone.

and at 1.30.....................all the pubs are closed, what a downer!