<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093</id><updated>2012-01-30T22:16:08.972Z</updated><title type='text'>Experience Ireland</title><subtitle type='html'>Wissenswertes über Irland und Österreich - Posts in English and German</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>76</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-7774053760598316072</id><published>2012-01-30T22:16:00.000Z</published><updated>2012-01-30T22:16:08.987Z</updated><title type='text'>County Wicklow</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-D4FvJQ5OSbM/TycWCwbeutI/AAAAAAAABOo/Qj_vKIeYYAo/s1600/long+weekend+in+Wicklow+Jan.2012+008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="402" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-D4FvJQ5OSbM/TycWCwbeutI/AAAAAAAABOo/Qj_vKIeYYAo/s640/long+weekend+in+Wicklow+Jan.2012+008.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7v3dSxZJDYg/TycWNZrMsiI/AAAAAAAABOw/SIjMBsTezJk/s1600/long+weekend+in+Wicklow+Jan.2012+007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7v3dSxZJDYg/TycWNZrMsiI/AAAAAAAABOw/SIjMBsTezJk/s640/long+weekend+in+Wicklow+Jan.2012+007.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ff9du3mdO4w/TycWR--jlbI/AAAAAAAABO4/3he8DDGw3xM/s1600/long+weekend+in+Wicklow+Jan.2012+003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="362" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ff9du3mdO4w/TycWR--jlbI/AAAAAAAABO4/3he8DDGw3xM/s640/long+weekend+in+Wicklow+Jan.2012+003.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Photos by Margit Anna Doyle (Binder)&lt;/span&gt;﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-7774053760598316072?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/7774053760598316072'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/7774053760598316072'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2012/01/county-wicklow.html' title='County Wicklow'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-D4FvJQ5OSbM/TycWCwbeutI/AAAAAAAABOo/Qj_vKIeYYAo/s72-c/long+weekend+in+Wicklow+Jan.2012+008.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-1808947769776210549</id><published>2012-01-22T17:15:00.001Z</published><updated>2012-01-22T17:17:56.527Z</updated><title type='text'>South East of Ireland today</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cqMHqqSRWbc/TxxDCggYQvI/AAAAAAAABNw/PfGQmdMGuBI/s1600/22.January+2012+014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cqMHqqSRWbc/TxxDCggYQvI/AAAAAAAABNw/PfGQmdMGuBI/s640/22.January+2012+014.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-B-7n9C-OcoY/TxxDItF3cbI/AAAAAAAABN4/5_-xN2Txpkg/s1600/22.January+2012+020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-B-7n9C-OcoY/TxxDItF3cbI/AAAAAAAABN4/5_-xN2Txpkg/s640/22.January+2012+020.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4tHisZgQojM/TxxDOKfGT-I/AAAAAAAABOA/RtjNVeOeuzU/s1600/22.January+2012+021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4tHisZgQojM/TxxDOKfGT-I/AAAAAAAABOA/RtjNVeOeuzU/s640/22.January+2012+021.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dunmore East&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sXzq4zOgiAk/TxxDv4CloZI/AAAAAAAABOI/wAQY-vHsus8/s1600/22.January+2012+024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sXzq4zOgiAk/TxxDv4CloZI/AAAAAAAABOI/wAQY-vHsus8/s640/22.January+2012+024.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d59kq46Xa0M/TxxD0EBfueI/AAAAAAAABOQ/CoGocvcHfvI/s1600/22.January+2012+025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d59kq46Xa0M/TxxD0EBfueI/AAAAAAAABOQ/CoGocvcHfvI/s640/22.January+2012+025.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-corDlBodcHE/TxxD34kLzTI/AAAAAAAABOY/1i3H3ul2liM/s1600/22.January+2012+032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-corDlBodcHE/TxxD34kLzTI/AAAAAAAABOY/1i3H3ul2liM/s640/22.January+2012+032.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Woodstown&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Photos by Margit Anna Doyle (Binder)&lt;/span&gt;﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-1808947769776210549?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/1808947769776210549'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/1808947769776210549'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2012/01/south-east-of-ireland-today.html' title='South East of Ireland today'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cqMHqqSRWbc/TxxDCggYQvI/AAAAAAAABNw/PfGQmdMGuBI/s72-c/22.January+2012+014.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-8464201855650413966</id><published>2012-01-13T18:12:00.002Z</published><updated>2012-01-13T18:17:12.420Z</updated><title type='text'>No snow - no winter</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VmCDaaPTyzk/TxBvn2x_eAI/AAAAAAAABNg/Fe4rjohEopA/s1600/January+2012+002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VmCDaaPTyzk/TxBvn2x_eAI/AAAAAAAABNg/Fe4rjohEopA/s640/January+2012+002.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Last year was a strange year, we had no summer and no winter either. 2012 started with autumnlike weather or maybe even like spring,&amp;nbsp;even some plants got mixed up and started to push their heads through the grounds too early. They probably freeze to death, when the weather changes.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JEprkgYNyng/TxBxblSuDvI/AAAAAAAABNo/7_Ty29Zlzmk/s1600/January+2012+003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JEprkgYNyng/TxBxblSuDvI/AAAAAAAABNo/7_Ty29Zlzmk/s640/January+2012+003.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Lots of people are ill and have to stay in bed, so did I, a bad flu knockned me out since Christmas and I am only slowly recovering. I am looking forward to spring to get out into the nature more often again.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Photos by Margit Anna Doyle (Binder)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-8464201855650413966?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/8464201855650413966'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/8464201855650413966'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2012/01/no-snow-no-winter.html' title='No snow - no winter'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VmCDaaPTyzk/TxBvn2x_eAI/AAAAAAAABNg/Fe4rjohEopA/s72-c/January+2012+002.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-8879605876347587785</id><published>2011-12-22T12:25:00.002Z</published><updated>2011-12-22T12:31:20.206Z</updated><title type='text'>CHRISTMAS 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R3mH1df3D0g/TvMhFj-eOpI/AAAAAAAABNY/xW6Lu5LZa2s/s1600/4%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="327" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R3mH1df3D0g/TvMhFj-eOpI/AAAAAAAABNY/xW6Lu5LZa2s/s400/4%255B1%255D.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-large;"&gt;Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2012 to all my guests, who visited my Blog!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-8879605876347587785?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/8879605876347587785'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/8879605876347587785'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2011/12/christmas-2011.html' title='CHRISTMAS 2011'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R3mH1df3D0g/TvMhFj-eOpI/AAAAAAAABNY/xW6Lu5LZa2s/s72-c/4%255B1%255D.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-6291933792142307038</id><published>2011-12-21T11:44:00.004Z</published><updated>2011-12-22T12:27:37.093Z</updated><title type='text'>Advent 2011 in Wien</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TNcApkXUuoE/TvHCYJd83YI/AAAAAAAABMs/yPXcbjq9KP4/s1600/Weihnachten+Wien+2011+013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TNcApkXUuoE/TvHCYJd83YI/AAAAAAAABMs/yPXcbjq9KP4/s640/Weihnachten+Wien+2011+013.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Das Wiener Rathaus erstrahlt wieder im vorweihnachtlichen Lichterglanz, doch leider ist von Schnee heuer weit und breit nichts zu sehen, was ich sehr schade finde, da ein verschneiter Christkindlmarkt noch viel schöner anzusehen ist.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xTaIDqyFePs/TvHEuIMglwI/AAAAAAAABM0/bS10t3AwYl8/s1600/Weihnachten+Wien+2011+021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xTaIDqyFePs/TvHEuIMglwI/AAAAAAAABM0/bS10t3AwYl8/s640/Weihnachten+Wien+2011+021.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sMScfNCrdYg/TvHEznPbJOI/AAAAAAAABM8/im9YMivMAXg/s1600/Weihnachten+Wien+2011+023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sMScfNCrdYg/TvHEznPbJOI/AAAAAAAABM8/im9YMivMAXg/s640/Weihnachten+Wien+2011+023.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Der Wiener Wurstelprater ist einstweilen in einen Winterschlaf verfallen. Man muss bis zum Frühling warten, bis die Attraktionen wieder geöffnet werden und wieder alles zu neuem&amp;nbsp;Leben erwacht.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6KJwV0hubu4/TvHFxldG4mI/AAAAAAAABNE/NPz8mB3R1XY/s1600/Weihnachten+Wien+2011+047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6KJwV0hubu4/TvHFxldG4mI/AAAAAAAABNE/NPz8mB3R1XY/s640/Weihnachten+Wien+2011+047.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Am Karlsplatz vor der Karlskirche befindet sich wieder der alljährliche handwerkliche Christkindlmarkt, wo man wunderschöne hangefertigte Waren erstehen kann. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Photos by Margit Anna Doyle (Binder)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wxInW9EaVb4/TvHIlGVQUFI/AAAAAAAABNM/3YmYs0h-2to/s1600/beautiful-christmas-wallpapers-2-1024x768%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wxInW9EaVb4/TvHIlGVQUFI/AAAAAAAABNM/3YmYs0h-2to/s320/beautiful-christmas-wallpapers-2-1024x768%255B1%255D.jpg" width="220" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ich wünsche allen meinen Lesern ein wunderschönes Weihnachtsfest, frohe Festtage und Prosit 2012!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-6291933792142307038?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/6291933792142307038'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/6291933792142307038'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2011/12/advent-2011-in-wien.html' title='Advent 2011 in Wien'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TNcApkXUuoE/TvHCYJd83YI/AAAAAAAABMs/yPXcbjq9KP4/s72-c/Weihnachten+Wien+2011+013.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-9024656599093086423</id><published>2011-12-03T19:33:00.003Z</published><updated>2011-12-03T19:39:12.363Z</updated><title type='text'>December 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t745PRbM3TQ/Ttp0PsGyLtI/AAAAAAAABMU/xFPGd4JiIqs/s1600/2.12.2011+008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t745PRbM3TQ/Ttp0PsGyLtI/AAAAAAAABMU/xFPGd4JiIqs/s640/2.12.2011+008.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was a lovely day today, a nice change to the daily grey of the last few weeks. So I took my camera and wanted to take some photos of the autumn/winter landscape, but everything looked so boring to me, the bare trees, the brown hedges, no flowers, it was really unexcting, that's why we went to Tramore again, I love the sea! It has so many faces, it can be wild, stormy, powerful &amp;nbsp;and threatening or soft, gentle and calming.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q9J-kWGEyCM/Ttp2mNPKKiI/AAAAAAAABMc/_GdKRZhlbuQ/s1600/2.12.2011+012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q9J-kWGEyCM/Ttp2mNPKKiI/AAAAAAAABMc/_GdKRZhlbuQ/s640/2.12.2011+012.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;It was about 3 o'clock, when the sky started to get darker already, you would have thought it is much later in the evening. I don't like it in winter, when the darkness dominates most times of our days.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iqWJCbdCis8/Ttp4KSmjH4I/AAAAAAAABMk/2kWmdOKpnao/s1600/2.12.2011+017+%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iqWJCbdCis8/Ttp4KSmjH4I/AAAAAAAABMk/2kWmdOKpnao/s640/2.12.2011+017+%25282%2529.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Some last sun rays forced their way through the dark clouds and made the area around the Metal Man appear in a bright light, as if God was looking down there. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Photos by Margit Anna Doyle(Binder)&lt;/span&gt;﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-9024656599093086423?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/9024656599093086423'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/9024656599093086423'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2011/12/december-2011.html' title='December 2011'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t745PRbM3TQ/Ttp0PsGyLtI/AAAAAAAABMU/xFPGd4JiIqs/s72-c/2.12.2011+008.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-1673245016140707154</id><published>2011-11-09T11:58:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-11-09T11:58:42.710Z</updated><title type='text'>Hainburg and Carnuntum in Lower Austria</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8sqSc1YZKVE/TrpNRKPJEsI/AAAAAAAABGo/kTtcuNBfkrg/s1600/IMG_1299%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8sqSc1YZKVE/TrpNRKPJEsI/AAAAAAAABGo/kTtcuNBfkrg/s320/IMG_1299%255B1%255D.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RfiwRknDS5s/TrpNBRPHGqI/AAAAAAAABGg/vCETbFTOA6U/s1600/IMG_1229.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RfiwRknDS5s/TrpNBRPHGqI/AAAAAAAABGg/vCETbFTOA6U/s320/IMG_1229.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Hainburg is the most&lt;br /&gt;easterly city in Austria, it is located between the Danube in the North and&amp;nbsp; the Braunsberg (brown mountain) and the Hundsheimer mountains in the South, near to the border of the Slowakian Republic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;Hainburg ist die östlichste Stadt Österreichs. Es liegt zwischen der Donau im Norden und dem Braunsberg und Hundsheimer Bergen im Süden, nahe der Grenze zu Slowakischen Republik.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ylYbumLQkT8/TrpPPCdKVGI/AAAAAAAABGw/VfHWjp0GXKs/s1600/IMG_1232%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ylYbumLQkT8/TrpPPCdKVGI/AAAAAAAABGw/VfHWjp0GXKs/s640/IMG_1232%255B1%255D.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;There is a long tradition of colonisation in this area, reaching back to the&amp;nbsp;new stone age.&amp;nbsp;Settlements of Celts were found, but also&amp;nbsp;traces of earlier cultures.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BP5ujma2xOY/TrpRSM9hVCI/AAAAAAAABG4/oRs-YsZrKyg/s1600/IMG_1233%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BP5ujma2xOY/TrpRSM9hVCI/AAAAAAAABG4/oRs-YsZrKyg/s640/IMG_1233%255B1%255D.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;In diesem Gebiet gibt es eine lange Tradition von Besiedelung, die weit in die Jungsteinzeit zurückreicht. Es&amp;nbsp;gibt Hinweise auf&amp;nbsp;keltische Ansiedlungen und auch Spuren einer früheren Zivilisation.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-drxuIVtHohY/TrpRwaRwptI/AAAAAAAABHA/7Wld3d4hk_c/s1600/IMG_1238%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-drxuIVtHohY/TrpRwaRwptI/AAAAAAAABHA/7Wld3d4hk_c/s640/IMG_1238%255B1%255D.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NfhuEaVBAyQ/TrpR__NehdI/AAAAAAAABHI/_PJFTLzZEYk/s1600/IMG_1241%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NfhuEaVBAyQ/TrpR__NehdI/AAAAAAAABHI/_PJFTLzZEYk/s640/IMG_1241%255B1%255D.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;The stronghold dates back to the 11th century and was later extended. With its 2.5 km long surrounding wall, 3 still existing gates and 15 towers it is one of the oldest in Europe.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ktGVG0tuWq8/TrpX39tL_JI/AAAAAAAABHQ/pvVzxsACBy8/s1600/IMG_1263%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ktGVG0tuWq8/TrpX39tL_JI/AAAAAAAABHQ/pvVzxsACBy8/s640/IMG_1263%255B1%255D.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Die Festung wurde im 11 Jhdt. erbaut und später erweitert. Mit seiner 2.5km langen Stadtmauer, seinen noch immer existierenden 3 Toren und 15 Türmen, ist sie eine der ältesten und best erhaltenen Festungen Europas.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bNjORHoHpwk/TrpaUd568SI/AAAAAAAABHY/nyrDa_AmmY8/s1600/IMG_1279%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bNjORHoHpwk/TrpaUd568SI/AAAAAAAABHY/nyrDa_AmmY8/s640/IMG_1279%255B1%255D.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5MEaRQu8xh4/TrpahVUJPAI/AAAAAAAABHg/p4Gp1a2wBFM/s1600/IMG_1275%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5MEaRQu8xh4/TrpahVUJPAI/AAAAAAAABHg/p4Gp1a2wBFM/s640/IMG_1275%255B1%255D.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;The stronghold of Hainburg was partly destroyed by the Turks in the 17th century,&amp;nbsp;in the second Ottoman besiege. The citizens of Hainburg fled into the stronghold and hoped to be protected by the strong walls, but it is said that more than 8000 people died, nearly the whole population of Hainburg. One of the survivors was Thomas Haydn, the grandfather of Joseph Haydn, the great Austrian composer.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ANq4fpg0nak/TrpeMG_g4bI/AAAAAAAABHo/SnK91P2_Yz0/s1600/IMG_1289%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ANq4fpg0nak/TrpeMG_g4bI/AAAAAAAABHo/SnK91P2_Yz0/s640/IMG_1289%255B1%255D.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Die Festung Hainburg wurde im 17 Jhdt. während der zweiten Türkenbelagerung teilweise zerstört. Die Stadtbewohner flohen vor den Osmanen und suchten Schutz&amp;nbsp;hinter den starken Mauern der Festung, mehr als 8000 Menschen mussten ihr Leben lassen, beinahe die ganze Bevölkerung von Hainburg. Einer der wenigen Überlebenden war Thomas Haydn, der Grossvater von Joseph Haydn, dem grossen österreichischen Komponisten.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_5fp6uJsZog/Trpf3pqukEI/AAAAAAAABH4/dTqATnJhlxE/s1600/IMG_1277%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_5fp6uJsZog/Trpf3pqukEI/AAAAAAAABH4/dTqATnJhlxE/s320/IMG_1277%255B1%255D.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PArSkOhAW6g/Trpfpvb2rwI/AAAAAAAABHw/EPS8QJEmhyI/s1600/IMG_1239%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PArSkOhAW6g/Trpfpvb2rwI/AAAAAAAABHw/EPS8QJEmhyI/s320/IMG_1239%255B1%255D.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Luckily Hainburg escaped from being destroyed in the 1st and 2nd world war.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Glücklicherweise blieb Hainburg im 1. und 2. Weltkrieg von weiteren Zerstörungen weitgehend verschont.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-u5mzcxKTMfU/TrpiY4Az9dI/AAAAAAAABIA/fADuJiyMIws/s1600/IMG_1293%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-u5mzcxKTMfU/TrpiY4Az9dI/AAAAAAAABIA/fADuJiyMIws/s640/IMG_1293%255B1%255D.jpg" width="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Photos by Sabine Binder&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;CARNUNTUM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p2bQXwT_Ndk/TrpkqqD-6UI/AAAAAAAABII/6c2KfHnj37A/s1600/IMG_1327.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p2bQXwT_Ndk/TrpkqqD-6UI/AAAAAAAABII/6c2KfHnj37A/s640/IMG_1327.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;South West from Hainburg is the district of Petronell, where you will find Carnuntum with its ancient Roman history.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Im Südwesten von Hainburg befindet sich der Bezirk Petronell mit den römischen Ausgrabungen von Carnuntum.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BQzzJLASIrw/TrpmNmVZ3EI/AAAAAAAABIQ/i2NNVqGrcsc/s1600/IMG_1305.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BQzzJLASIrw/TrpmNmVZ3EI/AAAAAAAABIQ/i2NNVqGrcsc/s640/IMG_1305.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-S1RJclZBMBQ/TrpmWENqhNI/AAAAAAAABIY/QWOYBm-H7_k/s1600/IMG_1310.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-S1RJclZBMBQ/TrpmWENqhNI/AAAAAAAABIY/QWOYBm-H7_k/s640/IMG_1310.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Carnuntum was a part of the Roman province Pannonia in ancient times. You can see lots of artefacts and reconstructed rooms, when you visit the exhibition.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6jq8gmJi0bQ/TrppbA5Fa1I/AAAAAAAABIg/6RslfHGcoZU/s1600/IMG_1345.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6jq8gmJi0bQ/TrppbA5Fa1I/AAAAAAAABIg/6RslfHGcoZU/s640/IMG_1345.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Carnuntum war im Altertum ein Teil von Pannonien. In der Ausstellung kann man viele Artefakte sehen, die dort ausgegraben wurden und Nachbauten von römischen Räumlichkeiten besichtigen.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CpfTvfKyA1I/TrpqfBFdPrI/AAAAAAAABIo/CDaZimupg80/s1600/IMG_1346.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CpfTvfKyA1I/TrpqfBFdPrI/AAAAAAAABIo/CDaZimupg80/s640/IMG_1346.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vYmDgZij2kE/TrpqndUwyXI/AAAAAAAABIw/sklp0hgrju4/s1600/IMG_1348.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vYmDgZij2kE/TrpqndUwyXI/AAAAAAAABIw/sklp0hgrju4/s640/IMG_1348.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Xmnops3Z0ro/Trpqs5m1_GI/AAAAAAAABI4/vrZs69hcsI8/s1600/IMG_1350.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Xmnops3Z0ro/Trpqs5m1_GI/AAAAAAAABI4/vrZs69hcsI8/s640/IMG_1350.jpg" width="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Photos by Sabine Binder&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-1673245016140707154?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/1673245016140707154'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/1673245016140707154'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2011/11/hainburg-and-carnuntum-in-lower-austria.html' title='Hainburg and Carnuntum in Lower Austria'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8sqSc1YZKVE/TrpNRKPJEsI/AAAAAAAABGo/kTtcuNBfkrg/s72-c/IMG_1299%255B1%255D.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-7494971329105634733</id><published>2011-11-05T17:45:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-11-05T17:45:03.968Z</updated><title type='text'>Autumn in Ireland 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zzQCTirgA6k/TrV0kWxqHKI/AAAAAAAAA_Q/BpPUH_zDvLI/s1600/autumn+242.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zzQCTirgA6k/TrV0kWxqHKI/AAAAAAAAA_Q/BpPUH_zDvLI/s640/autumn+242.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We had a lovely day today, bright, sunny, only a few clouds, but 10 degrees, not what you would call hot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bf0p_1iIv-w/TrV07GPc2uI/AAAAAAAAA_Y/z_KFdEh0tf4/s1600/autumn+253.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bf0p_1iIv-w/TrV07GPc2uI/AAAAAAAAA_Y/z_KFdEh0tf4/s640/autumn+253.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wkeTVxghkcI/TrV1BhG6BYI/AAAAAAAAA_g/K7NEoFBHnFs/s1600/autumn+255.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wkeTVxghkcI/TrV1BhG6BYI/AAAAAAAAA_g/K7NEoFBHnFs/s640/autumn+255.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But it&amp;nbsp; was nice to be outside for a while. We thought we had to enjoy the last sunrays before another long winter comes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jgw4eRgS2r8/TrV1kbHkE5I/AAAAAAAAA_o/NswGEm6Tmx8/s1600/autumn+257.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jgw4eRgS2r8/TrV1kbHkE5I/AAAAAAAAA_o/NswGEm6Tmx8/s640/autumn+257.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wXHZauycZy0/TrV1v2-ILRI/AAAAAAAAA_w/4eu0l38M6EI/s1600/autumn+266.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wXHZauycZy0/TrV1v2-ILRI/AAAAAAAAA_w/4eu0l38M6EI/s640/autumn+266.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Fotos by Margit Anna Doyle (Binder)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-7494971329105634733?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/7494971329105634733'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/7494971329105634733'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2011/11/autumn-in-ireland-2011.html' title='Autumn in Ireland 2011'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zzQCTirgA6k/TrV0kWxqHKI/AAAAAAAAA_Q/BpPUH_zDvLI/s72-c/autumn+242.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-5523890713530354920</id><published>2011-11-02T00:40:00.001Z</published><updated>2011-11-02T00:52:44.070Z</updated><title type='text'>The new President of Ireland - my personal opinion</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;We have a new President in Ireland, his name is Michael D. Higgins. From all 7 candidates, we thought he would be the best choice as Mr Higgins seems to be a well educated man with morals, idealism, experience and honesty, a former member of the Labour Party, who should be for the workers. We were delighted as we read in the papers that he would except a voluntary salary reduction of a half million Euro per year. We really thought he was a great man, but our enthusiasm did not last long as we heard later in the day that he has offered a voluntary salary deduction of 75.000 Euro only. This did not impress us so much anymore as he would still earn hundreds of thousands of Euros a year, the expenses and pensions from former political functions and non political employments included.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Is it really necessary that one person earns so much money in times like those, when people in the country are constantly told to tighten their belts? How will someone who has a family and depends on support from the dole, understand , that they have to accept further reductions from the social benefits, while there is obviously still so much money in the country to make the President of Ireland one of the highest paid politician in the whole world? How will someone, who has to care for a family, understand, that he won’t be able to give his children a nice Christmas with nice presents, when he cannot even afford the turkey on the table? The President, his ministers and everyone in a high position do they know about people’s worries or are they even interested?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;People don’t know what they should vote for anymore, because every party seems to be the same like the ones before. How can you listen to the ministers shouting “We have to do something! We have to make more reductions to save the country!” when this means that only the people have to take the reductions ,while the politicians with their high salaries, high expenses, 5 pensions etc., don’t even pay for &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;their haircuts or &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;a chocolate bar themselves? Isn’t it logical that people with a normal understanding are getting annoyed about that? What opinion should we get about the government, when there are millions of Euros given to the banks, which have to be paid back by the people, while the same people don’t get credit and support from the banks and lose their homes, because they cannot afford them? How long do the politicians think that people will take that? Does it make us really wonder why the Irish are unhappy with their government?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;I think, if there was one party, who would change everything, starting with cancelling children’s allowance for everyone who has a family income of say from 70.000 Euro a year upwards, &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;as people with a good income don’t need support.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Foreign people who have children abroad should have to proof that their children really exist and they should get only that amount for each child, which is given in their own country. Politicians should get only one pension, except they paid into another pension fund. The State pension should not be higher than 100.000 Euro, which would still be a nice amount of money and enough to live on. Politicians, who are paid by the government, should not be allowed to have other &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;occupations or get paid for pensions, while they are working for the government. Last not least people would like to see when politicians who commit a crime would be jailed and lose their pension like any other person in the state.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Of course, a party like this would not be liked by other parties , but it would be loved by the people!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-5523890713530354920?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/5523890713530354920'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/5523890713530354920'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2011/11/new-president-of-ireland-my-personal.html' title='The new President of Ireland - my personal opinion'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-5683264323434530868</id><published>2011-09-15T00:10:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2011-09-15T00:22:48.494+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Kiss the Blarney Stone</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xGi8MqpUiS0/TnEpD-sXZQI/AAAAAAAAAqg/70KYGb8Qbrc/s1600/July+%253DAugust+2011+038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xGi8MqpUiS0/TnEpD-sXZQI/AAAAAAAAAqg/70KYGb8Qbrc/s640/July+%253DAugust+2011+038.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The last time when I visited Blarney in County Cork&amp;nbsp;I said I have to come back to this place again and it did not take me long to fulfil my promise. I had to see more of Blarney Castle and the park with its surroundings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Als ich das letzte Mal Blarney im County Cork besuchte, sagte ich, dass ich bald an diesen Ort zurückkehren möchte und ich musste nicht lange darauf warten, mein Versprechen zu erfüllen. Ich wollte unbedingt mehr vom Blarney Schloss und dem Park mit seiner Umgebung sehen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NyYSjAz2m-0/TnEqMk8BHGI/AAAAAAAAAqk/6rYY94ctsQo/s1600/July+%253DAugust+2011+050.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NyYSjAz2m-0/TnEqMk8BHGI/AAAAAAAAAqk/6rYY94ctsQo/s640/July+%253DAugust+2011+050.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When you look at the top of the tower, you will see a hole, that is the place where people lie down and kiss the Blarney Stone. It is said, when you kiss that stone, you get the gift of the gab, which means that you learn how to speak eloquently and fluently. Sir Winston Churchill kissed the Blarney Stone and became one of the greatest orators. Well, if it was the magic of the stone or a natural gift, we won't be able to find out!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wenn Du auf den oberen Teil des Turmes schaust, wirst Du ein Loch entdecken. Das ist der Platz, an dem sich Leute niederlegen und den Blarney Stein küssen. Es wird gesagt, dass man, wenn man den Stein küsst, die Redegabe bekommt, was bedeutet, dass man erlernt, eloquent und fliessend zu sprechen. Sir Winston Churchill hat den Blarney Stein geküsst und wurde zu einem der grössten Redner seiner Zeit. Ob es nun an der Magie des Steines oder eine natürliche Begabung war, werden wir nicht herausfinden.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bsNtmxNhoj0/TnEu6boDd3I/AAAAAAAAAqo/uWYqSdXABrw/s1600/July+%253DAugust+2011+055.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bsNtmxNhoj0/TnEu6boDd3I/AAAAAAAAAqo/uWYqSdXABrw/s640/July+%253DAugust+2011+055.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0hMw6mTyGbU/TnEvATCgZTI/AAAAAAAAAqs/UIG7_wnyp4o/s1600/July+%253DAugust+2011+069.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0hMw6mTyGbU/TnEvATCgZTI/AAAAAAAAAqs/UIG7_wnyp4o/s640/July+%253DAugust+2011+069.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When you walk around&amp;nbsp; the lovely park, you will find Blarney house nearby,, which looks like&amp;nbsp;a castle , but it is a manor. It&amp;nbsp;was built in 1874 and overlooks the Blarney lake.&amp;nbsp;I love this picture so much that I put it on my computer desktop, it looks really nice!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wenn Du im herrlichen Park herummarschierst, wirst Du Blarneyhaus in der Nähe finden, welches zwar wie ein Schloss aussieht, aber nur ein Herrenhaus war. Es wurde 1874 erbaut, mit Blick auf den Blarney See. Ich mag dieses&amp;nbsp;Bild so gerne, dass ich es als Desktopfoto auf meinem Computer verwendet habe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cngJYLZ-XPc/TnExF-5a96I/AAAAAAAAAqw/qzvo5ATNfzE/s1600/July+%253DAugust+2011+072.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cngJYLZ-XPc/TnExF-5a96I/AAAAAAAAAqw/qzvo5ATNfzE/s640/July+%253DAugust+2011+072.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dZZkyNKzJRk/TnExMcMLcOI/AAAAAAAAAq0/_tzwhfwgJN0/s1600/July+%253DAugust+2011+075.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dZZkyNKzJRk/TnExMcMLcOI/AAAAAAAAAq0/_tzwhfwgJN0/s640/July+%253DAugust+2011+075.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AkQpf4pMj5E/TnExX2HN-AI/AAAAAAAAAq4/niPffjtr-DI/s1600/July+%253DAugust+2011+089.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AkQpf4pMj5E/TnExX2HN-AI/AAAAAAAAAq4/niPffjtr-DI/s640/July+%253DAugust+2011+089.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is also a Celtic Dolmen near this arch way, but I did not take a photo of it, because it is only a small one and not very spectacular. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Es gibt auch ein keltisches Hühnengrab nahe dieses Arkadenwegs&amp;nbsp;, aber ich habe kein Foto davon gemacht, weil es nur klein und nicht sehr spektakulär ist.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-klH3TkI-2K4/TnEyyShdj9I/AAAAAAAAAq8/Ua4nmRKvECM/s1600/July+%253DAugust+2011+095.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-klH3TkI-2K4/TnEyyShdj9I/AAAAAAAAAq8/Ua4nmRKvECM/s640/July+%253DAugust+2011+095.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-80U-fGu2lFE/TnEy0-d3jvI/AAAAAAAAArA/yTuKEfgQRG0/s1600/July+%253DAugust+2011+096.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-80U-fGu2lFE/TnEy0-d3jvI/AAAAAAAAArA/yTuKEfgQRG0/s640/July+%253DAugust+2011+096.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We did not have enough time to view the lake, which is in a 45 minutes walk from the entrance, but maybe we will catch up next time in Blarney.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wir hatten nicht genug Zeit, um uns den See anzusehen, da wir etwa weitere 45 Minuten gebraucht hättten, um zu ihm zu gelangen, aber vielleicht holen wir das bei unserem nächsten Besuch in Blarney nach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Fotos by Margit Anna Binder&lt;/span&gt;﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-5683264323434530868?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/5683264323434530868'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/5683264323434530868'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2011/09/last-time-when-i-visited-blarney-in.html' title='Kiss the Blarney Stone'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xGi8MqpUiS0/TnEpD-sXZQI/AAAAAAAAAqg/70KYGb8Qbrc/s72-c/July+%253DAugust+2011+038.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-5532950264894159100</id><published>2011-09-11T19:06:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-09-11T19:12:07.077+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Tramore beach on a windy day</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n4MezBULE5Q/TmzzP0rABKI/AAAAAAAAAqI/vGcpIwGYk78/s1600/stormy+sea+025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n4MezBULE5Q/TmzzP0rABKI/AAAAAAAAAqI/vGcpIwGYk78/s640/stormy+sea+025.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Though it was very grey and windy&amp;nbsp; today, we decided to go to Tramore beach, which is not far from us, to watch the sea, when it is a bit wilder. I love the sound of the billions tons of water when it is rolling in big waves into the land and end up in big fountains when hitting the wall of the promenade.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0_ZQ_TaSd9s/Tmz1CZZri9I/AAAAAAAAAqM/zo1tWjPtvX4/s1600/stormy+sea+041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0_ZQ_TaSd9s/Tmz1CZZri9I/AAAAAAAAAqM/zo1tWjPtvX4/s640/stormy+sea+041.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ivgcnon2cSg/Tmz1J4iIUXI/AAAAAAAAAqQ/ovq1o5bzZlo/s1600/stormy+sea+054.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ivgcnon2cSg/Tmz1J4iIUXI/AAAAAAAAAqQ/ovq1o5bzZlo/s640/stormy+sea+054.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Trotzdem es heute sehr grau und windig war, entschieden wir uns nach Tramore zu fahren, da&amp;nbsp;der Strand&amp;nbsp;nicht weit von uns enfernt ist, um uns das Meer anzusehen, wenn es aufgewühlter ist. Ich liebe das Tosen von Milliarden Tonnen von Wasser, wenn es in Wellen ins Land rollt und sich in hohen Fontänen auftürmt, sobald es auf die Mauer der Promenade trifft.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JVX_FvdjoLU/Tmz2exkHhdI/AAAAAAAAAqU/_b5YWuw3WYw/s1600/stormy+sea+055.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JVX_FvdjoLU/Tmz2exkHhdI/AAAAAAAAAqU/_b5YWuw3WYw/s640/stormy+sea+055.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Amusement Park was still open, but I suppose it will be closed down soon for this year. I was surprised that there were still so many people out on a day like that, but as we had no summer at all, they probably take whatever they can get.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-17YIHUFwsW8/Tmz3zbX3tHI/AAAAAAAAAqY/3CnbSEFTbA4/s1600/stormy+sea+056.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-17YIHUFwsW8/Tmz3zbX3tHI/AAAAAAAAAqY/3CnbSEFTbA4/s640/stormy+sea+056.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-n1G94BmfwpQ/Tmz33jO6gCI/AAAAAAAAAqc/lSNvmdPzwfQ/s1600/stormy+sea+057.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-n1G94BmfwpQ/Tmz33jO6gCI/AAAAAAAAAqc/lSNvmdPzwfQ/s640/stormy+sea+057.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Der Freizeitpark war noch offen, aber ich vermute, dass er bald geschlossen wird, für dieses Jahr. Ich war überrascht, dass noch immer so viele Leute an einem Tag, wie diesen, draussen unterwegs waren, aber nachdem wir heuer keinen Sommer hatten, nehmen&amp;nbsp;die Iren es&amp;nbsp;wahrscheinlich&amp;nbsp;halt so, wie es eben kommt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Fotos by Margit Anna Binder&lt;/span&gt;﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-5532950264894159100?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/5532950264894159100'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/5532950264894159100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2011/09/though-it-was-very-grey-and-windy-today.html' title='Tramore beach on a windy day'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n4MezBULE5Q/TmzzP0rABKI/AAAAAAAAAqI/vGcpIwGYk78/s72-c/stormy+sea+025.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-320983394337312849</id><published>2011-08-29T08:51:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2011-08-29T08:59:54.628+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Copper Coast, Co. Waterford</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cIc4pJQJsZY/TltArcm2bkI/AAAAAAAAApg/TUJeKFtzFv0/s1600/July+%253DAugust+2011+113.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cIc4pJQJsZY/TltArcm2bkI/AAAAAAAAApg/TUJeKFtzFv0/s640/July+%253DAugust+2011+113.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Though I published a post about the Copper Coast in County Waterford some time ago, I had to take a few more shots with my camera, because that is such an exiciting area and I love to be there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-65GpTUwH_QM/TltBwRYZxUI/AAAAAAAAApk/K4Ie1MuHzEs/s1600/July+%253DAugust+2011+119.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-65GpTUwH_QM/TltBwRYZxUI/AAAAAAAAApk/K4Ie1MuHzEs/s640/July+%253DAugust+2011+119.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OdveRlWzgAU/TltB2_67nTI/AAAAAAAAApo/PIfKp0BmcA4/s1600/July+%253DAugust+2011+120.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OdveRlWzgAU/TltB2_67nTI/AAAAAAAAApo/PIfKp0BmcA4/s640/July+%253DAugust+2011+120.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NoU_MzWlzsw/TltB--5IDZI/AAAAAAAAAps/-1UVGUdFlF8/s1600/July+%253DAugust+2011+121.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NoU_MzWlzsw/TltB--5IDZI/AAAAAAAAAps/-1UVGUdFlF8/s640/July+%253DAugust+2011+121.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fWBNfN1ILig/TltCEEAI8fI/AAAAAAAAApw/5-AWl-ndIUE/s1600/July+%253DAugust+2011+123.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fWBNfN1ILig/TltCEEAI8fI/AAAAAAAAApw/5-AWl-ndIUE/s640/July+%253DAugust+2011+123.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EaVdnHP0f4s/TltCLdfHLkI/AAAAAAAAAp0/QmDst4hvpsc/s1600/July+%253DAugust+2011+132.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EaVdnHP0f4s/TltCLdfHLkI/AAAAAAAAAp0/QmDst4hvpsc/s640/July+%253DAugust+2011+132.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some people might get bored and think "oh, it's just the sea and stones", but I like the combination of powerful water, mighty rocks in different shapes and variations and the sky which can change the view from a&amp;nbsp; natural lovely peaceful&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;landscape to a kind of threatening place so quickly, depending on the weather condition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1zhZqt74TXk/TltEGi_LhcI/AAAAAAAAAqA/D3SaQBWYDX8/s640/July+%253DAugust+2011+159.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-K8190by8meg/TltELnbqr5I/AAAAAAAAAqE/n9XQBn08Hj4/s1600/July+%253DAugust+2011+168.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-K8190by8meg/TltELnbqr5I/AAAAAAAAAqE/n9XQBn08Hj4/s640/July+%253DAugust+2011+168.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Fotos by Margit Anna Binder&lt;/span&gt;﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-320983394337312849?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/320983394337312849'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/320983394337312849'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2011/08/copper-coast-co-waterford.html' title='Copper Coast, Co. Waterford'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cIc4pJQJsZY/TltArcm2bkI/AAAAAAAAApg/TUJeKFtzFv0/s72-c/July+%253DAugust+2011+113.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-9151269116175174796</id><published>2011-08-14T19:50:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2011-08-14T20:56:36.731+01:00</updated><title type='text'>A weekend in County Louth and Dublin</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;As we had bad weather for weeks now, I was really yearning for a weekend out. This time&amp;nbsp;I went to&amp;nbsp; Carlingford in County Louth the north east coast of the Irish Republic, right up to the border&amp;nbsp;of Northern Ireland. The weather was still not wonderful, but at least it did not rain.﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kwlhzNulNeA/TkgPmB4q2SI/AAAAAAAAAog/xSs4DD8P8Ts/s1600/County+Dublin+019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kwlhzNulNeA/TkgPmB4q2SI/AAAAAAAAAog/xSs4DD8P8Ts/s640/County+Dublin+019.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xVFzKnJwLgE/TkgPqT4YSGI/AAAAAAAAAok/7RU4SGX5tRw/s1600/County+Dublin+021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xVFzKnJwLgE/TkgPqT4YSGI/AAAAAAAAAok/7RU4SGX5tRw/s640/County+Dublin+021.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t7L6mj-Lz7U/TkgPwLg7idI/AAAAAAAAAoo/ubZlrpJZmyo/s1600/County+Dublin+022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t7L6mj-Lz7U/TkgPwLg7idI/AAAAAAAAAoo/ubZlrpJZmyo/s640/County+Dublin+022.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;It got late and I was looking out for a hotel for the night, but each hotel or bed and breakfast&amp;nbsp;I contacted by phone, was booked out. I was very surprised as the hotel industry is always complaining that their business is getting bad. It can't be so bad, when they are&amp;nbsp;booked out, though the weather is dreadful here. So&amp;nbsp;I moved&amp;nbsp;back towards Skerries in County Dublin, but&amp;nbsp;I could not get accommodation there neither.﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HWvwFr3P0yA/TkgRzSxsmCI/AAAAAAAAAow/idlSkS8uh0M/s1600/County+Dublin+028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HWvwFr3P0yA/TkgRzSxsmCI/AAAAAAAAAow/idlSkS8uh0M/s640/County+Dublin+028.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EkJvh-cpd-Y/TkgR5S0emmI/AAAAAAAAAo0/H_SQzjrmu5Q/s1600/County+Dublin+030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EkJvh-cpd-Y/TkgR5S0emmI/AAAAAAAAAo0/H_SQzjrmu5Q/s640/County+Dublin+030.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T7as1K0PwRo/TkgSAQMp9-I/AAAAAAAAAo4/Nav2wuXHRoQ/s1600/County+Dublin+031.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T7as1K0PwRo/TkgSAQMp9-I/AAAAAAAAAo4/Nav2wuXHRoQ/s640/County+Dublin+031.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&amp;nbsp;ended up in the Holiday&amp;nbsp;Inn,&amp;nbsp;my&amp;nbsp; preferred hotel, where I stay most times when I am in Dublin. Their prices are reasonable and the rooms are clean and that is all&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;I need.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love the sea and I can't get enough of it, so&amp;nbsp;I drove along the coast through Dun Laoire, where a French festival took place.&amp;nbsp;I actually did not see many french things. I got a nice necklace from an Irish stand, I had Curry Chicken from a Chinese stand and&amp;nbsp; had Pizza from an Italian, but never mind, it was a nice afternoon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LxIGfHghJtU/TkgV3ABhYnI/AAAAAAAAAo8/GNIXnl_jqNE/s1600/County+Dublin+034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LxIGfHghJtU/TkgV3ABhYnI/AAAAAAAAAo8/GNIXnl_jqNE/s640/County+Dublin+034.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FMuyjwRvGo8/TkgV9MyFXFI/AAAAAAAAApA/dpN5g9uWcho/s1600/County+Dublin+051.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FMuyjwRvGo8/TkgV9MyFXFI/AAAAAAAAApA/dpN5g9uWcho/s640/County+Dublin+051.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YTIZqxL4ucQ/TkgWDAcZmKI/AAAAAAAAApE/c9fJz5P88Kc/s1600/County+Dublin+052.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YTIZqxL4ucQ/TkgWDAcZmKI/AAAAAAAAApE/c9fJz5P88Kc/s640/County+Dublin+052.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Though you are in the capitol city of Ireland, you have the opportunity to go swimming or walk on a beach as Dublin is next to the sea&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Gz7p1ki0qD0/TkgXCC3yJSI/AAAAAAAAApQ/YRCqe88BuOk/s1600/County+Dublin+054.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Gz7p1ki0qD0/TkgXCC3yJSI/AAAAAAAAApQ/YRCqe88BuOk/s640/County+Dublin+054.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1Y7JGcnyx0M/TkgXvKE7QUI/AAAAAAAAApY/CLR_mfeCFAU/s1600/County+Dublin+060.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1Y7JGcnyx0M/TkgXvKE7QUI/AAAAAAAAApY/CLR_mfeCFAU/s200/County+Dublin+060.JPG" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--WY7ymh26BY/TkgXy_uLdiI/AAAAAAAAApc/vZA7O58DJ4A/s1600/County+Dublin+061.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--WY7ymh26BY/TkgXy_uLdiI/AAAAAAAAApc/vZA7O58DJ4A/s320/County+Dublin+061.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-x67G2WqgoRg/TkgXpbAgusI/AAAAAAAAApU/O4vakpxmprc/s1600/County+Dublin+056.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-x67G2WqgoRg/TkgXpbAgusI/AAAAAAAAApU/O4vakpxmprc/s640/County+Dublin+056.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The weather got even better than&amp;nbsp;I thought and I could enjoy a few sunrays and warmth for a change.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Fotos by Margit Anna Binder&lt;/span&gt;﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-9151269116175174796?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/9151269116175174796'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/9151269116175174796'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2011/08/weekend-in-county-louth-and-dublin.html' title='A weekend in County Louth and Dublin'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kwlhzNulNeA/TkgPmB4q2SI/AAAAAAAAAog/xSs4DD8P8Ts/s72-c/County+Dublin+019.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-5588862683962112440</id><published>2011-08-01T13:06:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2011-08-01T23:26:00.012+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Weather forecasts in modern days</title><content type='html'>We are living in the the 21st Century and we should think that our modern high technologies should be able to make&amp;nbsp;more accurate predictions. We have satellites and lots of other modern facilities to watch the weather, but as it seems, we only can say the weather for today, the day when it happens. That means, that I look out of the window and see, if it is sunny or grey, if it might rain or not..... it is like in ancient times.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-phlKSg0NgrM/TjaTxzavchI/AAAAAAAAAoY/fTGfGnJt3CI/s1600/004+-+Copy+%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-phlKSg0NgrM/TjaTxzavchI/AAAAAAAAAoY/fTGfGnJt3CI/s640/004+-+Copy+%25282%2529.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The meteorologists predicted the hottest summer on record. We waited and waited and waited and up to now the hot summer still did not arrive. After we all realised we will get a wet and unfriendly July, the weather&amp;nbsp; men told us that the weather will become bad, "but we will get tropical weather soon", they promised. So, the "sun hungry" Irish&amp;nbsp; were then&amp;nbsp;longingly waiting for the tropical weather to arrive,&amp;nbsp; but no sign of a sun ray. Now, as July is over and we see no changes, the clever meteorologists came to the conclusion that we won't have a proper summer this year, it is actually the coldest since decades. It is as if last years winter is continuing until the next one marches into the land. People who are yearning for a bit of sunshine and warmth have to go to Spain or Greece or other Southern countries, if they can afford it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Photo by Margit Anna Binder&lt;/span&gt;﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-5588862683962112440?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/5588862683962112440'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/5588862683962112440'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2011/08/weather-forecasts-in-modern-days.html' title='Weather forecasts in modern days'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-phlKSg0NgrM/TjaTxzavchI/AAAAAAAAAoY/fTGfGnJt3CI/s72-c/004+-+Copy+%25282%2529.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-358538824003423784</id><published>2011-07-28T11:02:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-07-28T11:02:19.006+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Blarney Castle, Co. Cork</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eV6_zd1Z_hQ/TjEwHyQpspI/AAAAAAAAAoE/8p0GKzUZTPE/s1600/26.July+2011+008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eV6_zd1Z_hQ/TjEwHyQpspI/AAAAAAAAAoE/8p0GKzUZTPE/s640/26.July+2011+008.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Denis had to go to Blarney and I decided to join him to get out for a while. The day was not too bad and while he visited a company, I was strolling around and as I thought Denis meeting would take longer, I went into the Blarney garden. Pity, that I could not stay long, as I liked the place very much!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ArQVCXgHQhU/TjEyxD6RSwI/AAAAAAAAAoI/beB0do5XkNE/s1600/26.July+2011+011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ArQVCXgHQhU/TjEyxD6RSwI/AAAAAAAAAoI/beB0do5XkNE/s640/26.July+2011+011.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pYhFjo66CPs/TjEy10UbdRI/AAAAAAAAAoM/G6h2lxb-qNM/s1600/26.July+2011+015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pYhFjo66CPs/TjEy10UbdRI/AAAAAAAAAoM/G6h2lxb-qNM/s640/26.July+2011+015.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oEYAoK0WvGE/TjEy6iPIQOI/AAAAAAAAAoQ/LqR2PtWQVhg/s1600/26.July+2011+024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oEYAoK0WvGE/TjEy6iPIQOI/AAAAAAAAAoQ/LqR2PtWQVhg/s640/26.July+2011+024.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LevH_8SVOhg/TjEzAKy8xpI/AAAAAAAAAoU/EVlbZFkUqdo/s1600/26.July+2011+025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LevH_8SVOhg/TjEzAKy8xpI/AAAAAAAAAoU/EVlbZFkUqdo/s640/26.July+2011+025.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I did not see the castle and garden properly, so I promise to be back soon to have a closer look.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Fotos by Margit Anna Binder&lt;/span&gt;﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-358538824003423784?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/358538824003423784'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/358538824003423784'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2011/07/blarney-castle-co-cork.html' title='Blarney Castle, Co. Cork'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eV6_zd1Z_hQ/TjEwHyQpspI/AAAAAAAAAoE/8p0GKzUZTPE/s72-c/26.July+2011+008.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-3733234028076674168</id><published>2011-07-11T14:34:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-07-11T14:50:37.027+01:00</updated><title type='text'>GRAIGUENAMANAGH in County Kilkenny</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PLJdwMoRrI0/ThrtsS5e4qI/AAAAAAAAAnw/f7lPNq8v4cs/s1600/10.July+2011+004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PLJdwMoRrI0/ThrtsS5e4qI/AAAAAAAAAnw/f7lPNq8v4cs/s640/10.July+2011+004.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As the promised hottest summer of the century did not arrive yet, we had to use the opportunity to get out yesterday. It was dull, but at least it did not rain and it was relatively warm, about 18 degrees. &lt;br /&gt;I remember when I came to Ireland first, I found the summers here freezing cold, I was used to 30 degrees and more,but you have to take what you get, though&amp;nbsp;I have to admit that I still miss the sunny hot days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Da der heisseste Jahrhundertsommer noch nicht eingetroffen ist, mussten wir die Gelegenheit gestern nutzen, um ein bisschen rauszugehen. Es war trüb, aber zumindest regnete es nicht und es war relativ warm, ca. 18 Grad C. Ich erinnere mich, als ich das erste Mal nach Irland kam, da empfand ich die Sommer hier fröstelnd kalt. Ich war an Temperaturen um die 30 Grad und mehr gewöhnt, aber man muss es so nehmen, wie es kommt, obwohl ich zugeben muss, dass mir die sonnigen, heissen&amp;nbsp;Tage noch immer sehr fehlen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--hfCmNW93RA/ThrxiXfp1xI/AAAAAAAAAn0/abwW3G7HXyI/s1600/10.July+2011+017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--hfCmNW93RA/ThrxiXfp1xI/AAAAAAAAAn0/abwW3G7HXyI/s640/10.July+2011+017.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We walked along the Canal in Graiguenamanagh,&amp;nbsp;the village where Denis' father comes from, which is situated in the Barrow Valley&amp;nbsp;in Co. Kilkenny, . It is a nice, peaceful place with a long walking path, where you can enjoy nature, without being bothered by loud tourist crowds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wir marschierten den Kanal in Graignuenamanagh entlang, dem Dorf, wo Denis Vater geboren wurde und&amp;nbsp;welches im Barrow Tal in County Kilkenny liegt. Dies ist ein netter, friedlicher Ort mit langen Wanderwegen, wo man die Natur geniessen kann, ohne von lauten Touristenschwärmen umgeben zu sein.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iV4tVi-L91c/Thr00mSz3iI/AAAAAAAAAn4/LICGQAXODy4/s1600/10.July+2011+047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iV4tVi-L91c/Thr00mSz3iI/AAAAAAAAAn4/LICGQAXODy4/s640/10.July+2011+047.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We passed some march land with lots of wild flowers and I asked Denis if you could get stuck in the mud. He said he would not think so. Then he called me further down, as he spotted a sheep. "That is a strange one," he said, "it has two colours, brown in the back." We took a closer look with the camera and noticed it was injured in the back. There was a big baldy patch, covered in blood with lots of flys attacking the wound. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wir kamen an einem Marchland mit vielen wilden Blumen vorbei und ich fragte Denis, ob man darin stecken bleiben könnte. Denis verneinte, doch kurz darauf rief er mich zu sich, weil er ein Schaf gesichtet hatte. "Das sieht eigenartig aus," meinte er, "es hat zwei Farben, braun am Hinterteil." Wir schauten uns das Tier mit der Kamera näher an und bemerkten, dass es am Rücken eine Verletzung hatte. Da war eine grosse haarlose Stelle zu sehen, die mit Blut bedeckt war und etliche Fliegen attackierten die Wunde.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eJyRMLtEwsM/Thr4ZYecixI/AAAAAAAAAn8/KzdkPkcd4P4/s1600/10.July+2011+044.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eJyRMLtEwsM/Thr4ZYecixI/AAAAAAAAAn8/KzdkPkcd4P4/s640/10.July+2011+044.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Poor creature," said Denis, "it must have been stuck in the mud." We felt so sorry for the sheep and felt even worse when it starred at us with a desperate look, as if it wanted to say: "Please help !"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Arme Kreatur," sagte Denis, "es muss im Schlamm steckengeblieben sein," Das Schaf tat uns unendlich leid und wir fühlten uns sogar noch schlechter, als es uns mit einem verzweifelten Blick anstarrte, als wollte es sagen: "Bitte helft mir!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aTBwFeLHpXk/Thr6IgpuWWI/AAAAAAAAAoA/VLTpncAShmg/s1600/10.July+2011+042.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aTBwFeLHpXk/Thr6IgpuWWI/AAAAAAAAAoA/VLTpncAShmg/s640/10.July+2011+042.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We went back as fast as we could and drove to the police station. There we showed the pictures of the poor animal and told the officer the location where it was to find. He promised to send a veterinary to the place and to look for the owner of the sheep. We did what we could and hope the sheep will recover!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wir machten uns eiligst auf den Rückweg und fuhren zur Polizeistation. Wir zeigten dem Wachmann die Bilder, die wir von dem armen Tier gemacht hatten und beschrieben die Stelle, wo es zu finden war. Er versprach uns einen Tierarzt dorthin zu entsenden und nach dem Schaf zu sehen und den Besitzer ausfindig zu machen. Wir haben getan, was wir tun konnten und hoffen, dass das Schaf das übersteht!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Fotos by Margit Anna Binder&lt;/span&gt;﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-3733234028076674168?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/3733234028076674168'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/3733234028076674168'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2011/07/graiguenamanagh-in-county-kilkenny.html' title='GRAIGUENAMANAGH in County Kilkenny'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PLJdwMoRrI0/ThrtsS5e4qI/AAAAAAAAAnw/f7lPNq8v4cs/s72-c/10.July+2011+004.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-2874066596773666581</id><published>2011-07-01T17:48:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2011-07-02T15:18:31.720+01:00</updated><title type='text'>The Tall Ship Race 2011 in Waterford</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xnpG-FDs8to/Tg31hvSGiLI/AAAAAAAAAnY/Up92i22uCps/s1600/Tall+ships+2011+015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xnpG-FDs8to/Tg31hvSGiLI/AAAAAAAAAnY/Up92i22uCps/s640/Tall+ships+2011+015.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BjEaRk7ouag/Tg31tfjEiSI/AAAAAAAAAnc/3lODLys73Gk/s1600/Tall+ships+2011+006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BjEaRk7ouag/Tg31tfjEiSI/AAAAAAAAAnc/3lODLys73Gk/s640/Tall+ships+2011+006.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;I was at the Tall Ship Festival on Friday 1. July and I was rather disappointed. There were not as many tall ships as&amp;nbsp;I expected, I&amp;nbsp; saw maybe ten or twelve and a few small ones, but&amp;nbsp;I did not come to see the small ones. There are lots of food stalls, but most of them offer only food and I find it very uncomfortable to eat and having nothing to drink with it. A stall's owner told&amp;nbsp;me that they are not allowed to sell drink, which&amp;nbsp;I found does not make sense. It was hard to walk through the crowds of people and lots of barrieres made it even harder to get through. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_QwAPSPnbp8/Tg34E7w_wCI/AAAAAAAAAng/9duHhiI1nik/s1600/Tall+ships+2011+004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_QwAPSPnbp8/Tg34E7w_wCI/AAAAAAAAAng/9duHhiI1nik/s640/Tall+ships+2011+004.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GQz6EWR9fAU/Tg34o_B6v_I/AAAAAAAAAno/tL91oyXvMzI/s1600/Tall+ships+2011+011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GQz6EWR9fAU/Tg34o_B6v_I/AAAAAAAAAno/tL91oyXvMzI/s640/Tall+ships+2011+011.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;I had a few snacks, looked around and after 3 hours&amp;nbsp;I had enough and went home.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eGgCridN0uo/Tg351h9FOZI/AAAAAAAAAns/vldwO3JURoI/s1600/Tall+ships+2011+014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eGgCridN0uo/Tg351h9FOZI/AAAAAAAAAns/vldwO3JURoI/s640/Tall+ships+2011+014.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;What I really would love to see is when the ships leave together and when they are in full sail, but&amp;nbsp;I will have to get up early to see that and&amp;nbsp;I have to look for a good spot somewhere outside of Waterford City.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Fotos by Margit Anna Binder&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-2874066596773666581?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/2874066596773666581'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/2874066596773666581'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2011/07/tall-ship-race-2011-in-waterford.html' title='The Tall Ship Race 2011 in Waterford'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xnpG-FDs8to/Tg31hvSGiLI/AAAAAAAAAnY/Up92i22uCps/s72-c/Tall+ships+2011+015.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-5259961114896754523</id><published>2011-06-04T18:45:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2011-06-04T18:51:09.791+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Dublin - Ireland's capital city</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vbbBqRg-w8U/TepnmTq81QI/AAAAAAAAAm8/DCNiE5pdG6Q/s1600/Dublin+May2011+007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vbbBqRg-w8U/TepnmTq81QI/AAAAAAAAAm8/DCNiE5pdG6Q/s640/Dublin+May2011+007.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The river Liffey runs through the city and&amp;nbsp;the Half Penny Bridge&amp;nbsp; pronounced Hepny Bridge, which is the most famous bridge in Dublin,&amp;nbsp;brings you from one side of the river to the other.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9zFwb54LXiU/Tepo9thA6xI/AAAAAAAAAnA/Ow-xi_xxB0E/s1600/Dublin+May2011+010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9zFwb54LXiU/Tepo9thA6xI/AAAAAAAAAnA/Ow-xi_xxB0E/s640/Dublin+May2011+010.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The singer and songwriter Carol King wrote the song "Hardrock Cafe", which was a hit in the 70s or 80s, but she obviously meant the Hard Rock Cafe in the USA and not the one in Dublin, which I suppose does not exist so long.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jG_AfMR3HQk/TepszQX-DkI/AAAAAAAAAnI/Q6TqXHKDEcA/s1600/Dublin+May2011+016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jG_AfMR3HQk/TepszQX-DkI/AAAAAAAAAnI/Q6TqXHKDEcA/s320/Dublin+May2011+016.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-59OHa7wmO_g/Tepsq01JS6I/AAAAAAAAAnE/t07eZpkR95A/s1600/Dublin+May2011+017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-59OHa7wmO_g/Tepsq01JS6I/AAAAAAAAAnE/t07eZpkR95A/s200/Dublin+May2011+017.JPG" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Drummer Boy with his Bodhran and Leprechauns&lt;br /&gt;with Molly Mallone&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--vPYMvdjUm8/TepuG4vee1I/AAAAAAAAAnM/aheI4xoJYMo/s1600/Dublin+May2011+012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--vPYMvdjUm8/TepuG4vee1I/AAAAAAAAAnM/aheI4xoJYMo/s640/Dublin+May2011+012.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A lovely old Pub, I would have like to visit it, if it was not so early in the day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AaGKbxpnjCU/TepucDWDYtI/AAAAAAAAAnQ/Hosiu6TLMsc/s1600/Dublin+May2011+014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AaGKbxpnjCU/TepucDWDYtI/AAAAAAAAAnQ/Hosiu6TLMsc/s640/Dublin+May2011+014.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;An English Beefeater in Dublin? That can't be true! Maybe a joke?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Photos by Margit Anna Binder&lt;/span&gt;﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-5259961114896754523?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/5259961114896754523'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/5259961114896754523'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2011/06/river-liffey-runs-through-city-and-half.html' title='Dublin - Ireland&apos;s capital city'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vbbBqRg-w8U/TepnmTq81QI/AAAAAAAAAm8/DCNiE5pdG6Q/s72-c/Dublin+May2011+007.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-6811610932125713633</id><published>2011-04-26T00:43:00.020+01:00</published><updated>2011-06-04T18:05:22.745+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Achill Island and surroundings</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="border: currentColor; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gm03Y18zJvc/TbX3YIHYRyI/AAAAAAAAAi8/gU-bCnd2iIg/s1600/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" i8="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gm03Y18zJvc/TbX3YIHYRyI/AAAAAAAAAi8/gU-bCnd2iIg/s640/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+020.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border: currentColor;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border: currentColor;"&gt;We went to County Galway in the province Connacht on Easter Saturday. Connacht is the one with the least vegetation of the 4 provinces in Ireland. It is very hard to grow something on this rugged land, but the Irish, who were told by Oliver Cromwell "to go to hell or to Connacht" around the year 1650, survived and made the area to what it is today - a very peculiar landscape, which is visited by many tourists every year. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Am Ostersamstag machten wir uns auf den Weg nach County Galway in die Provinz Connacht. Connacht ist diejenige mit der geringsten Vegetation von allen 4 Provinzen in Irland. Es ist sehr schwierig etwas auf diesem unwirtlichen Land anzubauen, aber die Iren, welche von Oliver Cromwell&amp;nbsp;etwa im&amp;nbsp;Jahr 1650 &amp;nbsp;"in die Hölle oder nach Connacht" geschickt wurden, überlebten und machten das Gebiet zu dem, was es heute ist - eine einzigartige Landschaft, welche jährlich von vielen Touristen besucht wird. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border: currentColor; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hxsQ-W6iK5Q/TbX74_I0NyI/AAAAAAAAAjE/jyzNuWGBQX0/s1600/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="213" i8="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hxsQ-W6iK5Q/TbX74_I0NyI/AAAAAAAAAjE/jyzNuWGBQX0/s320/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+034.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eKTpRtl1KEw/TbX7kEtraSI/AAAAAAAAAjA/VRRN1WidECg/s1600/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" i8="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eKTpRtl1KEw/TbX7kEtraSI/AAAAAAAAAjA/VRRN1WidECg/s320/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+026.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We passed through the Western part of County Galway, called Connemara, which lies between Lough Corrib and the Atlantic. The original name of Connemara was Conmaicnamara or the tribe of Cormac by the sea.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wir fuhren durch den westlichen Teil von County Galway, Connemara genannt, welcher zwischen dem Lough = Lake Corrib und dem Atlantik liegt. Der Originalname von Connemara war Conmaicnamara oder der Stamm der Cormac beim Meer. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BVhdFSDxD7s/TbX-g_7n6JI/AAAAAAAAAjI/2LTbySWf5MU/s1600/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+037.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" i8="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BVhdFSDxD7s/TbX-g_7n6JI/AAAAAAAAAjI/2LTbySWf5MU/s320/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+037.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lTz3j387XPg/TbX-z8V8KbI/AAAAAAAAAjM/jeTITWGw7AU/s1600/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; height: 213px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; width: 322px;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="213" i8="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lTz3j387XPg/TbX-z8V8KbI/AAAAAAAAAjM/jeTITWGw7AU/s320/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+040.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-U6_LiO-L20E/TbX_tYUuEGI/AAAAAAAAAjQ/U1m27xm_BCw/s1600/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+043.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" i8="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-U6_LiO-L20E/TbX_tYUuEGI/AAAAAAAAAjQ/U1m27xm_BCw/s640/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+043.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The bog has a long tradition in Ireland, especially in that area, as it supplied the people with enough turf to heat their houses and make it possible to cook the daily meal.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;After centuries of this tradition, the EU restricted the cutting of the turf and offered a small compensation to the turf cutters, which was 1000 Euro per year&amp;nbsp;over 5 years, but that would not even cover the turf cutter's heating expenses or&amp;nbsp;their income losses from the sale of surplus turf.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Der Torfabbau im Moor hat eine lange Tradition in Irland, speziell in diesem Gebiet, da es die Menschen mit genug Brennstoff versorgte, um ihre Häuser zu beheizen und ihre täglichen Mahlzeiten zu kochen. Nach einer&amp;nbsp;mehrere hundertjährigen&amp;nbsp;Tradition, hat die EU dem Torfschneiden Einhalt geboten und den Torfschneidern eine kleine Ausgleichszahlung von 1000 Euro pro Jahr über 5 Jahre angeboten, woduch nur einen kleinen Teil der Heizkosten abgedeckt ist, von dem Verdienstentgang bei einem Verkauf ganz abgesehen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PADGRfRDgTk/TbYG7Y9Rr5I/AAAAAAAAAjU/kQUxauHRz4A/s1600/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+046.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" i8="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PADGRfRDgTk/TbYG7Y9Rr5I/AAAAAAAAAjU/kQUxauHRz4A/s640/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+046.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You&amp;nbsp;see lots of abandoned stone houses like this in Irleand. Our journey brought us to Achill Island in County Mayo, which is connected&amp;nbsp;to the mainland by a small bridge only. You will find a whole deserted village with remains of&amp;nbsp; 80 - 100&amp;nbsp;buildings&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;there. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Irland sieht man viele verlassene Steinhäuser, wie dieses. Wir fuhren weiter zur Insel Achille in County Mayo, welche durch eine Brücke mit dem Festland verbunden ist. Dort findet man ein ganz verlassenes Dorf mit 80-100 Überresten von Steingebäuden.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MutG-Vu5R1k/TbabyurC2II/AAAAAAAAAjY/8DYLm2HNKko/s1600/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+061.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="cssfloat: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="425" i8="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MutG-Vu5R1k/TbabyurC2II/AAAAAAAAAjY/8DYLm2HNKko/s640/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+061.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border: currentColor; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_ViVCVyp04U/TbaeAnNM7jI/AAAAAAAAAjg/pXXluVceA34/s1600/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+076.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="cssfloat: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="425" i8="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_ViVCVyp04U/TbaeAnNM7jI/AAAAAAAAAjg/pXXluVceA34/s640/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+076.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uSox7On2e_Y/TbafY2kuHLI/AAAAAAAAAjk/YoHZONvhYoI/s1600/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+080.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" i8="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uSox7On2e_Y/TbafY2kuHLI/AAAAAAAAAjk/YoHZONvhYoI/s640/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+080.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GoDwCy5iTZU/TbaflzYXKQI/AAAAAAAAAjo/aUdk9atibco/s1600/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+083.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" i8="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GoDwCy5iTZU/TbaflzYXKQI/AAAAAAAAAjo/aUdk9atibco/s640/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+083.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WkVohtCDdgw/Tbaf0TMitmI/AAAAAAAAAjs/XuTyCza7khs/s1600/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+091.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" i8="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WkVohtCDdgw/Tbaf0TMitmI/AAAAAAAAAjs/XuTyCza7khs/s640/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+091.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As you&amp;nbsp;may&amp;nbsp;observe yourself, Achill Island with it's various&amp;nbsp;and diverse views is a breathtaking area to visit. The Great Western Greenway was&amp;nbsp;completed last year and you can&amp;nbsp;ride your bicycle or hike&amp;nbsp;across &amp;nbsp;the lovely&amp;nbsp;landscape, knowing you and&amp;nbsp;the kids&amp;nbsp;are safe from the&amp;nbsp;road traffic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We du selbst feststellen wirst, ist die Insel Achill mit ihren unterschiedlichen Aussichten ein atemberaubendes Gebiet. The Great Western Greenway wurde im letzten Jahr fertiggestellt und somit kannst du mit dem Fahrrad ungehindert durch die herrliche&amp;nbsp;Landschaft fahren und bist sicher&amp;nbsp;vor dem&amp;nbsp;Autoverkehr. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BR6pbmeXVDM/TbalDgK-4SI/AAAAAAAAAjw/CVCccWq69p0/s1600/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+108.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" i8="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BR6pbmeXVDM/TbalDgK-4SI/AAAAAAAAAjw/CVCccWq69p0/s640/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+108.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cgP3T7npiVw/TbalQyW3B1I/AAAAAAAAAj0/ad-JumDtj_8/s1600/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+116.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" i8="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cgP3T7npiVw/TbalQyW3B1I/AAAAAAAAAj0/ad-JumDtj_8/s640/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+116.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IzW6-o3e4RQ/Tbalb1KBKQI/AAAAAAAAAj4/MgOb8-bXcUw/s1600/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+121.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" i8="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IzW6-o3e4RQ/Tbalb1KBKQI/AAAAAAAAAj4/MgOb8-bXcUw/s640/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+121.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;If you are looking for an accommodation in County Galway, we would suggest to&amp;nbsp;investigate B&amp;amp;Bs, as the hotels, we found&amp;nbsp;are very expensive in the season. The hotels are cheaper in Mayo, but I still prefer B&amp;amp;B, as they are often cleaner, quieter and more personal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wenn du eine Unterkunft in Galway suchst, würden wir vorschlagen ein B&amp;amp;B zu wählen, da die Hotels in der Saison sehr teuer sind. In Mayo sind sie etwas billiger, aber ich bevorzuge trotzdem B&amp;amp;Bs, weil sie oft sauberer, ruhiger und persönlicher sind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GiczTLmkMQU/Tban0pF61wI/AAAAAAAAAkA/ljpa1rL8y7c/s1600/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+139.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" i8="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GiczTLmkMQU/Tban0pF61wI/AAAAAAAAAkA/ljpa1rL8y7c/s640/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+139.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hYyCXp-7jlM/TbaoCD_3csI/AAAAAAAAAkE/Ep7JGNPNipQ/s1600/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+153.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" i8="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hYyCXp-7jlM/TbaoCD_3csI/AAAAAAAAAkE/Ep7JGNPNipQ/s640/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+153.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jC18RDShBw4/TbaoQJ_HkUI/AAAAAAAAAkI/63M8dnhU-54/s1600/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+157.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" i8="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jC18RDShBw4/TbaoQJ_HkUI/AAAAAAAAAkI/63M8dnhU-54/s640/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+157.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Passing through rugged areas,&amp;nbsp; lakes (lochs), hills, streams and mountains, you arrive at the Atlantic Ocean on the Western coast. Next Stop America. By the way, the official language on Achill Island is Gaelic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Von steinigen Arealen, vorbei an&amp;nbsp; Seen, Hügeln, Bächen und Bergen zum atlantischen Ozean auf der Westküste. Nächster Halt Amerika! Nebenbei erwähnt, die offizielle Sprache auf Achill (ausgesprochen Akl) Island ist gälisch.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_D19fLUsZ_4/TbaqvsaRUiI/AAAAAAAAAkM/xMqhSDpNCgU/s1600/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+164.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" i8="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_D19fLUsZ_4/TbaqvsaRUiI/AAAAAAAAAkM/xMqhSDpNCgU/s640/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+164.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kpowG9Sibh4/TbarA3xcYXI/AAAAAAAAAkQ/Z-G8v9C65YU/s1600/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+169.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" i8="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kpowG9Sibh4/TbarA3xcYXI/AAAAAAAAAkQ/Z-G8v9C65YU/s640/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+169.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are more sheep on the island than humans, I believe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ich denke, es gibt mehr Schafe als Menschen auf der Insel,&amp;nbsp; da sie so dünnbesiedelt ist.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XmQOTRA06k0/Tbar6SXeiNI/AAAAAAAAAkU/kM9DnPaBxck/s1600/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+174.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" i8="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XmQOTRA06k0/Tbar6SXeiNI/AAAAAAAAAkU/kM9DnPaBxck/s640/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+174.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-thMRjaGYk1Q/Tbasf-kXivI/AAAAAAAAAkc/yCQ8BAmMU0o/s1600/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+187.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" i8="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-thMRjaGYk1Q/Tbasf-kXivI/AAAAAAAAAkc/yCQ8BAmMU0o/s640/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+187.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sZfRdaooyCE/Tbasz0t-jBI/AAAAAAAAAkg/RxGuBl3wYJU/s1600/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+184.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" i8="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sZfRdaooyCE/Tbasz0t-jBI/AAAAAAAAAkg/RxGuBl3wYJU/s640/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+184.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was so overvelmed of the beauty sometimes that I had only one word, which was "Wow"!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ich war oft so überwältigt von der Schönheit, dass ich nur ein Wort dafür hatte und das war "Wow"!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mdCImnu3giw/Tbat3FSqwpI/AAAAAAAAAkk/adEiUZUU8lk/s1600/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+186.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" i8="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mdCImnu3giw/Tbat3FSqwpI/AAAAAAAAAkk/adEiUZUU8lk/s640/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+186.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MnX5idVURQo/TbauYO7-0jI/AAAAAAAAAks/56o7cvyvu2Q/s1600/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+199.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" i8="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MnX5idVURQo/TbauYO7-0jI/AAAAAAAAAks/56o7cvyvu2Q/s640/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+199.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xCOOyo8n4c0/Tbau3uGm4jI/AAAAAAAAAkw/3qnegkUjg78/s1600/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+205.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" i8="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xCOOyo8n4c0/Tbau3uGm4jI/AAAAAAAAAkw/3qnegkUjg78/s640/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+205.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kBW8-fVBAUo/TbavX-OppjI/AAAAAAAAAk0/VhP5eLkXS7o/s1600/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+221.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" i8="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kBW8-fVBAUo/TbavX-OppjI/AAAAAAAAAk0/VhP5eLkXS7o/s640/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+221.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CG6h8YCYLrs/Tbazvz47WlI/AAAAAAAAAlE/1kv5wzh1RTE/s1600/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" i8="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CG6h8YCYLrs/Tbazvz47WlI/AAAAAAAAAlE/1kv5wzh1RTE/s640/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+014.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A big "Thank you" to my partner Denis, who planned the journey and&amp;nbsp;took me out for a nice Easter weekend to mine and his first visit to this area!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Herzlichen Dank an meinen Parnter Denis, der die Reise geplant und mir ein schönes Osterwochenende, meinen und seinen ersten Besuch in dieser Landschaft, beschert hat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Fotos by Margit Anna Binder&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-6811610932125713633?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/6811610932125713633'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/6811610932125713633'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2011/04/easter-in-county-galway-and-county-mayo.html' title='Achill Island and surroundings'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gm03Y18zJvc/TbX3YIHYRyI/AAAAAAAAAi8/gU-bCnd2iIg/s72-c/Galway+and+Mayo+April+2011+020.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-1431907336684542450</id><published>2011-01-24T11:58:00.027Z</published><updated>2011-04-17T00:10:33.389+01:00</updated><title type='text'>A lovely winter weekend in County Kerry</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TT1YrjBikCI/AAAAAAAAAhQ/FgjgdluO4Tk/s1600/Kerry+22.Jaenner+2011+002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" s5="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TT1YrjBikCI/AAAAAAAAAhQ/FgjgdluO4Tk/s640/Kerry+22.Jaenner+2011+002.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;That is how it looked like in County Waterford, when we headed towards Kerry on Friday afternoon. There was lots of fog and the landscape looked eerie, as if it is hiding something.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TT1ZlwojS4I/AAAAAAAAAhU/-Ph65rXEYKA/s1600/Kerry+22.Jaenner+2011+004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" s5="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TT1ZlwojS4I/AAAAAAAAAhU/-Ph65rXEYKA/s320/Kerry+22.Jaenner+2011+004.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TT1ZsyXFtbI/AAAAAAAAAhY/u7iiNN6DEX0/s1600/Kerry+22.Jaenner+2011+110.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" s5="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TT1ZsyXFtbI/AAAAAAAAAhY/u7iiNN6DEX0/s320/Kerry+22.Jaenner+2011+110.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;We arrived late at Benners Hotel in Dingle, but we were happy with the accommodation and the staff was very friendly and delightful.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TT1aoFI25LI/AAAAAAAAAhc/op0GwwCghZo/s1600/Kerry+22.Jaenner+2011+010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" s5="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TT1aoFI25LI/AAAAAAAAAhc/op0GwwCghZo/s640/Kerry+22.Jaenner+2011+010.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;The next morning started misty, but there were also sunny spots here and there.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TT1bMgCn1lI/AAAAAAAAAhg/DBwf62ISZ7k/s1600/Kerry+22.Jaenner+2011+020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" s5="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TT1bMgCn1lI/AAAAAAAAAhg/DBwf62ISZ7k/s640/Kerry+22.Jaenner+2011+020.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;It was very quiet in this bay, only the footsteps in the white sand showed that there must have been someone else there before us. There were seals lying on a sandbank on the lefthand side, but it was too difficult for us to get closer and we did not want to get into the seals' living space and disturb their peaceful harmony.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TT1dWG26eiI/AAAAAAAAAhk/huOmuMI2IUg/s1600/Kerry+22.Jaenner+2011+024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" s5="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TT1dWG26eiI/AAAAAAAAAhk/huOmuMI2IUg/s320/Kerry+22.Jaenner+2011+024.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TT1daoS9iCI/AAAAAAAAAho/H_i-xZovS4w/s1600/Kerry+22.Jaenner+2011+033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; height: 260px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; width: 321px;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" s5="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TT1daoS9iCI/AAAAAAAAAho/H_i-xZovS4w/s320/Kerry+22.Jaenner+2011+033.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We drove along the Dingle Penninsula with its astonishing views.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TT1e7w--csI/AAAAAAAAAhs/y64bBjRZRxM/s1600/Kerry+22.Jaenner+2011+039.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" s5="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TT1e7w--csI/AAAAAAAAAhs/y64bBjRZRxM/s640/Kerry+22.Jaenner+2011+039.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;I bet this beautiful beach is not crowded in summer as there are not many people living in this area.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TT1f6IE_MGI/AAAAAAAAAhw/E2NdI8r7hjc/s1600/Kerry+22.Jaenner+2011+049.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" s5="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TT1f6IE_MGI/AAAAAAAAAhw/E2NdI8r7hjc/s640/Kerry+22.Jaenner+2011+049.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;I found this looks like a landscape from another planet, but amazing in its way!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TT1gdV4bnII/AAAAAAAAAh0/zSpwki4Q8Y4/s1600/Kerry+22.Jaenner+2011+055.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" s5="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TT1gdV4bnII/AAAAAAAAAh0/zSpwki4Q8Y4/s640/Kerry+22.Jaenner+2011+055.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;A really fantastic view down from the rugged hills.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TT1g5Co4pmI/AAAAAAAAAh4/YN3LaOIReGM/s1600/Kerry+22.Jaenner+2011+057.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" s5="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TT1g5Co4pmI/AAAAAAAAAh4/YN3LaOIReGM/s640/Kerry+22.Jaenner+2011+057.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;The same place, but another view.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TT1hUbHHsnI/AAAAAAAAAh8/CXiGezwcwp0/s1600/Kerry+22.Jaenner+2011+060.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" s5="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TT1hUbHHsnI/AAAAAAAAAh8/CXiGezwcwp0/s640/Kerry+22.Jaenner+2011+060.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;I could not take enough pictures from this beautiful area.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TT1hz0eESrI/AAAAAAAAAiA/u-5uAoMUft4/s1600/Kerry+22.Jaenner+2011+067.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" s5="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TT1hz0eESrI/AAAAAAAAAiA/u-5uAoMUft4/s640/Kerry+22.Jaenner+2011+067.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TT1h_KSRXoI/AAAAAAAAAiE/HV8Vczrg9TY/s1600/Kerry+22.Jaenner+2011+068.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" s5="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TT1h_KSRXoI/AAAAAAAAAiE/HV8Vczrg9TY/s320/Kerry+22.Jaenner+2011+068.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TT1iGnjZJ-I/AAAAAAAAAiI/UYB6b4eyjIg/s1600/Kerry+22.Jaenner+2011+080.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" s5="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TT1iGnjZJ-I/AAAAAAAAAiI/UYB6b4eyjIg/s320/Kerry+22.Jaenner+2011+080.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the left Gallarus Oratory, built in the 7th or 8th century﻿. It is still waterproof, though it was never renovated. On the&amp;nbsp;right an old stone house, left by its former owners, but with its own flower pot on the top of the chimney.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TT1k1jYTB1I/AAAAAAAAAiM/Vr2TTc79-GQ/s1600/Kerry+22.Jaenner+2011+121.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" s5="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TT1k1jYTB1I/AAAAAAAAAiM/Vr2TTc79-GQ/s640/Kerry+22.Jaenner+2011+121.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;I thought Ireland would be boring to look at in the winter season, but I was wrong. I was so excited about the various landscapes with its beautiful colours. It certainly looks different than in summer, but it has its own charm and feels like a peaceful place.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TT1m2_T-8iI/AAAAAAAAAiY/rK3EYwFSId8/s1600/Kerry+22.Jaenner+2011+127.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" s5="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TT1m2_T-8iI/AAAAAAAAAiY/rK3EYwFSId8/s640/Kerry+22.Jaenner+2011+127.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TT1nNJ-peVI/AAAAAAAAAic/eQ7XnIS32J0/s1600/Kerry+22.Jaenner+2011+130.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" s5="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TT1nNJ-peVI/AAAAAAAAAic/eQ7XnIS32J0/s640/Kerry+22.Jaenner+2011+130.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TT1nfPHT9HI/AAAAAAAAAig/eny4JE3x99s/s1600/Kerry+22.Jaenner+2011+135.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" s5="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TT1nfPHT9HI/AAAAAAAAAig/eny4JE3x99s/s640/Kerry+22.Jaenner+2011+135.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;Who would not be overwhelmed by this beauty! Nature is the best architect!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TT1oJJ5lBvI/AAAAAAAAAik/drUt5e7q0kg/s1600/Kerry+22.Jaenner+2011+126.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" s5="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TT1oJJ5lBvI/AAAAAAAAAik/drUt5e7q0kg/s640/Kerry+22.Jaenner+2011+126.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;We headed back home through Killarney with its lovely lakes.﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TT1oRAMWgaI/AAAAAAAAAio/TtjayzJNhO8/s1600/Kerry+22.Jaenner+2011+149.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" s5="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TT1oRAMWgaI/AAAAAAAAAio/TtjayzJNhO8/s640/Kerry+22.Jaenner+2011+149.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;Pity that the weekends are always too short, I would have enjoyed to stay longer, but there are more weekends to come!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Photos by Margit Anna Binder&lt;/span&gt;﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-1431907336684542450?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/1431907336684542450'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/1431907336684542450'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2011/01/lovely-winter-weekend-in-county-kerry.html' title='A lovely winter weekend in County Kerry'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TT1YrjBikCI/AAAAAAAAAhQ/FgjgdluO4Tk/s72-c/Kerry+22.Jaenner+2011+002.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-6734688497012627866</id><published>2011-01-08T09:07:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-01-08T09:07:36.137Z</updated><title type='text'>A long winter season</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TSgjtTn0hiI/AAAAAAAAAhE/dMNJukqutGw/s1600/January+2011+009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" n4="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TSgjtTn0hiI/AAAAAAAAAhE/dMNJukqutGw/s640/January+2011+009.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Photo by Margit Anna Binder ( Charleville, Co. Cork)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We were in Charleville yesterday and as predicted it started to snow. Within an hour everything was covered with snow again. I saw a woman coming out of a shop, she was so excited about the weather change, but I suppose not everyone was. On our way home we saw 3 cars, which slipped off the road and one landed in a ditch. We needed 90 minutes longer than usual to get home to Waterford and that was not fun! &lt;br /&gt;It seems this winter is going to be a long one, with long periods of cold temperatures and lots of snow. Scientists talk about Global Warming and it is so cold here, unusual cold for Ireland! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TSgpHcIhSdI/AAAAAAAAAhI/aO4AeLM5jmk/s1600/January+2011+007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" n4="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TSgpHcIhSdI/AAAAAAAAAhI/aO4AeLM5jmk/s640/January+2011+007.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Photo by Margit Anna Binder&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-6734688497012627866?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/6734688497012627866'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/6734688497012627866'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2011/01/long-winter-season.html' title='A long winter season'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TSgjtTn0hiI/AAAAAAAAAhE/dMNJukqutGw/s72-c/January+2011+009.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-4044999530399110740</id><published>2010-12-30T23:35:00.005Z</published><updated>2010-12-31T00:03:45.103Z</updated><title type='text'>Unforgetable Christmas 2010 in Austria</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TR0Qu899PNI/AAAAAAAAAgw/Vueo6MA0_cI/s1600/Christmas+2010+030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" n4="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TR0Qu899PNI/AAAAAAAAAgw/Vueo6MA0_cI/s640/Christmas+2010+030.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;The beautiful Belvedere Castle in Vienna, which I&amp;nbsp;visited so often when I lived nearby.﻿&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TR0RnDDG1AI/AAAAAAAAAg0/fzfU-CksU2w/s1600/Christmas+2010+033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" n4="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TR0RnDDG1AI/AAAAAAAAAg0/fzfU-CksU2w/s640/Christmas+2010+033.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;A nice view&amp;nbsp;over the city centre with St. Stephen's Cathedral in the background.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TR0SsEsMxtI/AAAAAAAAAg4/J7LsHls26JI/s1600/Christmas+2010+039.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" n4="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TR0SsEsMxtI/AAAAAAAAAg4/J7LsHls26JI/s640/Christmas+2010+039.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #38761d;"&gt;The Belvedere Christkindlmarket is relatively small compared to the other Christmas markets in Vienna. We usually visit one after the other, look into the stalls and have a nice hot punsh.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TR0UdQ0Tg0I/AAAAAAAAAg8/oayQ4RxacSY/s1600/Christmas+2010+074.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" n4="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TR0UdQ0Tg0I/AAAAAAAAAg8/oayQ4RxacSY/s640/Christmas+2010+074.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;Little Adrian enjoyed to be in the middle of all the presents, which were brought by the "Christkindl", but Christmas was even nicer for me, as I was together with the most important people in my life and the greatest highlight of all was when my beloved partner Denis asked me to be his wife. That was one of the most beautiful moments in my life and&amp;nbsp; that will stay in my memory forever!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TR0WbkOhKlI/AAAAAAAAAhA/cIghaIIbsYQ/s1600/Christmas+2010+049.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="300" n4="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TR0WbkOhKlI/AAAAAAAAAhA/cIghaIIbsYQ/s400/Christmas+2010+049.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;I hope everyone of you had a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;lovely Christmas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;and I wish you all&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: #cc0000; color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;A HAPPY NEW YEAR&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-size: x-small;"&gt;Photos by Margit Anna Binder&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-4044999530399110740?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/4044999530399110740'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/4044999530399110740'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2010/12/unforgetable-christmas-2010-in-austria.html' title='Unforgetable Christmas 2010 in Austria'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TR0Qu899PNI/AAAAAAAAAgw/Vueo6MA0_cI/s72-c/Christmas+2010+030.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-7524174143902973023</id><published>2010-12-30T22:21:00.010Z</published><updated>2010-12-31T00:01:51.941Z</updated><title type='text'>Unvergessliche Weihnachten 2010 in Österreich</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TR0FLczcqbI/AAAAAAAAAgQ/oYCS60P5J5U/s1600/Christmas+2010+009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" n4="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TR0FLczcqbI/AAAAAAAAAgQ/oYCS60P5J5U/s320/Christmas+2010+009.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TR0FRzi6SgI/AAAAAAAAAgU/su9IfFuOVrA/s1600/Christmas+2010+010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" n4="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TR0FRzi6SgI/AAAAAAAAAgU/su9IfFuOVrA/s320/Christmas+2010+010.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Unser Flug von Dublin nach Wien, am 15. Dezember 2010 abends&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TR0GciQJHoI/AAAAAAAAAgY/siOxCgt5mls/s1600/Christmas+2010+022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" n4="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TR0GciQJHoI/AAAAAAAAAgY/siOxCgt5mls/s640/Christmas+2010+022.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;Der Belvedere Garten in winterlicher Pracht.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TR0HRUI9iPI/AAAAAAAAAgc/NPSqED_BKWs/s1600/Christmas+2010+029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" n4="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TR0HRUI9iPI/AAAAAAAAAgc/NPSqED_BKWs/s640/Christmas+2010+029.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;Das "Untere Belvedere"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TR0Hy0quvSI/AAAAAAAAAgg/uYlZKtU6yyE/s1600/Christmas+2010+038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="300" n4="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TR0Hy0quvSI/AAAAAAAAAgg/uYlZKtU6yyE/s400/Christmas+2010+038.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;Der Belvedere Christkindlmarkt in Wien.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;Die ersten Tage nach unserer Ankunft haben wir mit Weihnachtseinkäufen und Besuchen verbracht. Es ist immer wieder schön, wenn man längere Zeit nicht zu Hause war, die&amp;nbsp;Familie wiederzusehen. Am Allerschönsten ist es aber, wenn ich meinen Sohn Alexander, meine Tochter Sabine, meinen Enkel Adrian und meine liebe Mama wieder in die Arme nehmen kann. Sie alle fehlen mir so sehr, wenn ich in Irland bin, aber Gott sei Dank, ist es mit dem Flugzeug nicht ganz so weit.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TR0MEvsgBEI/AAAAAAAAAgk/vHKopeo5jTk/s1600/Christmas+2010+076.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" n4="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TR0MEvsgBEI/AAAAAAAAAgk/vHKopeo5jTk/s640/Christmas+2010+076.JPG" width="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: blue;"&gt;Vor diesem Christbaum hat mein Partner Denis bei meinem Sohn Alexander um meine Hand angehalten. Das war einer meiner schönsten Momente in meinem Leben, im trauten Heim meines Sohnes, mit den liebsten Menschen zusammen zu sein und von meinem geliebten Partner einen Heiratsantrag zu bekommen.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: blue;"&gt;Dieser Tag wird mir sicher für immer in Erinnerung bleiben!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: blue;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TR0N7ir_ElI/AAAAAAAAAgs/QwxsQ15NPas/s1600/Christmas+2010+034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" n4="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TR0N7ir_ElI/AAAAAAAAAgs/QwxsQ15NPas/s320/Christmas+2010+034.JPG" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TR0NvRnNDpI/AAAAAAAAAgo/wIAnZZJuZaM/s1600/Christmas+2010+037.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" n4="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TR0NvRnNDpI/AAAAAAAAAgo/wIAnZZJuZaM/s320/Christmas+2010+037.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: red; color: black; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Schöne Feiertage und Prosit 2011&amp;nbsp;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-size: x-small;"&gt;Photos by Margit Anna Binder&lt;/span&gt;﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-7524174143902973023?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/7524174143902973023'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/7524174143902973023'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2010/12/unvergessliche-weihnachten-2010.html' title='Unvergessliche Weihnachten 2010 in Österreich'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TR0FLczcqbI/AAAAAAAAAgQ/oYCS60P5J5U/s72-c/Christmas+2010+009.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-3838998884903641307</id><published>2010-12-01T09:19:00.002Z</published><updated>2010-12-30T23:55:51.646Z</updated><title type='text'>More snow</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TPYOoboLz0I/AAAAAAAAAgI/RDbV_6ZeKwM/s1600/1.12.2010+002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TPYOoboLz0I/AAAAAAAAAgI/RDbV_6ZeKwM/s640/1.12.2010+002.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Foto by Margit Anna Binder&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The weather is getting worse. Snowstorms, icy fog, hail&amp;nbsp;and even thunderstorms, that is what Ireland experienced in the past couple of days.&amp;nbsp; They said on the news today, that it&amp;nbsp;is very unusual for this country to get snow so early in the winter season. It would be normal for Austria, but not for Ireland. People don't know how to react when their vehicles are slipping on an icy road, as they are not used to those conditions. So, keep in mind to steer the wheel in the direction you are slipping to and not in the opposite! The best would be to stay at home, as you can't even walk on the pavements safely. Most schools are closed and it is also not&amp;nbsp;easy&amp;nbsp;to attend work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Das Wetter wird schlimmer. Schneesturm, eisiger Nebel, Hagel und sogar Gewitter, das ist es, was Irland in den vergangenen zwei Tagen erlebte. In den heutigen Nachrichten wurde berichtet, dass es für Irland sehr unüblich ist, dass es Ende November schon schneit. Es ist normal für Österreich, aber nicht für Irland! Die Leute hier wissen nicht, wie sie reagieren sollen, wenn ihre Fahrzeuge auf den eisigen Strassen dahinrutschen, weil sie an diese Wetterverhältnisse nicht gewöhnt sind. Also vergiss nicht den Wagen in die Richtung zu lenken, in welche Du mit Deinem Fahrzeug rutscht und nicht dagegen lenken! Am Besten wäre es überhaupt daheim zu bleiben, weil Du nicht einmal auf den Gehsteigen sicher bist! Die meisten Schulen sind geschlossen, aber natürlich ist es nicht so einfach, nicht am Arbeitsplatz zu erscheinen.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-3838998884903641307?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/3838998884903641307'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/3838998884903641307'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2010/12/more-snow.html' title='More snow'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TPYOoboLz0I/AAAAAAAAAgI/RDbV_6ZeKwM/s72-c/1.12.2010+002.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-2321781844295852990</id><published>2010-11-28T22:52:00.001Z</published><updated>2010-11-28T22:53:57.107Z</updated><title type='text'>Birds in Winter</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TPLb3HuF_UI/AAAAAAAAAf8/E4XVqVtr9UQ/s1600/winter2010+009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="150" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TPLb3HuF_UI/AAAAAAAAAf8/E4XVqVtr9UQ/s200/winter2010+009.JPG" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TPLbojcG-BI/AAAAAAAAAf4/qhexUufIyWg/s1600/winter2010+001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TPLbojcG-BI/AAAAAAAAAf4/qhexUufIyWg/s320/winter2010+001.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Poor birds are so hungry in winter! Welcome to the bird's restaurant below our terrace step.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TPLc5QvWGcI/AAAAAAAAAgA/iyCF_aKPHwM/s1600/winter2010+007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TPLc5QvWGcI/AAAAAAAAAgA/iyCF_aKPHwM/s640/winter2010+007.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TPLdDGfODlI/AAAAAAAAAgE/Q0Lvlt0gjiI/s1600/winter2010+010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TPLdDGfODlI/AAAAAAAAAgE/Q0Lvlt0gjiI/s640/winter2010+010.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Fotos by Margit Anna Binder&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-2321781844295852990?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/2321781844295852990'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/2321781844295852990'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2010/11/birds-in-winter.html' title='Birds in Winter'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TPLb3HuF_UI/AAAAAAAAAf8/E4XVqVtr9UQ/s72-c/winter2010+009.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-6474115381700539936</id><published>2010-11-27T11:28:00.003Z</published><updated>2010-12-30T23:57:41.906Z</updated><title type='text'>Winter is back with lots of snow</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TPDo0NB6uYI/AAAAAAAAAfw/gzA_lTr1G_M/s1600/Medica+2010+and+first+snow+Ireland+022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" ox="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TPDo0NB6uYI/AAAAAAAAAfw/gzA_lTr1G_M/s640/Medica+2010+and+first+snow+Ireland+022.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That is what I saw after I woke this morning and looked out of the window. I love snow, it is really beautiful and it is magic, Winter Wonderland!&lt;br /&gt;Though I prefer it much more when the sad dead landscape is covered with&amp;nbsp;a lovely white blanket &amp;nbsp;in winter, I hope all the snow is gone&amp;nbsp;by Monday, when people have to go back&amp;nbsp;to work. It is very dangerous to drive on a snowy, slippery road, especially when the cars have no winter wheels. I think you can't&amp;nbsp; buy winter tyres in Ireland, as there is usually not much snow here.&lt;br /&gt;If the snow falls continue, the whole country will stand still.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TPDrLQvdtUI/AAAAAAAAAf0/nbIyfICdE7g/s1600/Medica+2010+and+first+snow+Ireland+018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TPDrLQvdtUI/AAAAAAAAAf0/nbIyfICdE7g/s640/Medica+2010+and+first+snow+Ireland+018.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fotos by Margit Anna Binder&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-6474115381700539936?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/6474115381700539936'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/6474115381700539936'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2010/11/winter-is-back-with-lots-of-snow.html' title='Winter is back with lots of snow'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TPDo0NB6uYI/AAAAAAAAAfw/gzA_lTr1G_M/s72-c/Medica+2010+and+first+snow+Ireland+022.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-8902514705878284441</id><published>2010-09-15T23:31:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2010-11-28T23:06:13.146Z</updated><title type='text'>Back in West Cork again</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TJFDsGwyD7I/AAAAAAAAAeQ/qCslijHQSbU/s1600/Westcork+with+Sabine+und+Michi+2010+001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" qx="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TJFDsGwyD7I/AAAAAAAAAeQ/qCslijHQSbU/s320/Westcork+with+Sabine+und+Michi+2010+001.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This fancy car was errected in memory of Henry Ford whose father was born in Ballinascarthy in County Cork.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TJFESVwnv2I/AAAAAAAAAeY/9BN9pxK7GFc/s1600/Westcork+with+Sabine+und+Michi+2010+039.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="150" qx="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TJFESVwnv2I/AAAAAAAAAeY/9BN9pxK7GFc/s200/Westcork+with+Sabine+und+Michi+2010+039.JPG" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TJFEhMPQpVI/AAAAAAAAAeg/uVdkaOJ4jZE/s1600/Westcork+with+Sabine+und+Michi+2010+041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" qx="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TJFEhMPQpVI/AAAAAAAAAeg/uVdkaOJ4jZE/s320/Westcork+with+Sabine+und+Michi+2010+041.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The picture on the left hand side shows the view from our&amp;nbsp;window in "The Atlantic House B&amp;amp;B". The church on the right hand photo&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;was built&amp;nbsp;on one of the numerous islands&amp;nbsp;in Baltimore Harbour.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TJFF6Est_JI/AAAAAAAAAeo/Ku4cVulSbX4/s1600/Westcork+with+Sabine+und+Michi+2010+053.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" qx="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TJFF6Est_JI/AAAAAAAAAeo/Ku4cVulSbX4/s320/Westcork+with+Sabine+und+Michi+2010+053.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Amazing cliffs&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;You can see&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; astonishing&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;sights and &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;beautiful places&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;in Baltimore&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; Harbour&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; 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He or she probably wondered about the strange looking creatures sitting in the boat.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TJFKIdFZASI/AAAAAAAAAfI/7p3AWjPrVJ0/s1600/Westcork+with+Sabine+und+Michi+2010+080.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" qx="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TJFKIdFZASI/AAAAAAAAAfI/7p3AWjPrVJ0/s320/Westcork+with+Sabine+und+Michi+2010+080.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These rocks reminded me of&amp;nbsp;camel's humps!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TJFK0N2vl_I/AAAAAAAAAfQ/Fa_k4eg8KIE/s1600/Westcork+with+Sabine+und+Michi+2010+082.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" qx="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TJFK0N2vl_I/AAAAAAAAAfQ/Fa_k4eg8KIE/s320/Westcork+with+Sabine+und+Michi+2010+082.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Loch Hayne&lt;br /&gt;You can wander on small paths through &lt;br /&gt;foresty area around the lake. People like&lt;br /&gt;to swim and enjoy themselves there on&lt;br /&gt;sunny days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TJFMaHtObEI/AAAAAAAAAfY/AsPUG_M1O3E/s1600/Westcork+with+Sabine+und+Michi+2010+093.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="150" qx="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TJFMaHtObEI/AAAAAAAAAfY/AsPUG_M1O3E/s200/Westcork+with+Sabine+und+Michi+2010+093.JPG" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TJFMiWYNZ5I/AAAAAAAAAfg/5hMO2otq5ME/s1600/Westcork+with+Sabine+und+Michi+2010+096.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" qx="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TJFMiWYNZ5I/AAAAAAAAAfg/5hMO2otq5ME/s320/Westcork+with+Sabine+und+Michi+2010+096.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;On the way back to our B&amp;amp;B in Castletownshend.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TJFNLzBjF_I/AAAAAAAAAfo/irxz3q62ChQ/s1600/Westcork+with+Sabine+und+Michi+2010+108.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" qx="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TJFNLzBjF_I/AAAAAAAAAfo/irxz3q62ChQ/s640/Westcork+with+Sabine+und+Michi+2010+108.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fotos by Margit Anna Binder&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-8902514705878284441?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/8902514705878284441'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/8902514705878284441'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2010/09/this-fancy-car-was-errected-in-memory.html' title='Back in West Cork again'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TJFDsGwyD7I/AAAAAAAAAeQ/qCslijHQSbU/s72-c/Westcork+with+Sabine+und+Michi+2010+001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-2292507150432479947</id><published>2010-09-07T09:00:00.017+01:00</published><updated>2010-09-16T00:30:28.077+01:00</updated><title type='text'>My family holidays in Vienna</title><content type='html'>&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; 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height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TIXzLgwUCSI/AAAAAAAAAcQ/QxepA0tgSnU/s1600/August+2010+Austria+041.JPG" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514080697881725218" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TIXzLgwUCSI/AAAAAAAAAcQ/QxepA0tgSnU/s320/August+2010+Austria+041.JPG" style="display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My beloved Mummy. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TIXx5LNeRZI/AAAAAAAAAcA/UkGYN7hOTho/s1600/August+2010+Austria+069.JPG" style="clear: left; 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border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;﻿﻿ &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Below my partner, my daughter with boyfriend, my brother and wife with their two sons and last but not least my son.&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TIXzLZsw9NI/AAAAAAAAAcI/IGqOWF3sJ6M/s1600/August+2010+Austria+077.JPG" style="clear: left; cssfloat: right; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514080695987795154" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TIXzLZsw9NI/AAAAAAAAAcI/IGqOWF3sJ6M/s320/August+2010+Austria+077.JPG" style="display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;﻿﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; 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We went to Hook Head in County Wexford and walked up the lighthouse, from where we had a wonderful view, but I still did not see a whale. They are never around when I am coming, I am getting used to that!Maybe they don't like Austrians!&lt;br /&gt;On the way back we saw signs saying there was a sandsculpture competition on in Duncannon. The beach was full with people who enjoyed the sun and we hardly found a parking space, as every street was packed with cars.&lt;br /&gt;Though we expected to see a professional competition, it was nice to see people having fun and showing creativity.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-1667370925615228753?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/1667370925615228753'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/1667370925615228753'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2010/08/sandsculpture-competition-duncannon-co.html' title='Sandsculpture  Competition Duncannon, Co. Wexford'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TGhZtQzroyI/AAAAAAAAAbw/0zdpLk6Yvz4/s72-c/Wexford+August+2010+018.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-8996838110734262113</id><published>2010-08-14T23:15:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2010-08-14T23:30:41.069+01:00</updated><title type='text'>County Cork and Westmeath</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TGcWfCXkZqI/AAAAAAAAAao/8bsqzlR8gVY/s1600/August+2010+034.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TGcWfCXkZqI/AAAAAAAAAao/8bsqzlR8gVY/s320/August+2010+034.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505393791951201954" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TGcWe5BsM-I/AAAAAAAAAag/r1SsXjJYExE/s1600/August+2010+017.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TGcWe5BsM-I/AAAAAAAAAag/r1SsXjJYExE/s320/August+2010+017.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505393789443519458" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TGcWeSzUbmI/AAAAAAAAAaY/hLsBmdEbfuU/s1600/August+2010+025.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TGcWeSzUbmI/AAAAAAAAAaY/hLsBmdEbfuU/s320/August+2010+025.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505393779182693986" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TGcWeGZoHgI/AAAAAAAAAaQ/DYJGvEsS6zI/s1600/August+2010+002.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TGcWeGZoHgI/AAAAAAAAAaQ/DYJGvEsS6zI/s320/August+2010+002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505393775853706754" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Photos by Margit Anna Binder&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Photo     Roches Point in County Cork (last headland passed by Titanic 1912)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Photo     Ballycotton Lighthouse, viewed from Garryvoe Beach, County Cork&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Photo     Rostellen, County Cork&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Photo     Lough (pronounced Lock) Ennell near Mullingar, County Westmeath, &lt;br /&gt;             where Jonathan Swift wrote Gulliver&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-8996838110734262113?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/8996838110734262113'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/8996838110734262113'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2010/08/fotos-by-margit-anna-binder.html' title='County Cork and Westmeath'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TGcWfCXkZqI/AAAAAAAAAao/8bsqzlR8gVY/s72-c/August+2010+034.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-150262495159597079</id><published>2010-06-13T19:46:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2010-06-13T19:52:28.231+01:00</updated><title type='text'>A day in County Wexford</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TBUobtL_CaI/AAAAAAAAAaE/WSQ7JTBqHik/s1600/11.+June+2010+019.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TBUobtL_CaI/AAAAAAAAAaE/WSQ7JTBqHik/s320/11.+June+2010+019.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482332577844890018" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TBUoaJh7ORI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/uTisloodyJo/s1600/11.+June+2010+025.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TBUoaJh7ORI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/uTisloodyJo/s320/11.+June+2010+025.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482332551093369106" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TBUoZtZxmTI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/7WEhR0jZYf8/s1600/11.+June+2010+028.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TBUoZtZxmTI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/7WEhR0jZYf8/s320/11.+June+2010+028.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482332543542991154" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TBUoY3yUItI/AAAAAAAAAZs/TM_BrzUYjsw/s1600/11.+June+2010+029.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TBUoY3yUItI/AAAAAAAAAZs/TM_BrzUYjsw/s320/11.+June+2010+029.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482332529150403282" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TBUoYvmESXI/AAAAAAAAAZk/OgJCatBixMw/s1600/11.+June+2010+032.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TBUoYvmESXI/AAAAAAAAAZk/OgJCatBixMw/s320/11.+June+2010+032.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482332526951549298" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fotos Margit Anna Binder&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As is the case, most weekends, Denis and I spend our spare time outside to explore Nature. We had a temperature of 17 degrees in the South East of Ireland, which was ok for us, the right temperature for a good walk. We set off for County Wexford and arrived at Kennedy Park, built to commemorate the former American President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, whose great grandparents came from that area. At first we had a walk through the forest, which looked spooky at times, when the sun shone through the tree tops. &lt;br /&gt;We headed towards the “lake”, which is actually a pond, as it is not very big. We sat on the grassy area bordering the lake, watching the ducks catching pieces of sandwiches instead of fish though they nearly jumped into their mouths. The ducks obviously preferred the sandwiches to the fish that day, which I found a bit strange, but maybe they are fed up of having fish on the daily menu and yearned for something different for a change.  I suppose the fish were happy as well, when someone kept the ducks’ attention away from them and to escape of ending up in a duck’s stomach. &lt;br /&gt;After the short rest we walked on and passed lots of different trees, bushes and wild flowers in full bloom. To see all these various plants was very pleasant for the eye and I thought how happy I am to be able to see the beauty of Nature. How sad it must be for blind people never to see! We stopped at a flowering bush and inhaled the sweet scent. The whole bush was humming. I know that bushes can’t hum, but there were a number of bees in it, who were busy collecting the sweet nectar. &lt;br /&gt;I found the entrance fee of 3 Euros per person to be very reasonable for admission, as the park is big, with lots to enjoy and is well maintained. Definitely worth a visit!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Departing from Kennedy Park we continued on our way to Hook Head Peninsula, and on this occasion, we did not take photos, as we took enough pictures from the lighthouse and surroundings on our previous visits. I looked for any sign of whales, because we heard that there was some seen in the area a short time ago. Unfortunately for us we were denied the pleasure of viewing those impressive mammals on this occasion, they did not wait for me, though I really would love to see one and I know I will soon. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Turning our back to Hook Head, we travelled a few Kilometres to a small fishing village named Slade. There is an old castle in the harbour but unfortunately as it is not considered safe to enter, it is closed to the public.  A boat named “Uisce Beatha” ( pronounced Ischke Baha), which means Water of Life and is what is the Irish call Whiskey, was anchored in the harbour. An old man sat on a chair outside of his villa, which was an old trailer and a dog stood on a roof and enjoyed the sunshine. If you ever go to Slade you should never miss the lovely Hotel Restaurant, which is shown on one of my pictures.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was in hindsight a clever decision to toured this area of Wexford, yesterday, as it is raining cats and dogs today, but in Ireland,I suppose it has to rain also from time to time.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-150262495159597079?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/150262495159597079'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/150262495159597079'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2010/06/day-in-county-wexford.html' title='A day in County Wexford'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TBUobtL_CaI/AAAAAAAAAaE/WSQ7JTBqHik/s72-c/11.+June+2010+019.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-3116735690733310785</id><published>2010-06-13T19:39:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-06-24T22:49:39.935+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Ein Tag im County Wexford</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TBUm_6YhK9I/AAAAAAAAAZc/Le0ITy4yglQ/s1600/11.+June+2010+005.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TBUm_6YhK9I/AAAAAAAAAZc/Le0ITy4yglQ/s320/11.+June+2010+005.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482331000839154642" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TBUm_o9brRI/AAAAAAAAAZU/b9rbnJm68EY/s1600/11.+June+2010+006.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TBUm_o9brRI/AAAAAAAAAZU/b9rbnJm68EY/s320/11.+June+2010+006.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482330996162145554" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TBUm-6ZzEUI/AAAAAAAAAZM/BpYU_8UcdX8/s1600/11.+June+2010+009.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TBUm-6ZzEUI/AAAAAAAAAZM/BpYU_8UcdX8/s320/11.+June+2010+009.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482330983664652610" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TBUm-bKKw6I/AAAAAAAAAZE/eyvbDRHUBos/s1600/11.+June+2010+004.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TBUm-bKKw6I/AAAAAAAAAZE/eyvbDRHUBos/s320/11.+June+2010+004.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482330975277597602" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TBUm7zEzlTI/AAAAAAAAAY8/GND9MQSb5AA/s1600/11.+June+2010+017.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TBUm7zEzlTI/AAAAAAAAAY8/GND9MQSb5AA/s320/11.+June+2010+017.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482330930157950258" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fotos Margit Anna Binder&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Denis und ich verbringen die meisten Wochenenden draussen im Freien und so hielten wir es auch an diesem. Das Thermometer zeigte bei uns im Südosten Irlands  nur 17 Grad, aber das war für uns in Ordnung, da dies gerade die richtige Temperatur für einen kleinen Spaziergang war.  Wir fuhren in den Bezirk Wexford und erreichten Kennedy Park,welcher in Gedenken an den früheren amerikanischen Präsident John Fitzgerald Kennedy, dessen Urgrosseltern aus dieser Gegend stammten, nach ihm benannt wurde. Zuerst marschierten wir durch den Wald, welcher an manchen Stellen gespenstisch aussah, wenn die Sonne durch die Baumwipfel hindurch schien. &lt;br /&gt;Wir wanderten weiter Richtung  „See“, welcher eigentlich nur ein kleiner Teich ist und liessen uns im Gras nieder, um die Enten zu beobachten, wie sie sich gierig auf  Sandwichstücke stürzten anstatt die Fische zu verspeisen, die sich im Wasser tummelten und beinahe in ihre Mäuler sprangen. Es war offensichtlich, dass die Enten an diesem Tag Sandwich bevorzugten, was ich eigentlich als seltsam fand, aber vielleicht hatten sie schon genug von Fisch am täglichen Speiseplan und hatten zur Abwechslung das Verlangen nach einer anderen Mahlzeit. Ich nehme an, dass die Fische auch glücklich waren, wenn jemand die Aufmerksamkeit von ihnen ablenkte und sie somit nicht in einem Entenmagen enden mussten.&lt;br /&gt;Nach dieser kurzen Rast, wanderten wir weiter und kamen an vielen verschiedenen Bäumen, Büschen und blühenden wilden Blumen vorbei. Es war eine Freude fürs Auge, all diese wunderschöne Flora zu sehen und ich dachte mir, wie glücklich ich mich schätzen kann, dass es mir möglich ist, diese Pracht optisch zu geniessen. Wie traurig muss es für blinde Menschen sein, wenn sie die herrliche Natur niemals sehen können! Wir hielten neben einem weiss blühenden Busch an, der wie süsser Honig roch und sogen genüsslich den lieblichen Duft ein. Der ganze Busch summte. Natürlich weiss ich, dass Büsche normalerweise nicht summen, aber es tummelten sich unzählige Bienen darin, die fleissig süssen Nektar sammelten.&lt;br /&gt;Ich fand, dass der Eintrittspreis von 3 Euro pro Person nicht übertrieben war, da der Park gross ist und die Pflege sicher viel Zeit und Mühe in Anspruch nimmt. Der Park ist wirklich einen Besuch wert!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nachdem wir Kennedy Park verlassen hatten, machten wir uns auf den Weg nach Hook Head. Wir haben aber dieses Mal keine Fotos vom Leuchthaus und seiner Umgebung gemacht, weil wir früher schon so viele Bilder von diesem Gebiet geschossen haben. Ich sah mich um und suchte das Meer nach einem Wal ab, da ich gehört hatte, dass vor ein paar Wochen welche dort gesichtet wurden. Unglücklicherweise war es mir nicht gegönnt, diese eindrucksvollen Säugetiere zu sehen. Sie haben nicht auf mich gewartet, obwohl ich  liebend gerne einmal einen aus der Nähe sehen würde und irgendwann werde ich das auch!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wir kehrten Hook Head unseren Rücken und fuhren ein paar Kilometer weiter, zu einem Fischerort namens Slade.  Dort steht ein altes baufälliges Schloss im Hafen, aber da das Betreten des Gebäudes nicht sicher ist, wurde es für die Öffentlichkeit unzugänglich gemacht.  Ein Boot, das dort vor Anker lag, erregte wegen seines Namens meine Aufmerksamkeit. Es hiess “Uisce Beatha” ( ausgesprochen Ischke Baha), was Wasser des Lebens bedeutet und woraus das Wort „Whiskey“ entstand. Ein alter Mann sass auf einem Sessel vor seiner Villa, welche ein alter Campingwagen war und ein Hund stand auf einem Dach und genoss den Sonnenschein. Wenn Du jemals nach Slade kommst, solltest Du das hübsche Hotel Restaurant nicht versäumen, welches auf einem meiner Fotos zu sehen ist. Irland ist eben anders!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Es war eine gute Entscheidung, dass wir gestern das County Wexford besucht haben, da es heute in Strömen regnet, aber ich nehme an, dass es in Irland auch hie und da regnen muss!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-3116735690733310785?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/3116735690733310785'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/3116735690733310785'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2010/06/ein-tag-im-county-wexford.html' title='Ein Tag im County Wexford'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TBUm_6YhK9I/AAAAAAAAAZc/Le0ITy4yglQ/s72-c/11.+June+2010+005.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-2833262701924807473</id><published>2010-06-08T19:40:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2010-06-08T21:57:37.785+01:00</updated><title type='text'>A long June weekend in West Cork</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TA6uohuV4DI/AAAAAAAAAY0/Ap4LZnT6IsM/s1600/denis+sunday+130.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TA6uohuV4DI/AAAAAAAAAY0/Ap4LZnT6IsM/s320/denis+sunday+130.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480509807827214386" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TA6QhDCsk6I/AAAAAAAAAYU/y_Pibp4QSwU/s1600/mags+pics+sunday+043.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TA6QhDCsk6I/AAAAAAAAAYU/y_Pibp4QSwU/s320/mags+pics+sunday+043.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480476693983171490" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TA6QgmQ7-2I/AAAAAAAAAYM/zi0QjabUobc/s1600/mags+pics+sunday+034.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TA6QgmQ7-2I/AAAAAAAAAYM/zi0QjabUobc/s320/mags+pics+sunday+034.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480476686258273122" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TA6QgB-jqHI/AAAAAAAAAYE/xxKboEa-k-Y/s1600/mags+pics+sunday+019.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TA6QgB-jqHI/AAAAAAAAAYE/xxKboEa-k-Y/s320/mags+pics+sunday+019.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480476676517505138" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TA6QfzlA8II/AAAAAAAAAX8/iuIWO0pSznk/s1600/mags+pics+sunday+012.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TA6QfzlA8II/AAAAAAAAAX8/iuIWO0pSznk/s320/mags+pics+sunday+012.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480476672652275842" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TA6QfZc53fI/AAAAAAAAAX0/P2RT6uAJ51s/s1600/mags+pics+sunday+003.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TA6QfZc53fI/AAAAAAAAAX0/P2RT6uAJ51s/s320/mags+pics+sunday+003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480476665638936050" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fotos Margit Anna Binder&lt;br /&gt;(the last photo shows the view from our room in Castletownshend)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seizing the opportunity for a short much deserved holiday we travelled to West Cork on Friday for the June bank holiday weekend.  The weather was beautiful, though we had a few clouds, it was sunny and warm most of the time. We stayed in a lovely bed and breakfast, Atlantic House, 3 minutes outside of the village of Castletownshend and from our room we enjoyed a panoramic view down to a sea shore and beyond. The guesthouse owners John and Kathleen Cronin were very friendly and operated a superb home. http://www.atlantichouseaccommodation.com/ &lt;br /&gt;In the village of Castletownshend there is a castle lying directly in a bay and above, on a hill, there is a protestant church with a small grave yard which appears to have been owned also by the Townshend family. The castle was built in the 17th century by the Townshend family and the St. Barrahane’s Church was erected in 1826. The graveyard is used mainly by the Townshend family  and the Somerville’s, and in a hidden corner near the cemetery’s wall we found some tiny grave stones with names of another family, who we assumed  were “only”  the castle owner’s servants due to the size and condition of the grave markers. The family name was of an indigenous Irish family.&lt;br /&gt;Having visited the castle, church and graveyard, we went out in the blue, without any plan as to where we would end up. We enjoyed the landscape and the sunshine. Our car brought us, almost of it’s own accord, up and down through a hilly area and after some time we landed at a place called Toe Head, where we stood on a cliff, looking out to sea, watching the waves crashing on the rocks and piling up in a big white spindrift. We also ventured on to many coves and inlets with every one being more beautiful that the last. Though I have seen many coast lines in Ireland, I love to discover more of them as every one is different from the other.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We booked two seats on a Rib boat operated by Baltimore Seafari, in Baltimore the next day, with the hope of seeing  whales, dolphins and sharks, but regrettably they must have been hiding somewhere that particular day, and we failed to see even one. http://www.baltimoreseasafari.com&lt;br /&gt;As compensation we saw small grey seals on rocks outside the harbour, which were so shy that they jumped into the water immediately as our boat came near. We saw only their heads looking out of the water now and then for a second and then they slid under the water again. Maybe they are bored looking at curious tourists? We encountered a small shoal of Porpoises which are plentiful in these waters. We were treated to a viewing, later in the harbour area, of the common seal or harbour seal which is smaller than his grey seal relation. As they were near to calving the boatman respected that and kept his distance, so as not to scare them. &lt;br /&gt;I was more impressed by the Gannets. The boatman, Micháel, whose knowledge impressed us no end explained that those birds can dive up to 30 metres deep in the water to catch fish. He brought us on a 2 hour trip around the islands and for each of them he had an interesting story to tell. He informed us that some of the small islands, of which there are reputed to be 100, were bought by millionaires, but though they own their island they can’t prevent people visiting the island beaches , as this is Irish law. Of course, the rich owners are not very impressed by this law, but they can’t change it. Law is law!&lt;br /&gt;We enjoyed our boat trip very much and we can only recommend it to everyone, especially by speed boat, as it is more adventurous when you feel the power of the water when the boat is speeding over the waves. Micháel also pointed out where a German U-boat, U260 lies in a watery grave at 40 metres, having met her demise in March 1945. This submarine is still in excellent condition and is visited by many divers. &lt;br /&gt;We viewed the Stags rocks and the famous most south westerly lighthouse in Europe, namely the Fastnet. Best value trip we ever took and when we came ashore we were very satisfied as were our fellow passengers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The next day, Sunday, took us along the coast road to Schull, Goleen and Mizen Head. There was a 100 year old bridge in Mizen Head which lead to Mizen Head Lighthouse and Signal Station, but as the old bridge was in dangerous condition, they built a new one, which should be finished and opened in November this year. When this is open, it will make a return trip obligatory for us, next year.&lt;br /&gt;As we did not see very much in Mizen Head we continued our trip and went to Bantry, where you can see semi-tropical plants , palms , the azure blue sea rolling into a bay with cascading mountain streams. After we enjoyed the sights and attractions of Bantry, we proceeded on to Glengariff where we crossed in a ferry over to a small island called Garnish.  On the way to the island we passed rocks where bigger grey seals basked in the warm sunshine. They were not shy at all, they just looked half curious at us. Maybe they are more used to visitors and are less scared than their more wild cousins further out to sea. Garnish Island itself was nice, but not so extraordinary. There is only a botanic garden with lots of Rhododendrons in many different colours, an Italian garden with an Italian style building with arches and a pond, furthermore you can walk through a wall garden and walk up the stairs of a Martello round tower, where you can enjoy a  nice view of your surroundings. We spent 2 hours on Garnish before returning again by ferry to Glengariff. Nice trip and lots of nice pictures.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As we had lots of rain in our last night and the rain continued in the morning, we decided to move towards home directly. We did make a detour via Courtmacsherry and Kinsale but the rain prevented us from enjoying these beautiful towns. If the weather was better, we would have taken more time for West Cork, but it is not fun when it rains cats and dogs. We certainly will come back to beautiful West Cork soon again, as there are still lots of places we haven’t seen or explored yet and look forward to our return.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-2833262701924807473?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/2833262701924807473'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/2833262701924807473'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2010/06/long-june-weekend-in-west-cork.html' title='A long June weekend in West Cork'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TA6uohuV4DI/AAAAAAAAAY0/Ap4LZnT6IsM/s72-c/denis+sunday+130.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-4552660057504306809</id><published>2010-06-08T19:28:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2010-06-08T21:53:33.159+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Kurzurlaub in West Cork</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TA6tvmXfImI/AAAAAAAAAYs/lUjj06aBl7k/s1600/denis+sunday+003.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TA6tvmXfImI/AAAAAAAAAYs/lUjj06aBl7k/s320/denis+sunday+003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480508829820985954" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TA6tvbcmJjI/AAAAAAAAAYk/2X0HuWNpPOk/s1600/denis+sunday+051.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TA6tvbcmJjI/AAAAAAAAAYk/2X0HuWNpPOk/s320/denis+sunday+051.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480508826889627186" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TA6tu_ZbgqI/AAAAAAAAAYc/NtpGoHBV5Ok/s1600/denis+sunday+007.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TA6tu_ZbgqI/AAAAAAAAAYc/NtpGoHBV5Ok/s320/denis+sunday+007.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480508819360154274" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TA6N1JlIXfI/AAAAAAAAAXs/rhzmFf7rx_g/s1600/mags+pics+saturday+006.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TA6N1JlIXfI/AAAAAAAAAXs/rhzmFf7rx_g/s320/mags+pics+saturday+006.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480473740800712178" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TA6N0-9FoRI/AAAAAAAAAXk/4U92PuV9m2E/s1600/denis+saturday+004.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TA6N0-9FoRI/AAAAAAAAAXk/4U92PuV9m2E/s320/denis+saturday+004.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480473737948406034" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TA6N0kNFg6I/AAAAAAAAAXc/wsdAwANvZH8/s1600/west+cork+mags+cam+040.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TA6N0kNFg6I/AAAAAAAAAXc/wsdAwANvZH8/s320/west+cork+mags+cam+040.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480473730767750050" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TA6N0GRBA9I/AAAAAAAAAXU/-Hce9N8pMuw/s1600/006.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TA6N0GRBA9I/AAAAAAAAAXU/-Hce9N8pMuw/s320/006.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480473722731168722" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fotos Margit Anna Binder&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wir nutzten das lange Juni-Wochenende  und fuhren am Freitag für einen Kurzurlaub nach  Westcork.  Das Wetter war schön, zweitweise wolkig,  aber überwiegend sonnig und warm. Wir übernachteten in einem netten Bed and Breakfast namens Atlantichouse, 3 Minuten ausserhalb von Castletownshend und hatten von unserem Zimmer aus, einen herrlichen Blick aufs Meer. Die Besitzer des Gästehauses John und Kathleen Cronin waren sehr zuvorkommend und freundlich und hiessen uns herzlich willkommen in ihrem gemütlichen Heim. http://www.atlantichouseaccommodation.com/&lt;br /&gt; In der Ortschaft Castletownshend liegt ein huebsches kleines Schloss direkt an einer Meeresbucht und darüber, auf einem Hügel, befindet sich eine protestantische Kirche mit einem kleinen Friedhof.  Das Schloss wurde im 17. Jahrhundert von der Familie Townshend erbaut  und die St Barrahane's  Kirche wurde 1826 errichtet. Auf dem anliegenden Friedhof sind vorwiegend Mitglieder der Familien Townshend und Sommerville begraben. In einer kleinen Ecke neben der Friedhofsmauer fanden wir ein paar kleine, unscheinbare Grabsteine, wo vermutlich verstorbene Bedienstete begraben wurden. &lt;br /&gt;Nachdem wir Schloss und Kirche mit Friedhof besichtigt hatten, fuhren wir ein bisschen ins Blaue, ohne genau zu wissen, wo wir landen werden.  Wir genossen einfach die Landschaft und den Sonnenschein. Unser Auto führte uns, wie von selbst, bergauf und bergab, durch hügeliges Gelände und irgendwann landeten wir an einer Stelle, genannt Toe Head, wo wir von einer Felsklippe  aus  auf  das Meer hinaus blickten und die Wellen beobachteten, wie sie mit einer gewaltigen Wucht auf die Felsen aufprallten und sich in einer weissen Gischt auftürmten. Obwohl ich schon viele Küstenteile Irlands gesehen habe, gefällt es mir immer wieder, neue zu entdecken, weil sich jeder Küstenstreifen vom anderen unterscheidet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Am nächsten Tag buchten wir zwei Plätze auf einem Rib Boat (eine Art Speedboot) in Baltimore, mit der Hoffnung Wale, Delphine und Haie zu sehen, doch diese mussten sich, zu meinem Leidwesen, gut versteckt haben. http://www.baltimoreseasafari.com  Dafür sahen wir kleine graue Robben, die aber sehr scheu waren und schnell ins Wasser huschten, als sich unser Boot näherte.  Hin und wieder sahen wir ihre Köpfe auftauchen, um gleich darauf wieder im kühlen Nass zu verschwinden. Vielleicht sind sie vom Anblick der vielen Touristen schon gelangweilt.  Wir trafen auf einen kleinen Schwarm von Schweinswalen oder auch kleine Tümmler genannt (Porpoises).&lt;br /&gt;Die Gannets ( Tölpel) haben mich mehr beeindruckt. Michael, der Bootsmann, erklärte uns, dass diese Vögel bis zu 30 Meter tief ins Meer eintauchen, wenn sie auf Fischfang sind. &lt;br /&gt;Er brachte uns in einer kleinen zweistündigen Rundreise nahe an die umliegenden Inseln und hatte zu jeder eine kleine Geschichte zu erzählen. So erfuhren wir auch, dass sich einige der ca.100 Inseln in privatem Besitz von Millionären befinden, dass aber deren Strände lt. Irischem Recht von jedermann besucht werden dürfen, was den reichen Besitzern natürlich nicht recht behagt, aber Gesetz ist eben Gesetz und daran gibt es nichts zu Rütteln.&lt;br /&gt;Der kleine Bootstrip war äusserst interessant und ich kann ihn nur weiterempfehlen, besonders per Speedboat, weil es abenteurlicher ist, wenn man die Kraft des Wassers richtig  zu spüren bekommt, wenn das Boot über die Wellen braust.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Am Sonntag fuhren wir die Küste entlang, nach Schull, Goleen und Mizen Head. Früher führte eine 100 Jahre alte Brücke  zum Mizen Leuchthaus und zur Signal Station. Diese Brücke musste aber durch eine neue ersetzt werden, die aber voraussichtlich erst im November dieses Jahres fertiggestellt und eröffnet wird.&lt;br /&gt;Nachdem es in Mizen Head im Moment nicht viel zu sehen gibt, fuhren wir weiter nach Bantry, wo man halbtropische Pflanzen, Palmen und azurblaues Meer, umgeben von einer Bergkette bewundern kann.  Anschliessend machten wir uns auf den Weg nach Glengariff und setzten mit einer Fähre auf eine kleine Insel namens Garnish über. Wir passierten Felsen, auf denen sich grössere graue Robben die Sonne auf den Bauch schienen liessen. Obwohl unser Boot ziemlich nahe an die Felsen heranfuhr, schienen die Robben ziemlich gelassen zu sein, wahrscheinlich waren sie an Besucher gewöhnt. Auf der Insel Garnish gibt es nur einen botanischen Garten mit verschiedenen tropischen Gewächsen und Rhododendren in allen erdenklichen Farben, einen italienischen Garten mit einem Arkadengebäude und einem Teich, Mauerpflanzen und einen runden Steinturm, den man von innen auf Stufen besteigen kann und von dem man eine schöne Aussicht auf die Umgebung hat. &lt;br /&gt;Das war ein netter kleiner Ausflug und wir haben viele Fotos gemacht. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Da es in unserer letzten Nacht stark zu regnen begann und auch am nächsten  morgen der Himmel mit dicken Wolken verhangen war und mehr Regen brachte, machten wir uns gleich direkt auf den Heimweg.  Wir machten zwar einen kurzen Abstecher nach Courtmacsherry und Kinsale, aber der Regen hat uns einen Strich durch die Rechnung gemacht. Wenn das Wetter am Montag, unserem letzten Tag, noch schön gewesen wäre, hätten wir uns noch ein bisschen mehr Zeit für West Cork genommen, aber bei strömenden Regen macht eben nichts mehr Spass.&lt;br /&gt;Wir werden aber sicher wieder nach West Cork fahren, weil es dort noch so viele schöne Plätzchen gibt, die wir bisher noch nicht gesehen haben.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-4552660057504306809?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/4552660057504306809'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/4552660057504306809'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2010/06/kurzurlaub-in-west-cork.html' title='Kurzurlaub in West Cork'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/TA6tvmXfImI/AAAAAAAAAYs/lUjj06aBl7k/s72-c/denis+sunday+003.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-7288850378402304781</id><published>2010-05-04T20:30:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2010-05-04T20:34:12.858+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Somewhere over the Rainbow</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S-B2lmMWTOI/AAAAAAAAAXM/LA8ykgReaDI/s1600/1st+May+2010+033.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S-B2lmMWTOI/AAAAAAAAAXM/LA8ykgReaDI/s320/1st+May+2010+033.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467500335907359970" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S-B2lFk5BPI/AAAAAAAAAXE/3KPMQdbjWIY/s1600/1st+May+2010+023.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S-B2lFk5BPI/AAAAAAAAAXE/3KPMQdbjWIY/s320/1st+May+2010+023.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467500327151928562" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Copper Coast, County Waterford&lt;br /&gt;Fotos by Margit Anna Binder&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-7288850378402304781?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/7288850378402304781'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/7288850378402304781'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2010/05/somewhere-over-rainbow.html' title='Somewhere over the Rainbow'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S-B2lmMWTOI/AAAAAAAAAXM/LA8ykgReaDI/s72-c/1st+May+2010+033.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-5511876773255390271</id><published>2010-05-04T20:17:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2010-05-04T20:28:26.306+01:00</updated><title type='text'>The Brownshill Dolmen, Baltinglass and Blessington</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S-BzumXqvYI/AAAAAAAAAW8/shTiRSdeGEE/s1600/3.May+2010+035.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S-BzumXqvYI/AAAAAAAAAW8/shTiRSdeGEE/s320/3.May+2010+035.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467497192038776194" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S-BzuL5vfuI/AAAAAAAAAW0/ijecxx0BoZA/s1600/3.May+2010+034.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S-BzuL5vfuI/AAAAAAAAAW0/ijecxx0BoZA/s320/3.May+2010+034.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467497184933936866" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S-BzttT25rI/AAAAAAAAAWs/RxHKRqFiTn0/s1600/3.May+2010+030.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S-BzttT25rI/AAAAAAAAAWs/RxHKRqFiTn0/s320/3.May+2010+030.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467497176721974962" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fotos by Margit Anna Binder&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Blessington is wellknown for its lakes and for the hydro electric dam "Poulaphocha". Baltinglass lies on the banks of the River Slaney, both areas are in County Wicklow.&lt;br /&gt;The Brownshill Dolmen is to be found just outside of Carlow town.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-5511876773255390271?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/5511876773255390271'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/5511876773255390271'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2010/05/blessington-baltinglass-and-brownshill.html' title='The Brownshill Dolmen, Baltinglass and Blessington'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S-BzumXqvYI/AAAAAAAAAW8/shTiRSdeGEE/s72-c/3.May+2010+035.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-8748946685805981952</id><published>2010-05-04T19:39:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2010-05-04T20:17:25.488+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Glendalough</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S-ByPL1CyRI/AAAAAAAAAWk/vJGV6t2jzLc/s1600/3.May+2010+027.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S-ByPL1CyRI/AAAAAAAAAWk/vJGV6t2jzLc/s320/3.May+2010+027.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467495552826657042" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S-ByOxnrSxI/AAAAAAAAAWc/TjN3sEpMEFI/s1600/3.May+2010+023.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S-ByOxnrSxI/AAAAAAAAAWc/TjN3sEpMEFI/s320/3.May+2010+023.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467495545791269650" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S-ByOXYnaVI/AAAAAAAAAWU/rHAkIUNvOfo/s1600/3.May+2010+007.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S-ByOXYnaVI/AAAAAAAAAWU/rHAkIUNvOfo/s320/3.May+2010+007.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467495538748778834" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S-ByOOGI99I/AAAAAAAAAWM/0dKp9B6dkS4/s1600/3.May+2010+012.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S-ByOOGI99I/AAAAAAAAAWM/0dKp9B6dkS4/s320/3.May+2010+012.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467495536255367122" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S-ByN2pTlGI/AAAAAAAAAWE/QmqBj3O_UwQ/s1600/3.May+2010+009.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S-ByN2pTlGI/AAAAAAAAAWE/QmqBj3O_UwQ/s320/3.May+2010+009.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467495529960412258" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fotos by Margit Anna Binder&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We had a wonderful weekend, though the weather was not perfect, but we were happy as it did not rain. &lt;br /&gt;We drove up to the Wicklow Mountains to visit Glendalough with its Monastic Site with its famous round tower, built in the 10th century. There are two lakes in the valley and this is where Glendalough gets its name from ( gaelic: Gleann dá lough, meaning valley of the two lakes.)A selection of trails and forest walks through this beautiful nature area and national park is what greets the visitors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wir hatten ein schönes Wochenende, obwohl das Wetter nicht perfekt war, aber wir waren froh, dass es nicht geregnet hat.&lt;br /&gt;Wir fuhren die Wicklow Berge hinauf, um Glendalough mit seinem Mönchsareal und seinem berühmten runden Turm, welcher im 10. Jahrhundert erbaut wurde, zu besuchen. Glendalough erhielt seinen Namen von den zwei Seen, die sich in diesem Tal befinden ( gaelisch: Gleann da lough bedeutet Tal mit den zwei Seen.) Eine Anzahl von Wanderwegen führen durch den wunderschönen Nationalpark, wo der Besucher die Natur geniessen kann.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-8748946685805981952?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/8748946685805981952'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/8748946685805981952'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2010/05/glendalough.html' title='Glendalough'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S-ByPL1CyRI/AAAAAAAAAWk/vJGV6t2jzLc/s72-c/3.May+2010+027.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-5997617987794349546</id><published>2010-04-26T20:56:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2010-09-07T19:23:47.126+01:00</updated><title type='text'>The Danube Island in Vienna</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S9XxSqwD_XI/AAAAAAAAAV8/AuQzE1eIHCM/s1600/April+2010+133.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464539025899781490" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S9XxSqwD_XI/AAAAAAAAAV8/AuQzE1eIHCM/s320/April+2010+133.JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S9XxSdrdU1I/AAAAAAAAAV0/uzk-QsCxDGQ/s1600/April+2010+144.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464539022390809426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S9XxSdrdU1I/AAAAAAAAAV0/uzk-QsCxDGQ/s320/April+2010+144.JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S9XxR9rnY3I/AAAAAAAAAVs/ULUiBhnuA1c/s1600/April+2010+145.JPG"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464539013801534322" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S9XxR9rnY3I/AAAAAAAAAVs/ULUiBhnuA1c/s320/April+2010+145.JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fotos by Margit Anna Binder&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Danube Island is an artificial island, built to prevent the city from flooding. It is 20 km long and is continually being developed as a playground for the citizens. Some of the activities enjoyed there are swimming in the Danube river, bicycling, rollerblading and it is also possible to hire boats. There is an area on the island which is jokingly called “Coppa Kagrana” by the locals as this is an area which belongs to the district Kagran in Vienna. You can enjoy a nice meal in one of the various restaurants on the Coppa Kagrana while taking in the panoramic views of the Viennese Skyline, including the “Danube Tower” and the “Vienna International City”. &lt;br /&gt;Every year in May or June an open air music festival takes place over 3 days, which is attended by approximately 3 Million people during that time.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-5997617987794349546?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/5997617987794349546'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/5997617987794349546'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2010/04/danube-island-in-vienna.html' title='The Danube Island in Vienna'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S9XxSqwD_XI/AAAAAAAAAV8/AuQzE1eIHCM/s72-c/April+2010+133.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-711670441501861198</id><published>2010-04-26T19:16:00.007+01:00</published><updated>2010-04-26T20:34:05.063+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Die Donauinsel in Wien</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S9XcTNg3VsI/AAAAAAAAAVk/Ockk3RcqdnY/s1600/April+2010+128.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S9XcTNg3VsI/AAAAAAAAAVk/Ockk3RcqdnY/s320/April+2010+128.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464515945487095490" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S9XcSVYp0tI/AAAAAAAAAVc/ADO7wcGGXdI/s1600/April+2010+137.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S9XcSVYp0tI/AAAAAAAAAVc/ADO7wcGGXdI/s320/April+2010+137.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464515930420269778" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S9XcSDjgqOI/AAAAAAAAAVU/5EL-5oqj3Ns/s1600/April+2010+134.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S9XcSDjgqOI/AAAAAAAAAVU/5EL-5oqj3Ns/s320/April+2010+134.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464515925633968354" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fotos by Margit Anna Binder&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Die Donauinsel in Wien ist eine 20km lange, künstlich angelegte Insel, um die Stadt vor Überflutungen zu schützen. Mit den Jahren hat sich die Insel zu einem Freizeitparadies für die Einwohner entwickelt. Man kann dort Boote mieten, in der Donau schwimmen, Radfahren oder auf Rollerskates durch das Gelände sausen. Ein Teil der Insel wird liebevoll "Coppa Kagrana"genannt, weil dieses Gebiet zum Wiener Gemeindebezirk Kagran gehört. Dort kann man ein gemütliches Mahl einnehmen und gleichzeitig das Panorama der Wiener Skyline mit dem Donauturm und der Vienna International City geniessen. &lt;br /&gt;Jedes Jahr im Mai oder Juni wird ein dreitägiges Musikfestival auf der Insel veranstaltet, welches in diesem Zeitraum durchschnittlich 3 Millionen Besucher anzieht.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-711670441501861198?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/711670441501861198'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/711670441501861198'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2010/04/die-donauinsel-in-wien.html' title='Die Donauinsel in Wien'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S9XcTNg3VsI/AAAAAAAAAVk/Ockk3RcqdnY/s72-c/April+2010+128.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-8601461204005458818</id><published>2010-04-26T18:43:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2010-04-26T18:48:59.399+01:00</updated><title type='text'>The Mahon Falls</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S9XR7aHDMgI/AAAAAAAAAVM/m_IwJfrYeog/s1600/April+26,+2010+028.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S9XR7aHDMgI/AAAAAAAAAVM/m_IwJfrYeog/s320/April+26,+2010+028.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464504541435343362" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S9XR7JqJGaI/AAAAAAAAAVE/84x-b__-0Ak/s1600/April+26,+2010+023.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S9XR7JqJGaI/AAAAAAAAAVE/84x-b__-0Ak/s320/April+26,+2010+023.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464504537019128226" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S9XR6ZfU7_I/AAAAAAAAAU8/FiU72OI2vsw/s1600/April+26,+2010+036.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S9XR6ZfU7_I/AAAAAAAAAU8/FiU72OI2vsw/s320/April+26,+2010+036.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464504524088864754" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S9XR5p3CRiI/AAAAAAAAAU0/CrwItqGE93Y/s1600/April+26,+2010+038.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S9XR5p3CRiI/AAAAAAAAAU0/CrwItqGE93Y/s320/April+26,+2010+038.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464504511303403042" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fotos by Margit Anna Binder&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We ignored the prediction of the weather man yesterday and went up the Comeragh Mountains in County Waterford , to visit the  Mahon Falls . Locally, it is pronounced” Maan Falls” and when my partner Denis told me about them, I pictured a falling man, but it is nothing to do with someone falling. I don’t really know where the name “Mahon Falls” comes from, it is  possibly called after a person called Mahon.  However, it is a nice fall, running down into a beautiful valley. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was surprised to see sheep high up the mountains and I wondered “how did they get there?” They must be very good climbers, because I would not be able to get up there!  Denis said that they fly in daily by helicopter but I feel that is one of his Irish jokes. He also asked if I saw the leprechauns who rode the sheep around the mountains in races. Sometimes I think Denis is a leprechaun in disguise, at least he acts like one from time to time. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was so glad that we made the visit, it was really worth it, and the weather was not too bad also. But as soon as we left that area, we saw thick dark clouds heading towards our direction. We did not care too much about that at that stage as we were comfortably seated and safe in our car. After that first visit at the Mahon Falls  I know that it will be difficult to resist a return visit in summer.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-8601461204005458818?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/8601461204005458818'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/8601461204005458818'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2010/04/mahon-falls.html' title='The Mahon Falls'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S9XR7aHDMgI/AAAAAAAAAVM/m_IwJfrYeog/s72-c/April+26,+2010+028.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-5315709849781972122</id><published>2010-04-26T18:32:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2010-04-26T18:40:00.637+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Die Mahon Fälle</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S9XPp9AIbmI/AAAAAAAAAUs/3I6cT4tcVb4/s1600/April+26,+2010+027.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S9XPp9AIbmI/AAAAAAAAAUs/3I6cT4tcVb4/s320/April+26,+2010+027.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464502042540666466" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S9XPpcZvD1I/AAAAAAAAAUk/GGrHaPAeGMU/s1600/April+26,+2010+022.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S9XPpcZvD1I/AAAAAAAAAUk/GGrHaPAeGMU/s320/April+26,+2010+022.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464502033789685586" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S9XPDEYbxcI/AAAAAAAAAUc/lOnciPBy8BI/s1600/April+26,+2010+024.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S9XPDEYbxcI/AAAAAAAAAUc/lOnciPBy8BI/s320/April+26,+2010+024.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464501374506747330" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fotos by Margit Anna Binder&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wir haben gestern die Vorhersagen des Wettermannes ignoriert und sind die Comeragh Berge im Bezirk Waterford hinaufgefahren, um die „Mahon Falls“ zu besuchen.  Ausgesprochen werden sie als die „Maan Falls“  und als mein Partner Denis mir davon erzählte, sah ich in meinem Geiste einen fallenden Mann, aber der Name hat nichts mit jemandem zu tun, der hinfällt. Ich weiss nicht wirklich, wo der Name „Mahon Falls“ herkommt, vermutlich wurde der Wasserfall nach einer Person namens Mahon benannt. Wie auch immer, es ist ein netter Wasserfall, der in ein schönes Tal hinunter läuft.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Ich war überrascht Schafe hoch oben in den Bergen zu sehen und wunderte mich „Wie sind die dort hingekommen? Sie müssen gute Kletterer sein, ich wäre nicht imstande dort rauf zu klettern!“ Denis sagte, dass sie täglich per Helikopter dorthin geflogen werden, aber das  ist wahrscheinlich wieder einer seiner irischen Scherze. Er fragte mich auch, ob ich die Leprechauns gesehen habe, welche auf Schafen um den Berg reiten und Wettrennen veranstalten. Manchmal denke ich, dass Denis selbst ein verkleideter Leprechaun ist, zumindest agiert er zuweilen wie einer. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ich war sehr froh, dass wir diesen Ausflug gemacht haben, es war das wirklich wert und das Wetter war auch nicht so schlecht. Als wir jedoch das Tal verliessen, sahen wir dicke, dunkle Wolken in unsere Richtung wandern, was uns zu diesem Zeitpunkt nicht allzu sehr störte, da wir bereits gemütlich und geschützt  in unserem Auto sassen. Nach diesem Besuch bei den Mahon Falls weiss ich, dass es schwierig sein wird, einem nochmaligen Besuch im Sommer zu widerstehen.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-5315709849781972122?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/5315709849781972122'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/5315709849781972122'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2010/04/die-mahon-falle.html' title='Die Mahon Fälle'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S9XPp9AIbmI/AAAAAAAAAUs/3I6cT4tcVb4/s72-c/April+26,+2010+027.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-947469112039594387</id><published>2010-03-17T12:07:00.004Z</published><updated>2010-03-20T00:23:24.024Z</updated><title type='text'>St. Patrick's Day 2010</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S6QVcV5dtkI/AAAAAAAAAUU/_FmYvJJHHgA/s1600-h/st+patrick.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 206px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S6QVcV5dtkI/AAAAAAAAAUU/_FmYvJJHHgA/s320/st+patrick.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450505025683830338" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S6DROOceMJI/AAAAAAAAAUM/v4dnpgOCmp0/s1600-h/shamrock03.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 94px; height: 100px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S6DROOceMJI/AAAAAAAAAUM/v4dnpgOCmp0/s320/shamrock03.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449585591444189330" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today March 17 is St. Patrick’s Day and all Irish people both in Ireland and abroad celebrate this very special day of the year. You can watch and partake in colourful parades through the cities, towns and villages. You might get a bunch of shamrock from someone and green coloured Guinness in pubs and bars.Shamrock grows in the fields and it is reported that shamrock is only found in Ireland. Originally the colour  associated with St. Patrick was actually blue, but for whatever reasons  it changed over the years to green.  On this day of merriment,people are dancing and singing,  and generally having fun and of course - some of the more brave ones getting drunk. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I first came to Ireland to visit my Irish partner , he said to me: “There are no dangerous animals in Ireland. No bears, no snakes or wolves – St. Patrick banned them from our land.” And it is true,  there are no dangerous animals here, except some dangerous drivers, who degenerate to wild freaking monkeys, when sitting behind a stiring wheel. But I suppose this strange species appears everywhere around the globe. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The history of St. Patrick goes back to the 5th century. Patrick’s father came from a wealthy family in France and was a deacon in the Church. When Patrick was 16, he was kidnapped by Irish raiders and brought to Ireland as a slave where he tended to sheep as a shepard. The story says that he was told by God to escape from captivity and flee to the coast where he would be able to return to his homeland. Back at home he studied to become a priest and in later years he returned to Ireland as a bishop. Patrick said he was called back to Ireland to save the Irish. He brought Christianity to Ireland and is held in esteem in the  all Irish Churches, both Catholic and Protestant.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-947469112039594387?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/947469112039594387'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/947469112039594387'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2010/03/st-patricks-day-2010.html' title='St. Patrick&apos;s Day 2010'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/S6QVcV5dtkI/AAAAAAAAAUU/_FmYvJJHHgA/s72-c/st+patrick.bmp' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-5182288351749370447</id><published>2010-03-01T21:35:00.001Z</published><updated>2010-03-01T21:38:36.155Z</updated><title type='text'>The Ghost Snail</title><content type='html'>The last year was very wet in Ireland and we had lots of snails in our garden.  They were everywhere, in the grass, on the terrace stairs, in the flower pots and even on the glass of our terrace door. I hate snails! I really do, but I could not kill them! When I saw them on our site, I put them on a shovel and then I ran over to the meadow opposite of our garden, not looking at the little slimy creatures, as I am too disgusted, I dropped them into the grass and was happy that our own garden was snail free again, but the next day they were back again or their little brothers and sisters.  I was desperate, but Denis had an idea.&lt;br /&gt;“Salt might help!” he said and walked into the kitchen to get it.&lt;br /&gt;He poured it over the snails, it worked like acid, their bodies started to bubble and they shrank more and more, until nothing was left. &lt;br /&gt;“What a cruel way to get rid of them,” said I and I felt really sorry for the detested little creatures. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Two days later I found a snail trace on our carpet in the living room. I removed all furniture, looked behind, underneath and everywhere, but I could not find the intruder. I had a folder with my drawings near the heating radiator and as I opened it, I found my arts destroyed, all eaten by the little beast!&lt;br /&gt;I was raging, he or she should not have done that! I wanted revenge! But as much as I searched, I could not find the little monster.&lt;br /&gt;“Maybe, it’s behind the radiator?” suggested Denis.&lt;br /&gt;I grinned devilish and turned the heating on.&lt;br /&gt;“Either it comes out now to escape the heat or it dries out!” said I mercilessly. I never thought that I could be so bad, I normally could not even kill a fly. &lt;br /&gt;Well, nothing happened and so I supposed that it had died behind the radiator.&lt;br /&gt;But what a surprise on the next morning, there was a new slimy trace on the floor and I knew immediately that my little enemy was still alive. I searched for it again, but still could not find it.&lt;br /&gt;“It must be a ghost snail,” stated I. &lt;br /&gt;“I make a snail trap,” said Denis. He went to the fridge and took out fresh salad, which he placed nicely in a bowl. Around the bowl and on the top he put sticky cellar tape, so that the snail could not get out, if caught. He placed the trap under the sofa, so that the snail felt secure, but the trap stayed untouched and we found new traces on our carpet every day. &lt;br /&gt;In the meantime we got used to our new pet and we even had names for it. I called it “Benjamin, the Ghost Snail” and Denis called it “Little Bastard”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One night, we stayed up very late, watching something interesting on TV, as I saw something small creeping out of the dark from underneath the sofa. No doubt, that was Benjamin! Either he was hungry or he wanted to see what’s on TV that night. Denis caught him by his neck, dragged him out of the living room and threw him out. He landed ruggedly in the neighbour’s garden, where he felt in heaven between all the pots full of fresh cabbage and herbs.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-5182288351749370447?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/5182288351749370447'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/5182288351749370447'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2010/03/ghost-snail.html' title='The Ghost Snail'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-8961658735671036948</id><published>2010-01-02T00:32:00.002Z</published><updated>2010-01-02T00:34:54.251Z</updated><title type='text'>Winter in Ireland</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Sz6UjY1LWSI/AAAAAAAAAUE/s_4P3g0LGkQ/s1600-h/1.Jan.2010+006.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Sz6UjY1LWSI/AAAAAAAAAUE/s_4P3g0LGkQ/s320/1.Jan.2010+006.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421934337082480930" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Sz6Uiw5uXjI/AAAAAAAAAT8/yjkrig5JP8U/s1600-h/1.Jan.2010+004.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Sz6Uiw5uXjI/AAAAAAAAAT8/yjkrig5JP8U/s320/1.Jan.2010+004.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421934326364134962" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Sz6Ui-RBnTI/AAAAAAAAAT0/EUAvh8rHlns/s1600-h/1.Jan.2010+012.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Sz6Ui-RBnTI/AAAAAAAAAT0/EUAvh8rHlns/s320/1.Jan.2010+012.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421934329951526194" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fotos c) by Margit Anna Binder&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was very cold today, about  minus 1! That is really cold for Ireland, in Austria we are more used to lower temperatures and so we are prepared for lots of snow, but when it snows a few flakes in Ireland, people take it as a sign from God that they are excused work and school that day. I found it strange in the beginning, but now I know, why people are afraid of snow, as winter tyres are not mandatory in Ireland and so nobody changes the wheels on their cars and they continue to drive with summer tyres, which is very dangerous on snowy ground. Snow is very rare in Ireland, because it is usually too warm for it. The warm Gulf Stream passes the Irish Coast and thus maintains the temperature on the island at a higher level.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-8961658735671036948?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/8961658735671036948'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/8961658735671036948'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2010/01/winter-in-ireland.html' title='Winter in Ireland'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Sz6UjY1LWSI/AAAAAAAAAUE/s_4P3g0LGkQ/s72-c/1.Jan.2010+006.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-8984327081473862411</id><published>2010-01-02T00:28:00.001Z</published><updated>2010-01-02T00:31:55.876Z</updated><title type='text'>Winter in Irland</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Sz6Tx4uVw-I/AAAAAAAAATs/SHtPl1PviUk/s1600-h/1.Jan.2010+010.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Sz6Tx4uVw-I/AAAAAAAAATs/SHtPl1PviUk/s320/1.Jan.2010+010.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421933486650278882" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Sz6Txo8raCI/AAAAAAAAATk/WbLO4kAWqCY/s1600-h/1.Jan.2010+002.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Sz6Txo8raCI/AAAAAAAAATk/WbLO4kAWqCY/s320/1.Jan.2010+002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421933482415450146" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Sz6TxfgqZuI/AAAAAAAAATc/jyU2oBbK3t4/s1600-h/1.Jan.2010+001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Sz6TxfgqZuI/AAAAAAAAATc/jyU2oBbK3t4/s320/1.Jan.2010+001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421933479882024674" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fotos c) by Margit Anna Binder&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Heute war es sehr kalt, ungefähr Minus 1! Das ist wirklich kalt für Irland, in Österreich sind wir an niedrigere Temperaturen gewöhnt und somit sind wir für viel Schnee gut ausgerüstet. Jedoch wenn es in Irland ein paar Flocken schneit, sehen die Leute das als Zeichen von Gott, dass sie von Arbeit und Schule entschuldigt sind. Anfangs fand ich das eigenartig, aber jetzt weiss ich, warum die Leute hier den Schnee so fürchten. Winterreifen sind in Irland nicht Pflicht, daher werden die Reifen nicht gewechselt und man fährt weiterhin mit Sommerreifen, was auf schneeigem Untergrund sehr gefährlich sein kann. Schnee ist sehr selten in Irland, weil es normalerweise zu warm dafür ist, bedingt durch den warmen Golfstrom, der die irische Küste passiert und die Temperatur auf der Insel für gewöhnlich auf einem höheren Level hält.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-8984327081473862411?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/8984327081473862411'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/8984327081473862411'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2010/01/winter-in-irland.html' title='Winter in Irland'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Sz6Tx4uVw-I/AAAAAAAAATs/SHtPl1PviUk/s72-c/1.Jan.2010+010.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-7321305723366462696</id><published>2009-12-31T09:30:00.001Z</published><updated>2009-12-31T09:33:14.931Z</updated><title type='text'>A HAPPY, HEALTHY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE! MY BEST WISHES AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-7321305723366462696?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/7321305723366462696'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/7321305723366462696'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2009/12/happy-healthy-new-year-to-everyone-my.html' title='A HAPPY, HEALTHY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE! MY BEST WISHES AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL!'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-2664989557867730606</id><published>2009-12-30T10:01:00.003Z</published><updated>2009-12-30T22:56:29.420Z</updated><title type='text'>Christmas Post</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SzvaOozOYmI/AAAAAAAAATU/eye9Fyym76A/s1600-h/Christmas+2009+082.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SzvaOozOYmI/AAAAAAAAATU/eye9Fyym76A/s320/Christmas+2009+082.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421166521475818082" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SzvaOZsN4fI/AAAAAAAAATM/SGuew_njqhs/s1600-h/Christmas+2009+093.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SzvaOZsN4fI/AAAAAAAAATM/SGuew_njqhs/s320/Christmas+2009+093.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421166517419893234" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SzsleKOOSDI/AAAAAAAAATE/sz8eFFbkRLU/s1600-h/christmas,+29.12.09+013.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SzsleKOOSDI/AAAAAAAAATE/sz8eFFbkRLU/s320/christmas,+29.12.09+013.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420967776540837938" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fotos c) by Margit Anna Binder&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This year I got some Season wishes by eMail. I don’t know why, maybe  people in time of recession can’t afford to write cards anymore? I usually put the Christmas cards on my chimney, but what shall I do with my eMails? I can’t put them up on my chimney! Well, I suppose I could print them out, but why should I  use my paper and my ink, when I wasn’t worth a piece of paper to the person who sent me the wishes in first place?  And to put up print-outs on my chimney would not look very decorative anyway.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Did you also  get some of your Christmas post by bulk mail? Well I did, I got two. I understand when companies write one eMail and CC it to all customers, but I find it sad, when the closest family, people you love and you don’t get a chance to see  very often, are not able to send personal Christmas greetings anymore. Only a few words at least once a year, do I really expect too much? I wish they would take me off their lists as these kind of wishes honestly mean “as much” to me as they meant to the senders, furthermore these dear people  could save 1 or 2 more seconds of their precious  time, if they took me off from their mailing lists.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maybe I should be more tolerant and accept that some people have better things to do than to go to a shop to buy a card, to write a few lines by hand and then to go to the post office to send it.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-2664989557867730606?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/2664989557867730606'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/2664989557867730606'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2009/12/this-year-i-got-some-season-wishes-by.html' title='Christmas Post'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SzvaOozOYmI/AAAAAAAAATU/eye9Fyym76A/s72-c/Christmas+2009+082.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-1369519630740318792</id><published>2009-12-19T15:11:00.002Z</published><updated>2009-12-26T16:24:08.603Z</updated><title type='text'>Christmas in Vienna</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SyzuGHZcxxI/AAAAAAAAAS4/4S8XdNVdOKg/s1600-h/Christmas+2009+079.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SyzuGHZcxxI/AAAAAAAAAS4/4S8XdNVdOKg/s320/Christmas+2009+079.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416966240652281618" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SyzuF6n1WQI/AAAAAAAAASw/TjKu44YQEDM/s1600-h/Christmas+2009+081.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SyzuF6n1WQI/AAAAAAAAASw/TjKu44YQEDM/s320/Christmas+2009+081.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416966237222951170" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SyzuF10OzVI/AAAAAAAAASo/XRPqPppcGok/s1600-h/Christmas+2009+076.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SyzuF10OzVI/AAAAAAAAASo/XRPqPppcGok/s320/Christmas+2009+076.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416966235932773714" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SyzuFsLSmzI/AAAAAAAAASg/V06_CmxSt50/s1600-h/Christmas+2009+036.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SyzuFsLSmzI/AAAAAAAAASg/V06_CmxSt50/s320/Christmas+2009+036.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416966233345137458" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fotos c) by Margit Anna Binder&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Time passed by so fast and Christmas once again comes nearer in gigantic steps.&lt;br /&gt;It is tradition in Austria that on the first Sunday in Advent, the first candle on the Advent Wreath is lit and on every Sunday afterwards another candle follows, until all 4 candles on the wreath are lighting, that is usually a few days before Christmas Eve.&lt;br /&gt;The Christkindl markets in Austrian cities are beautifully decorated, the stalls offer toys, warm winter clothes, shiny Christmas decoration, sweet Christmas cookies, candles and much more. With people getting hungry and thirsty, walking around on cold winter days, the stalls also offer hot potatoes, fried chestnuts, roasted potatoes, Langos , sausages and hot drinks like Jagatee, Glühwein and Punsch. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I remember when I was a child and lived in my parents’ house, on the afternoon of Christmas Eve, we sat in the kitchen and made knots in the strings of the chocolate decoration, which “were hung on the tree by the angels later on”. At least we thought that angels did that and that the Christ child would bring the presents afterwards. That is the story we were told, when we were young. &lt;br /&gt;My dad was in the living room and helped the angels with the decoration of the Christmas tree. &lt;br /&gt;While my mum prepared the dinner, at Christmas, we traditionally ate fish, rice and potato salad, she told us stories and we listened excitedly. On one occasion she suddenly looked at the window and said: “I just saw a little angel flying by the window.” My siblings and I, quickly looked out of the window to see the angel, but it had gone. I really believed that I had seen a little piece of the long angel’s dress.&lt;br /&gt;We waited impatiently for the traditional ringing of a small bell that permitted us to walk into the living room, as happened every Christmas in our house. We were not allowed to walk in earlier, because the angels and the Christ Child would disappear immediately, if seen, and they would take our presents away.&lt;br /&gt;The candles on the Christmas tree shone brightly and underneath lots of presents were placed for each of us, but first we had to say our little poems and to sing Christmas carols, which was actually very nice and I enjoyed that. Then we looked at the gifts that the Christkindl (Christ Child) had brought for us. Afterwards the whole family sat for the Christmas dinner and everyone enjoyed that feast, well I know I certainly did. That was also the only one evening in the year that we were allowed to stay up late which in reality was past 11 pm. &lt;br /&gt;I like to look back to those times and every year around Christmas time I get a warm nice feeling in my tummy, the same as I had when I was a child. It is a wonderful feeling and it reminds me of my parents and their ability to make Christmas happy for us children.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Having said that, I would like to wish a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS and a PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR to all you nice people who visit my blog! Stay healthy, enjoy yourself and come back to read more on my site in 2010!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-1369519630740318792?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/1369519630740318792'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/1369519630740318792'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2009/12/christmas-in-vienna.html' title='Christmas in Vienna'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SyzuGHZcxxI/AAAAAAAAAS4/4S8XdNVdOKg/s72-c/Christmas+2009+079.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-191292288154616272</id><published>2009-12-19T14:58:00.000Z</published><updated>2009-12-19T15:04:15.826Z</updated><title type='text'>Weihnachten in Wien</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SyzrBKIFf4I/AAAAAAAAAR4/7_XSmw_LXyk/s1600-h/Christmas+2009+074.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SyzrBKIFf4I/AAAAAAAAAR4/7_XSmw_LXyk/s320/Christmas+2009+074.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416962856950529922" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SyzrAoXOBOI/AAAAAAAAARw/O-htzsu19NQ/s1600-h/Christmas+2009+043.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SyzrAoXOBOI/AAAAAAAAARw/O-htzsu19NQ/s320/Christmas+2009+043.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416962847887197410" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SyzrAeSiZvI/AAAAAAAAARo/Ix-Bt8opu9I/s1600-h/Christmas+2009+045.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SyzrAeSiZvI/AAAAAAAAARo/Ix-Bt8opu9I/s320/Christmas+2009+045.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416962845183207154" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fotos c) by Margit Anna Binder&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Die Zeit ist so rasch vergangen und Weihnachten naht  mit grossen Schritten.&lt;br /&gt;In Österreich ist es Tradition, dass am 1. Adventsonntag die erste Kerze am Adventkranz entzündet wird, danach wird an jedem Sonntag eine weitere Kerze angezündet und wenn alle vier Kerzen leuchten, ist Weihnachten nicht mehr weit. &lt;br /&gt;Die Christkindlmärkte sind bunt geschmückt; die Standln bieten Spielzeug, warme Kleidung, Christbaumschmuck, süße Weihnachtsbäckereien, Kerzen und vieles mehr an. Da das Herummarschieren an kalten Wintertagen hungrig und durstig macht, ist auch für das leibliche Wohl gesorgt. Heisse Ofenkartoffel, Maroni, Braterdäpfel, Langos, Würstel, man bekommt alles, was das Herz begehrt. Für die Durstigen wird Jagatee, Glühwein und Punsch ausgeschenkt. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ich erinnere mich gerne an Weihnachten daheim, in meinem Elternhaus, als meine Geschwister und ich noch Kinder waren. Wir saßen mit unserer Mutter in der Küche und machten Knoten in die Schnüre an den Schoko-Christbaumstücken, die später von den Engerln auf den Christbaum gehängt wurden. Mein Vater half den Engeln im Wohnzimmer beim Dekorieren des Christbaumes. &lt;br /&gt;Während meine Mutter das Festmahl zubereitete, erzählte sie uns Geschichten und wir Kinder hörten ihr mit gespannten Gesichtern zu. Einmal sagte sie plötzlich: „Ui, da ist ein Engerl am Fenster vorbeigeflogen!“ Wir Kinder liefen rasch zum Fenster, um das Englein zu sehen und ich bildete mir wahrhaftig ein, dass ich noch ein Stück des langen Kleidchens gesehen hatte. &lt;br /&gt;Ungeduldig warteten wir auf das feine Läuten des Glöckchens, das jede Weihnachten geläutet wurde. Es war ein Zeichen dafür, dass wir nun das Wohnzimmer betreten durften. Vorher war uns das nicht erlaubt, weil sonst die Englein und auch das Christkind, das all die Geschenke bringt, davonfliegen.&lt;br /&gt;Der Christbaum erstrahlte in einem wunderbaren Glanz und darunter waren unsere Geschenke aufgetürmt. Wir sagten Gedichte auf und sangen Weihnachtslieder, dann erst durften wir uns über die Geschenke hermachen. &lt;br /&gt;Abschließend saßen wir gemütlich beim Weihnachtsmahl beisammen. Es gab immer gebackenen Fisch mit Reis und Erdäpfelsalat.  Danach wurden selbstgebackene Kekse gereicht. Wir Kinder durften an diesem Abend länger aufbleiben. &lt;br /&gt;Ich denke noch oft an diese Zeit zurück und immer um die Weihnachtszeit befällt mich ein Gefühl von Wärme und Vorfreude, es ist genau das gleiche Gefühl, das ich in meiner Kindheit hatte. Es ist ein wunderschönes Gefühl, das ich niemals missen möchte.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In diesem Sinne, FROHE WEIHNACHTEN an all die lieben Menschen, die meine Beiträge lesen! Bleibt gesund und geniesst das neue Jahr! Prosit 2010!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-191292288154616272?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/191292288154616272'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/191292288154616272'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2009/12/weihnachten-in-wien.html' title='Weihnachten in Wien'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SyzrBKIFf4I/AAAAAAAAAR4/7_XSmw_LXyk/s72-c/Christmas+2009+074.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-2631549523004189878</id><published>2009-11-12T16:32:00.000Z</published><updated>2009-11-12T16:37:01.164Z</updated><title type='text'>Lots of rain in the "sunny" South East</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Svw5YKA-zxI/AAAAAAAAARg/ozPkkYDLJEc/s1600-h/November+2009+036.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Svw5YKA-zxI/AAAAAAAAARg/ozPkkYDLJEc/s320/November+2009+036.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403256740105867026" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Picture c) by Margit Anna Binder&lt;br /&gt;That is how the road from Tramore to Waterford City looked like today.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-2631549523004189878?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/2631549523004189878'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/2631549523004189878'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2009/11/lots-of-rain-in-sunny-south-east.html' title='Lots of rain in the &quot;sunny&quot; South East'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Svw5YKA-zxI/AAAAAAAAARg/ozPkkYDLJEc/s72-c/November+2009+036.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-5503451498585671295</id><published>2009-11-10T21:30:00.000Z</published><updated>2009-11-11T18:47:24.551Z</updated><title type='text'>Autumn Impressions</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SvsGr82srdI/AAAAAAAAARI/zSKqt0SoHfo/s1600-h/September+2009+144.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SvsGr82srdI/AAAAAAAAARI/zSKqt0SoHfo/s320/September+2009+144.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402919530100731346" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SvncHZ2ODYI/AAAAAAAAARA/WpCoyjmt7vU/s1600-h/September+2009+142.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 158px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SvncHZ2ODYI/AAAAAAAAARA/WpCoyjmt7vU/s320/September+2009+142.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402591247763115394" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Svnb--naLEI/AAAAAAAAAQ4/cIkvps6ZkCE/s1600-h/September+2009+006.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Svnb--naLEI/AAAAAAAAAQ4/cIkvps6ZkCE/s320/September+2009+006.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402591103014284354" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fotos c) by Margit Anna Binder&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Summer is over and autumn brings lots of rain and dull days. The trees´ foliage changed into lovely colours like bright yellow or dark red and pleases the eye for a few days, but after that, all the beauty will be gone. The wind blows dying leaves  in front of our entrances  and the trees ‘ branches remain bare, nature prepares for a peaceful rest over a long winter period  again, it seems as everything goes to sleep now. People prefer to stay at home in front of open fires and enjoy the cosy warmth, while the autumn winds howl in the chimneys. Sunny days with blue skies can be tricky sometimes, as you might think it is obviously warm outside, when the weather is  so nice, but that is often a mistake, as the  brightest days are often the coldest.  On TV you can watch Christmas advertisements already and it won’t be long  when we ring out the old and ring in the new year.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-5503451498585671295?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/5503451498585671295'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/5503451498585671295'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2009/11/autumn-impressions.html' title='Autumn Impressions'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SvsGr82srdI/AAAAAAAAARI/zSKqt0SoHfo/s72-c/September+2009+144.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-585002885497688214</id><published>2009-11-10T21:05:00.000Z</published><updated>2009-11-12T16:27:19.942Z</updated><title type='text'>Herbstimpressionen</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Svw3YCSpCbI/AAAAAAAAARY/RLCH3X0sJzQ/s1600-h/November+2009+033.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Svw3YCSpCbI/AAAAAAAAARY/RLCH3X0sJzQ/s320/November+2009+033.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403254539009198514" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SvsHulykT-I/AAAAAAAAARQ/eSIo3pf12vs/s1600-h/September+2009+146.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SvsHulykT-I/AAAAAAAAARQ/eSIo3pf12vs/s320/September+2009+146.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402920674960625634" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SvnaYuagFBI/AAAAAAAAAQw/yW0fpPQWLE8/s1600-h/September+2009+084.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SvnaYuagFBI/AAAAAAAAAQw/yW0fpPQWLE8/s320/September+2009+084.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402589346318521362" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SvnWqepU9II/AAAAAAAAAQo/Q0E_OjfkAtI/s1600-h/005.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SvnWqepU9II/AAAAAAAAAQo/Q0E_OjfkAtI/s320/005.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402585253276873858" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fotos c) by Margit Anna Binder&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Der Sommer ist vorüber und der Herbst bringt viel Regen und trübe Tage. Die Blätter auf den Bäumen haben sich in leuchtendes Gelb oder tiefes Rot verfärbt und erfreuen das Auge für ein paar Tage, aber  kurz danach wird die ganze Pracht wieder vorüber sein. Der Wind bläst das dürre Laub vor unsere Haustüren und die Äste der Bäume bleiben kahl zurück, die Natur bereitet sich wieder auf eine friedvolle Rast über eine lange Winterperiode vor. Es scheint, dass nun alles zur Ruhe geht. Die Leute bleiben in dieser Jahreszeit  lieber daheim und geniessen die gemütliche Wärme vor dem offenen Feuer, während der Wind laut durch die Kamine heult.  Sonnige Tage mit blauem Himmel können trickreich sein, da man leicht den Eindruck bekommt, dass es draussen warm ist, wenn das Wetter so schön ist, aber oft sind gerade die strahlendsten Tage die kältesten. Im Fernsehen werden schon Weihnachtswerbungen gezeigt . Es wird nicht lange dauern und wir werden das alte Jahr verabschieden und das neue begrüssen.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-585002885497688214?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/585002885497688214'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/585002885497688214'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2009/11/herbstimpressionen.html' title='Herbstimpressionen'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Svw3YCSpCbI/AAAAAAAAARY/RLCH3X0sJzQ/s72-c/November+2009+033.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-2885454645423910000</id><published>2009-11-01T15:29:00.000Z</published><updated>2009-11-01T15:39:11.862Z</updated><title type='text'>Halloween (Artikel in Deutsch)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Su2rl3wPCpI/AAAAAAAAAQg/mae3-nQPK2c/s1600-h/hexe.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 160px; height: 117px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Su2rl3wPCpI/AAAAAAAAAQg/mae3-nQPK2c/s320/hexe.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399160195396864658" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gestern war Halloween und ich war sehr enttäuscht, weil uns niemand mit “Tricks or Treats“ gedroht hat. Ich hatte mich schon darauf gefreut, all diese kleinen Spukgestalten zu sehen, aber alles was ich sah, war ein Bursche in Waterford, der als Dalmatiner verkleidet war. Ich fand er sah eher süß aus und keineswegs furchterregend. Also nichts mit Gänsehaut!&lt;br /&gt;Wir kauften viele Süßigkeiten für die gruseligen Monster und Hexen, von denen wir dachten heimgesucht zu werden, und nun müssen wir die ganze Schokolade und alle Zuckerln selber essen, was bedeutet, dass wir an Gewicht zulegen werden. Also wenn wir jetzt fett werden, dann sind die angsteinflössenden Horrorgestalten Schuld daran, weil sie gestern nicht an unserer Tür erschienen sind!&lt;br /&gt;Meine Nichte in Österreich erzählte mir, dass sie gestern Abend Besuch von dunklen Gestalten hatten. Das ist eigentlich seltsam, weil Halloween niemals ein österreichischer Brauch war, aber wie es scheint, haben die österreichischen Kinder diese Tradition gerne übernommen. Wahrscheinlich haben sie herausgefunden, wie nett es sein kann, wenn man wenigstens für eine Nacht im Jahr die Erlaubnis hat, ein kleiner garstiger Balg zu sein.&lt;br /&gt;Halloween war ein original-keltischer Brauch. Die Kelten glaubten daran, dass in der Nacht vom 31.Oktober die Toten auf die Erde zurückkommen. Die Leute schnitten Löcher in Rüben, stellten Kerzen hinein  und platzierten das Licht in den Fenstern, um ihren verstorbenen Angehörigen zu helfen, den Weg nachhause zu finden. Die Druiden bauten sakrale Lagerfeuer, wo die Kelten zusammenkamen, um Saaten und Tiere zu verbrennen, als Opfergaben für ihre Götter. Sie glaubten daran, dass das heilige „Bonfire“ sie während des kommenden Winters beschützt. &lt;br /&gt;Die Amerikaner haben Halloween verändert und ein lustiges Spektakel für Kinder und alle, die gruseligen Horror lieben, daraus gemacht ´- UAAAAHHHHH!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-2885454645423910000?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/2885454645423910000'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/2885454645423910000'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2009/11/halloween-artikel-in-deutsch.html' title='Halloween (Artikel in Deutsch)'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Su2rl3wPCpI/AAAAAAAAAQg/mae3-nQPK2c/s72-c/hexe.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-427053028435000999</id><published>2009-11-01T14:36:00.000Z</published><updated>2009-11-01T15:02:03.884Z</updated><title type='text'>HALLOWEEN (article in English)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Su2eVra1MtI/AAAAAAAAAQY/vRLtyioUOEk/s1600-h/halloween.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 98px; height: 128px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Su2eVra1MtI/AAAAAAAAAQY/vRLtyioUOEk/s320/halloween.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399145623556797138" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yesterday was Halloween and I was rather disappointed as nobody threatened us with “Tricks or Treats”. I was really looking forward to see all these little spooky creatures, but all I saw was a guy in Waterford City, who was dressed as a Dalmatian. I found he looked more sweet than frightening and I could not get one single goose pimple.  &lt;br /&gt;We bought lots of sweets for the spine-chilling monsters and witches, who we expected to be haunted by, and now we will have to eat all the chocolates and candies ourselves, which means that we will put on lots of weight. So, if we are getting fat now, I will blame the little monsters, who did not appear at our door last night.&lt;br /&gt;My niece in Austria told me that they were haunted by some dark demons last night. That is actually strange, because Halloween was never celebrated in Austria before, but it seems the Austrian children have happily adopted this tradition. They probably found out how nice it is, when you are allowed to be a nasty little creature for at least one night in the year.&lt;br /&gt;Originally Halloween was a Celtic Tradition. It was believed that the ghost of the dead returned back to Earth on the night of  the 31st October. People cut holes into turnips, put candles into it and put it into the windows to help their dead relatives to find their way back home. The Druids built big sacred bonfires, where the people gathered to burn crops and animals as sacrifices to their Gods. During the celebration the Celts wore costumes, made of animal heads and skin. The sacred bonfire , they believed, would help to protect them during the coming winter.&lt;br /&gt;The Americans changed Halloween and made it to a Fun Festival for kids and for everyone who likes pure horror – UAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-427053028435000999?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/427053028435000999'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/427053028435000999'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2009/11/halloween.html' title='HALLOWEEN (article in English)'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Su2eVra1MtI/AAAAAAAAAQY/vRLtyioUOEk/s72-c/halloween.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-8000880441764843051</id><published>2009-10-29T17:16:00.000Z</published><updated>2009-10-29T17:18:40.437Z</updated><title type='text'>The Health System, comparing Ireland and Austria</title><content type='html'>Today I want to talk about a less romantic subject, the health systems in Ireland and Austria. Here I have to state that in my opinion and my experience of both, the Irish Health System is not good at all, on International comparisons Ireland ranked 14th .position worldwide.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Austria you can get an appointment with different medical specialists very quickly and he/she decides which tests are required. You can do the tests in a laboratory of your own choice and you can collect the results within 2 days latest. There are numerous independent and state laboratories available to the citizens. That means that your treatment starts within a week after your initial consultation with  the specialist  and if it is very urgent you are sent immediately to hospital. &lt;br /&gt;In Ireland for every health problem except dental ones you are obliged to attend your GP ( general doctor) first. He decides which tests have to be done and when he gives you a referral for the laboratory or a specialist (which is always in a hospital as Ireland has no private laboratories like Austria),  it depends if there is the note “urgent” on the referral or not. If the word “urgent” is not on the document, you will have to wait weeks for the test to be conducted. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My partner had to wait 8 weeks to get an appointment for an ultrasound and now he has to wait 2-3 weeks for the result and then the GP decides if it is necessary for my partner to see a specialist. If he needs to see one, he will get another referral and he will have to wait again, weeks, months and in some cases up to 3 years,  again to see the specialist. The whole process from the start until the treatment will finally start, will take about 4 months or in some cases much longer. Remember the whole process is finished in only one week in Austria!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last January I had a health problem as well, something gynaecological. I had the same one year before when I lived in Austria and everything was done within one week. In Ireland I had to suffer 3 months until something was done and I would have suffered even longer if my partner would not have pestered the GP and the hospital forcing them to do something. He finally decided to attend the emergency department and forced them to examine me. Luckily he did as I had to spend a few days in hospital receiving treatment and if I had not attended the Emergency Room, we do not know what the outcome would be. After what I have experienced myself, I feel very sorry for all the ill people who have nobody who  fights on their behalf and who demands treatment immediately. It is like playing the lottery sometimes as to who gets treatment. One case springs to mind in Kilkenny in 2007, where a patient died of cancer because she had to wait 7 months for the diagnosis and when she received the bad news it was already too late and she could not be cured anymore. Before her death she wrote an email to the radio station rte, you can find it under: http://www.rte.ie/radio1/liveline/1020814.html&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another drastic example and I could mention lots more: In both of my partner’s hands growths developed, which are now pressing on the sinews of some of his fingers and he cannot bend those fingers back anymore and the disorders are getting worse. He waited for months for an appointment with the specialist and as he did not get a reply, he rang and all he heard from the specialist´s secretary was that it would take about 3-4 years to be seen by the doctor and after that he would have to wait more years for an operation. Naturally my partner was very shocked about that message,  especially because he was frightened by the thought of the state of his fingers after such a long waiting time.  Very angry about that treatment, he wrote diverse  letters to the government and  to the specialist and what a surprise, my partner got a mail saying that he soon will see the specialist within the next few weeks. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is really sad that you obviously have to be famous or rich or have to shout loud to get a good health treatment in Ireland and the standard in the hospitals is not the most modern neither. Before the recession Ireland was one of the wealthiest countries worldwide, but unfortunately they did not invest much money into the health system that time, which is very obvious. &lt;br /&gt;So to sum up, if you are living in Austria or Germany or elsewhere, be glad of the health service we have. Get sick before or after you visit Ireland but not while you are here.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-8000880441764843051?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/8000880441764843051'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/8000880441764843051'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2009/10/health-system-comparing-ireland-and.html' title='The Health System, comparing Ireland and Austria'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-7590273171883984194</id><published>2009-10-29T17:14:00.000Z</published><updated>2009-10-29T17:20:52.183Z</updated><title type='text'>Vergleich Gesundheitssystem in Irland und Österreich</title><content type='html'>Heute möchte ich über ein weniger romantisches Thema sprechen, das Gesundheitssystem in Irland und Österreich. Wobei ich leider anmerken muss, dass das Gesundheitssystem in Irland, meiner eigenen Erfahrung nach, nicht sehr gut ist, lt. Medien rangiert Irland weltweit an 14. Stelle und das hat sicher seine Gründe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Österreich kann man bei verschiedenen gesundheitlichen Problemen gleich einen Termin beim Facharzt machen, dieser entscheidet, welche Tests, wie z.B. Bluttest, Röntgen, Ultraschall usw., notwendig sind. Die Tests können in Labors gemacht werden und man bekommt die Resultate innerhalb von 2 Tagen. Die Ärzte können somit sehr bald mit der Behandlung ihrer Patienten beginnen. In dringenden Fällen wird man umgehend ins Spital geschickt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Irland geht alles, außer Zahnbehandlungen über den Hausarzt. Man macht also einen Termin beim Hausarzt, der entscheidet, welche Tests gemacht werden, dann kommt es darauf an, ob der Arzt auf die Überweisung für das Spitalslabor ( in Irland gibt es keine privaten Labors)  das Wort „dringend“ vermerkt oder nicht. Wenn das Wort „dringend“ nicht aufscheint, kann man wochenlang warten, bis man einen Termin für eine Untersuchung bekommt. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mein Partner musste 8 Wochen warten, um einen Termin für eine Ultraschalluntersuchung zu bekommen. Nun muß er weitere 2-3 Wochen warten, bis das Resultat eintrifft, dann muß er wieder einen Termin beim Hausarzt machen und wird von diesem, wenn nötig zu einem Facharzt geschickt. Nun ist es wieder wichtig, ob es nach Erachten des Hausarztes dringend ist oder nicht. Wenn es dringend ist, bekommt mein Partner einen Termin beim Facharzt innerhalb von ein paar Monaten, wenn es lt. Arzt nicht dringend ist, muß er noch länger auf einen Termin warten, d.h. bis er endlich die Ursache seiner Beschwerden mitgeteilt bekommt und die  Behandlung beginnt, wird noch einige Zeit vergehen. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ich selbst hatte Anfang des Jahres ein gynäkologisches Problem, welches ich schon einmal hatte, als ich noch in Österreich lebte. In Österreich war innerhalb 1 Woche alles erledigt und ich fühlte mich wieder wohl. In Irland mußte ich 3 Monate lang leiden, bis endlich etwas getan wurde und wenn mein Partner nicht dauernd Druck auf den Hausarzt und das Spital gemacht hätte und sie somit gezwungen hat mich zu untersuchen, würde sich mein Gesundheitszustand sicher wesentlich verschlechtert haben.  Nachdem was ich selbst erlebt habe, empfinde ich tiefes Mitleid mit all den Leuten, die krank sind und die niemanden haben, der sich für sie einsetzt und eine schnellere Behandlung fordert. Ein anderer Fall drang in 2007 an die Öffentlichkeit, da eine Patientin in Kilkenny verstarb an Krebs, weil sie 7 Monate auf ihre Diagnose warten musste und diese Erkenntnis zu spät kam. Sie sandte ein eMail an die Radiostation RTE kurz vor ihrem Tod, &lt;br /&gt;nachzulesen unter: http://www.rte.ie/radio1/liveline/1020814.html&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ein anderes drastisches Beispiel und ich könnte noch viele nennen: auf beiden Handflächen meines Partners haben sich Knoten gebildet, welche auf die Sehnen der Finger drücken, was dazu führt, dass er seine Finger nicht mehr ganz ausstrecken kann und die Beschwerden werden zusehends schlimmer. Mein Partner hat monatelang auf einen Termin beim Facharzt gewartet und als ihm das Warten zu lange wurde, erkundigte er sich telefonisch für wann sein Termin geplant wurde. Man teilte ihm mit, dass er 3-4 Jahre warten müsse, um von einem Facharzt gesehen zu werden und danach würde es wiederum Jahre dauern, bis er einen Termin für eine Operation bekäme. Mein Partner war über diese Nachricht sehr schockiert und er hatte die Befürchtung, dass sich seine Beschwerden in der Zwischenzeit noch mehr verschlimmern würden, was mit höchster Wahrscheinlichkeit der Fall wäre. Erbost über diese Zustände, schrieb er Beschwerdebriefe an die Regierung und auch an die entsprechende Spitalsabteilung und siehe da, er bekam die Nachricht, dass seine Hände in den nächsten paar Wochen von einem Facharzt begutachtet werden. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Das Traurige an der ganzen Sache ist, dass man in Irland entweder berühmt oder reich sein muss oder mit lautem Geschrei auf sich aufmerksam machen sollte, damit man eine gute ärztliche Behandlung bekommt. Die Spitalseinrichtung selbst entspricht auch nicht dem höchsten Standard, hier wird ebenfalls gespart. &lt;br /&gt;Irland hatte sich vor der Rezession zu einem der reichsten Länder weltweit entwickelt, in das Gesundheitssystem hat man aber offensichtlich nicht viel investiert!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also wenn Du in Österreich, Deutschland oder sonstwo lebst, schätze Dich glücklich über das gute Gesundheitssystem, welches Dein Land zu bieten hat. Werde krank bevor oder nach einem Aufenthalt in Irland, aber ja nicht während Deiner Irlandreise!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-7590273171883984194?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/7590273171883984194'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/7590273171883984194'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2009/10/vergleich-gesundheitssystem-in-irland.html' title='Vergleich Gesundheitssystem in Irland und Österreich'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-3571476847918403175</id><published>2009-10-24T02:01:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-10-26T23:39:46.641Z</updated><title type='text'>Northern Ireland</title><content type='html'>The Giant's Causeway &lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SuLJGBo-p1I/AAAAAAAAAMs/0MohPqSkZF8/s1600-h/Misc+097.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SuLJGBo-p1I/AAAAAAAAAMs/0MohPqSkZF8/s320/Misc+097.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396096408899987282" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SuLIgpn7aeI/AAAAAAAAAMk/eHXQN-bqTzg/s1600-h/Misc+094.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SuLIgpn7aeI/AAAAAAAAAMk/eHXQN-bqTzg/s320/Misc+094.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396095766797969890" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fotos c) by Margit Anna Binder&lt;br /&gt;My partner and I went up to the North recently. I always wanted to see “The Giant’s Causeway”, which is a very unique place on the Northern Coast of County Antrim in Northern Ireland. The amazing array of basalt columns and hexagonal stepping stones attracted many visitors over the years and I was very impressed by their extraordinary shapes as well.&lt;br /&gt;We drove up from the South and as soon as we passed the border I noticed lots of gardens with British flags all over the countryside . “Those are British Loyalists”, explained my partner.  “I saw so many British flags, but barely any Irish ones,” said I. That looked very provoking to me. I could not understand that. I thought, all these people or their ancestors moved to Ireland once, why don’t they integrate? “Why are the British so keen to show their loyalty to the English Crown in the public? The Irish don’t do that!” stated I.  “That is because the British always want to remind the Irish that they don’t accept anything else.” I found that very sad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a village near the Giant’s  Causeway was a traffic jam and we wondered what that was about, until we found out that the Orange Order had a parade on. These marches are held regularly to celebrate the battle in which the Catholic English King James was conquered by the Protestant Dutch King “William of the House of Orange” in County Meath on July 12, 1690. That is another affront to the Catholics and during these marches Catholics have to be careful and usually prefer to stay at home, because it often comes to excesses when the Loyalists are anti  anything Catholic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In any other country, including the Republic of Ireland, Catholics and Protestants live together in peace and nobody cares which religion the other person believes  in. But as I mentioned in my post about religion, the real reason for the problems is that the Protestant Loyalists still insist on dominance in Northern Ireland, while the Catholic Nationalists don’t want to be oppressed by the former invader.  Life would be so much easier, if both sides tried to accept each other and if there would be the same rights  for everyone in Northern Ireland!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-3571476847918403175?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/3571476847918403175'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/3571476847918403175'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2009/10/northern-ireland.html' title='Northern Ireland'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SuLJGBo-p1I/AAAAAAAAAMs/0MohPqSkZF8/s72-c/Misc+097.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-7808896477257150960</id><published>2009-10-24T01:53:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-10-24T10:38:10.046+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Nordirland</title><content type='html'>The Giant's Causeway &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SuLKn39OluI/AAAAAAAAAM0/7HJpTnBF4Hw/s1600-h/Misc+093.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SuLKn39OluI/AAAAAAAAAM0/7HJpTnBF4Hw/s320/Misc+093.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396098089927743202" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SuLHCaMJgaI/AAAAAAAAAMc/BJBDlUaFXYA/s1600-h/Misc+095.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SuLHCaMJgaI/AAAAAAAAAMc/BJBDlUaFXYA/s320/Misc+095.JPG" vr="true" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fotos c)by Margit Anna Binder&lt;br /&gt;Kürzlich fuhren mein Lebenspartner und ich nach Nordirland. Ich wollte schon immer den Giant’s Causeway sehen, das ist ein einzigartiger Ort an der Nordküste im County Antrim in Nordirland. Die erstaunlichen Reihen von Basaltkolumnen und hexagonalen Trittsteine ziehen jährlich viele Besucher an und auch ich war von den aussergewöhnlichen Formen sehr beeindruckt.&lt;br /&gt;Wir kamen vom Süden Irlands und sobald wir die Grenze zu Nordirland überschritten, bemerkte ich in vielen Gärten britische Flaggen, der ganze Landesteil war voll davon. „Das sind britische Loyalisten,“ erklärte mein Partner. „Ich sah so viele britische Flaggen, aber fast keine irische,“ stellte ich fest. Diese Fahnen wirkten auf mich sehr provokant. Ich konnte diese Haltung nicht verstehen. Ich dachte mir, diese Leute oder ihre Ahnen sind einst in dieses Land gezogen, warum versuchen sie nicht sich zu integrieren? „Warum sind die Briten so wild darauf ihre Loyalität zur britischen Krone öffentlich zur Schau zu stellen? Die Iren behalten ihre Gesinnung ja auch für sich!“ bemerkte ich. „Das ist, weil die Briten den Iren immer wieder vor Augen halten wollen, dass sie nichts anderes akzeptieren.“ Ich fand das sehr traurig.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In einer Ortschaft nahe des Giant’s Causeway gerieten wir in einen Verkehrsstau und wir wunderten sich, was der Grund dafür war, bis wir feststellten, dass die Orange-Anhänger eine Parade hatten. Diese Märsche werden regelmäßig abgehalten, um den Sieg des protestantischen holländischen Königs Wilhelm von Oranien gegen den katholischen englischen König James am 12. Juli 1690, im County Meath, zu feiern. Das ist ein anderer Affront gegen die Katholiken und während dieser Aufmärsche müssen die Katholiken dieses Landesteiles vorsichtig sein und die meisten von ihnen ziehen es vor, an diesem Tag zu Hause zu bleiben, da es früher schon öfter zu Ausschreitungen kam, wenn die Loyalisten in aufgeheizter Stimmung waren.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In jedem anderen Land, inklusive der Republik Irland, leben Katholiken und Protestanten friedlich miteinander und es interessiert niemanden, welcher Religion die andere Person angehört. Aber wie ich schon vorher in meinem Beitrag über Religion erwähnt habe, liegt der eigentliche Grund für die Auseinandersetzungen nicht an der Religion, auch wenn es so zu scheinen mag. In Wirklichkeit bestehen die protestantischen Loyalisten noch immer auf ihre Dominanz in Nordirland und die katholischen Nationalisten wollen sich nicht mehr vom früheren Invasor unterdrücken lassen. Das Leben wäre so viel einfacher, wenn beide Seiten versuchen würden, miteinander auszukommen und wenn es in Nordirland gleiches Recht für jedermann gäbe!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-7808896477257150960?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/7808896477257150960'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/7808896477257150960'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2009/10/kurzlich-fuhren-mein-lebenspartner-und.html' title='Nordirland'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SuLKn39OluI/AAAAAAAAAM0/7HJpTnBF4Hw/s72-c/Misc+093.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-5216825865440896288</id><published>2009-10-15T10:26:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-10-15T10:35:25.230+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Religion ( english version)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/StbsZVRuW2I/AAAAAAAAAMI/GUBU6Z3D4uY/s1600-h/Misc+183.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 147px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392757523775118178" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/StbsZVRuW2I/AAAAAAAAAMI/GUBU6Z3D4uY/s320/Misc+183.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Foto c) by Margit Anna Binder&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;While the Austrian churches suffer a loss of visitors and many people are giving up their faith, but the Irish are still believers and committed to the church. (Explanation : when an Austrian is born, he automatically belongs to the same religion as his parents. Every adult Catholic has to pay a monthly church fee and if he does not do so, he has to give up his faith, otherwise he has to face a court case).There is a close connection in Austria with Church and civil law.&lt;br /&gt;Irish people are mainly Roman Catholic, like the Austrians, but people in Ireland practice their belief much more.&lt;br /&gt;Every evening at 6 p.m. a church bell (the Angelus) rings on the main national TV channel and you see people who are meditating. In every town and even in the smallest village you will find a grotto. I often watched people who passed by a grotto or a church and saw that they blessed themselves. When someone dies, it will be mentioned in the local newspapers, which is the same as in Austria, but the Irish distribute memory cards with a photo of the deceased and a nice poem to all members of the family and friends, furthermore a yearly mass in remembrance of the deceased person is held.&lt;br /&gt;Very religious people are often believers in miracles and miraculous cures. My sister in law got a little bottle which was supposed to be filled with holy water from Lourdes and believed in its power. Another woman claimed to have in her possession, a splinter of Jesus’ cross. Once we visited a monastery and there we met an elderly man who claimed to have a piece of Padre Pio’s bandage in his wallet. You should bless yourself with these relicts and you will be healed of every sickness (it is claimed).&lt;br /&gt;I suppose the Irish so believe, because they grew up like that and the church dominated the daily life of their people for a very long time and that did not change until the sixties and seventies. Some of the church influences were that, when an unmarried girl became pregnant, the priest came into the girl’s house and took her away often with the assistance of the police. The newborn baby was usually sent to an orphanage or given away for adoption, sometimes as far away as America. The young mother’s wishes were ignored and most of them ended up in homes where they lived until they died, because their families were too ashamed to take them back and were fearful of neighbour’s comments.&lt;br /&gt;The priests, in general, interfered in every parish matter and made their own rules and ruled with an iron fist.&lt;br /&gt;There was a big scandal recently, with absolutely shocking details about children who were sexually and physically abused by priests and nuns during the 30’s, 40’s, 50’s, and 60’s. That is the reason why lots of people in Ireland lost their trust in the church authorities and prefer to pray in privacy at home. Their belief in the church as an institution is destroyed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Approximately half of the population of Northern Ireland is Catholic, the other half is a mix of Protestant faiths . It often appears to outsiders, that there is a big religion conflict in this part of the Emerald Isle, but the real problem is definitely not religion. That reason would be illogical because, the Protestant religion is a breakaway church from the Catholic Church and both are closely related. It is more so that the original inhabitants are mostly Catholic and the British, whose ancestors occupied that part of the country, are Protestant. That conflict started in the 17th century and still continues.&lt;br /&gt;The strange thing is that the Republic of Ireland and U.K are getting on well together now, but in Northern Ireland there are still disputes between the Nationalists and Loyalists.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Final remark, it is generally good to have faith in God, because people who do so, generally believe also in good, and if all people around the globe believed in good, there would be no wars, no murders, no starving people and particularly NO children without a future. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-5216825865440896288?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/5216825865440896288'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/5216825865440896288'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2009/10/while-austrian-churches-suffer-loss-of.html' title='Religion ( english version)'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/StbsZVRuW2I/AAAAAAAAAMI/GUBU6Z3D4uY/s72-c/Misc+183.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-5793171115477373575</id><published>2009-10-15T10:16:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-10-15T10:25:47.282+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Religion (deutsche Version)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/StbqTqu9PwI/AAAAAAAAAMA/2CuagRG9Afs/s1600-h/Misc+119.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392755227432402690" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/StbqTqu9PwI/AAAAAAAAAMA/2CuagRG9Afs/s320/Misc+119.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Foto c) by Margit Anna Binder&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Während die Kirchen in Österreich immer weniger besucht werden und viele Leute aus der Kirche austreten, legen die Iren noch immer viel Wert auf Religion.&lt;br /&gt;In der Republik Irland, sowie auch in Österreich, ist der Großteil der Gläubigen römisch/katholisch, aber in Irland wird der Glaube viel mehr praktiziert.&lt;br /&gt;Täglich um 6 Uhr abends läutet im irischen Fernsehen auf dem Hauptsender eine Kirchenglocke und man sieht Menschen, wie sie eine Gedenkminute abhalten. In jedem Dorf, auch in vielen kleineren Ortschaften, gibt es irgendwo a „Grotto“ (einen kleinen Platz mit einer Marienstatue). Ich habe viele Leute beobachtet, wie sie sich bekreuzigen, wenn sie an so einer Grotto oder an einer Kirche vorbeifahren. Wenn jemand verstorben ist, wird es in der Lokalen Zeitung angezeigt, das ist in beiden Ländern gleich, aber in Irland lässt man zusätzlich noch Memorycards mit einem Foto des Verstorbenen und einem netten Spruch anfertigen, die an die Verwandten und Bekannten verteilt werden. Ausserdem wird danach jährlich am Geburtstag oder Todestag des lieben Dahingegangenen eine Messe gelesen.&lt;br /&gt;Sehr gläubige Menschen sind oft sehr empfänglich für sogenannte Wunder oder Wundermittel. Meine Schwägerin bekam ein kleines Fläschchen geschenkt, das angeblich heiliges Wasser aus einem Brunnen von Lourdes enthielt. Eine Bekannte behauptet einen Splitter vom Kreuz Jesu besitzen. Wir besuchten einmal ein Mönchskloster und dort trafen wir einen älteren Mann, der in seiner Brieftasche ein Stück Verband trug, welches angeblich vom heiligen Padre Pio stammte. Man soll sich mit den heiligen Relikten bekreuzigen, das soll Heilung bringen und dich beschützen..&lt;br /&gt;Vielleicht sind die Iren deshalb so extrem gläubig, weil sie so aufgezogen wurden und die Kirche hatte über eine lange Zeit, sogar noch in den Sechziger und Siebziger Jahren, viel Einfluss auf das tägliche Leben ihrer „Schäfchen“. Wenn ein unverheiratetes Mädchen schwanger wurde, wurde sie umgehend in ein Heim gebracht, wo sie ihr Baby zur Welt brachte, oft sogar mit Unterstützung der Polizei. Danach wurde ihr das Kind weggenommen und in ein Waisenhaus gesteckt, manche Kinder wurden zur Adoption freigegeben und einige Babies wurden sogar nach Amerika verschickt. Auf die Wünsche der jungen Mütter wurde keine Rücksicht genommen und viele von ihnen durften nie mehr nachhause zurückkehren, weil sie Schande über ihre Familie gebracht hatten und die Angehörigen sich vor der bösen Nachrede der Nachbarn fürchteten. Die Kirchenvertreter mischten sich in alle Angelegeneheiten der Bürger ein und sorgten für ihre eigene Art von „Zucht und Ordnung“.&lt;br /&gt;Kürzlich wurde ein Riesenskandal in Irland publik, wo mit allen Mißständen der Kirche aufgeräumt wurde. Es kamen viele schockierende Details über Kindesmisshandlungen und Kindesmissbrauch ans Tageslicht, welche von Priestern und Nonnen in der Vergangenheit hier begangen wurden. Aus diesem Grund haben sich viele Leute nun von der Kirche abgewandt. Das heisst nicht, dass sie nicht mehr an Gott glauben, das tun sie bestimmt noch, aber sie haben das Vertrauen in die Kirchenvertreter verloren und viele beten nun lieber daheim im stillen Kämmerlein.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ungefähr die Hälfte der Bevölkerung Nordirlands ist katholisch, die andere Hälfte ist protestantisch. In der Öffentlichkeit sieht es oft so aus, als ob es in diesem Landesteil einen Religionskonflikt gibt, aber eigentlich liegt das Problem nicht an der Religion. Dieser Grund wäre ja unlogisch, da die eine Religion von der anderen abstammt und beide miteinander sehr verwandt sind. Es ist viel mehr so, dass die Ureinwohner (Nationalisten) vorwiegend katholisch sind und die Briten (Loyalisten), die dort angesiedelt wurden, protestantisch. Dies ist ein Konflikt zwischen Einheimischen und ehemaligen Eindringlingen, der im siebzehnten Jahrhundert begann, als viele Iren in Nordirland ihr Heim verloren, weil sie von den Briten enteignet wurden. Das Seltsame an der Geschichte ist, dass die Republik Irland und Grossbritannien einander nun respektieren und die Vergangenheit ruhen lassen. Leider haben das die Einwohner Nordirlands bisher noch immer nicht geschafft und es kommt hier noch hie und da zu einer Konfrontation zwischen den beiden Volksgruppen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Abschliessend möchte ich noch sagen, dass es im Grunde nichts Schlechtes ist, an Gott zu glauben, denn wer wirklich an Gott glaubt, glaubt auch an das Gute und wenn alle Menschen auf unserem Globus an das Gute glaubten, gäbe es keine Kriege, keine Morde, keine hungernden Menschen und keine Kinder ohne Zukunft. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-5793171115477373575?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/5793171115477373575'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/5793171115477373575'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2009/10/religion-deutsche-version.html' title='Religion (deutsche Version)'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/StbqTqu9PwI/AAAAAAAAAMA/2CuagRG9Afs/s72-c/Misc+119.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-1157819366946221487</id><published>2009-09-28T15:23:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-10-04T10:44:04.454+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Irish names</title><content type='html'>Old Beamish Brewery, Cork&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SsDVsbnr9wI/AAAAAAAAAK4/v2kqCAIrxRQ/s1600-h/Cork,+September+2009+011.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386540113640290050" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SsDVsbnr9wI/AAAAAAAAAK4/v2kqCAIrxRQ/s320/Cork,+September+2009+011.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Is that Santa Claus on summer holidays?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SsDVsMC_1-I/AAAAAAAAAKw/ut10WfjWpGU/s1600-h/Cork,+September+2009+006.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386540109459871714" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SsDVsMC_1-I/AAAAAAAAAKw/ut10WfjWpGU/s320/Cork,+September+2009+006.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Fotos c) by Margit Anna Binder&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;It always surprises me that the Irish generally can tell from which part of the country someone is from, only by hearing their surnames. The family name “Power” for example is most common in Waterford, people with the name “Baxter” live in Down, Antrim and Tyrone.......&lt;br /&gt;The Name “Doyle”, in Gaelic, Ó Dubhghaill, means “dark foreigner” or “dark and tall”. That was a name used for the Vikings who invaded the country a long time ago and they were the ancestors of the “Doyle’s”. This name was spelt in many different ways, e.g. Doyle, Doyill, Doile, Dahl and many more.&lt;br /&gt;As it is known that the Vikings mostly went to Dublin, Wexford and Waterford, it is more than likely that someone named “Doyle” comes from the Eastern part of the country.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I never ever met someone in Austria, who tries to discover from which province someone comes from. We Austrians don’t really care about those things and I believe it would be too difficult to find out, anyway. We did not even try to Austrianise a foreign name and when you look into our telephone books, you wouldn’t know which country you are in, because there are not many original Austrian names. So, when someone is called “Nowak”, we just know that this person has Slavic roots, but it could be from many generations back in time, but we would never be able to tell from which province the person called “Nowak” comes from.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love to listen to my Irish family when they are talking about somebody. Everybody seems to know everyone, and if they don’t know a certain person personally, then they know someone who knows him or her. In the case that person is a total stranger in the area, they are analysing where his family are probably living by using his surname as a hint.&lt;br /&gt;It is much more complicated with the first names. Gerry (Gerald), my brother in law, who is actually called Patrick, told me a story about a guy named Jack, who was called Owen by his parents to distinguish him better from Shawn, his dad, who was also called Sean. Does that sound crazy to you? I think I have to explain that Jack, Owen, Shawn and Sean are all variants of the name John. It is so simple, isn’t it?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By the way the Irish are often called “Paddy” abroad, that comes from St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland and yet the name Patrick is just an introduced one. St. Patrick himself was brought into Ireland as a slave and the name Patrick is mainly found to be held by the English and the Welsh, who came in with the Normans and are not original Irish natives. That means the name “Paddy” for an Irish person, is actually used wrong. A tip for you: When you meet an Irish, don’t call him “Paddy”, he might not like it as it is often used by the English to try and demean an Irish person.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-1157819366946221487?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/1157819366946221487'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/1157819366946221487'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2009/09/it-always-surprises-me-that-irish.html' title='Irish names'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SsDVsbnr9wI/AAAAAAAAAK4/v2kqCAIrxRQ/s72-c/Cork,+September+2009+011.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-4615317759653247555</id><published>2009-09-28T15:17:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-09-28T16:35:38.714+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Irische Namen</title><content type='html'>Cork&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SsDXUsWNRaI/AAAAAAAAALI/URNbDqj8WZU/s1600-h/Cork,+September+2009+002.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386541904836773282" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SsDXUsWNRaI/AAAAAAAAALI/URNbDqj8WZU/s320/Cork,+September+2009+002.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SsDXUFrEI2I/AAAAAAAAALA/BL8ySY3S3Dc/s1600-h/Cork,+September+2009+012.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386541894455272290" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SsDXUFrEI2I/AAAAAAAAALA/BL8ySY3S3Dc/s320/Cork,+September+2009+012.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fotos c) by Margit Anna Binder&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Was mich in Irland immer wieder überrrascht ist, dass die Einheimischen hier anhand eines Familiennamens ziemlich genau sagen können, aus welchem Landesteil jemand stammt und in den meisten Fällen treffen die Vermutungen sogar zu. Die Powers zum Beispiel kommen meistens aus Waterford, die Baxters sind eher in Down, Antrim, oder Tyrone zuhause,........&lt;br /&gt;Der Name Doyle in gälisch Ó Dubhghaill bedeutet “dark foreigner“ oder „dark and tall“( „dunkler Fremder“ oder „dunkel und gross)”, damit sind die Wikinger gemeint, die Vorfahren der Doyles. Mit der Zeit wurde dieser Name auf verschiedene Weise buchstabiert z.B. als Doyle, Doyill, Doile, Dahl......&lt;br /&gt;Und da man weiß, dass sich die ehemaligen Wikinger damals vorwiegend in Dublin, Wexford und Waterford angesiedelt haben, kann man annehmen, dass jemand mit dem Namen Doyle mit großer Wahrscheinlichkeit aus einem dieser Gebiete, im Osten Irlands, stammt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ich habe in Österreich niemals jemanden getroffen, der sich anhand eines Namens Gedanken gemacht hat, aus welchem Bundesland jemand kommt. Das ist uns Österreichern ziemlich egal außerdem wäre das wahrscheinlich in vielen Fällen auch nicht möglich, weil wir uns von jeher mit den Völkern der angrenzenden Länder vermischt haben. Wir haben uns nicht einmal die Mühe gemacht, die Namen der Zuwanderer zu verösterreichern und wenn man in unsere Telefonbücher schaut, findet man nicht viele urösterreichische Namen. Wenn jemand also „Nowak“ heisst, dann weiß ich, dass diese Person einen slawischen Ursprung hat, der kann aber Generationen zurückliegen. Ich kann aber nicht bestimmen aus welchem österreichischen Bundesland diese Person stammt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ich höre gerne meiner irischen Familie zu, wenn sie sich über jemanden unterhalten. Jeder scheint hier jeden zu kennen und wenn sie eine bestimmte Person zufällig nicht kennen, dann kennen sie bestimmt jemanden, der mit dieser Person bekannt ist. Sollte es sich aber um eine total ortsfremde Person handeln, wird, wie oben beschrieben, anhand des Familiennamens analysiert, wo der Fremdling herkommt.&lt;br /&gt;Mit den Vornamen ist es da schon komplizierter. Mein Schwager Gerry (Gerald), der eigentlich Patrick heisst, erzählte mir eine Geschichte über Jack, der von seinen Eltern immer Owen genannt wurde, um ihn von seinem Vater Shawn besser zu unterscheiden, der auch Sean hiess. Klingt das nicht sehr verwirrend? Da soll sich jemand auskennen! Ich möchte die lieben Leser hiermit darüber aufklären, dass sowohl Jack, als auch Owen, Shawn und Sean, alle den Namen John tragen. Das ist doch ganz einfach oder?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Übringes werden die Iren im Ausland oft „Paddy“ genannt, weil viele Männer in Irland nach dem Landespatron St.Patrick getauft wurden, aber der Heilige Patrick war kein irischer Staatsbürger, er war ein Sklave, der nach Irland gebracht wurde und die irischen Männer, die Patrick heissen, sind meistens nicht irischstämmisch und kommen vorwiegend aus englischen oder walisischen Familien, die sich irgendwann in Irland angesiedelt haben. Das bedeutet, dass der Name Patrick kein typisch irischer Name ist und der Spitzname „Paddy“ eine falsche Verwendung gefunden hat.&lt;br /&gt;Ein Tipp: Wenn Du einen Iren triffst, dann solltest Du ihn besser nicht mit „Paddy“ anreden, er könnte empfindlich darauf reagieren, weil die Engländer diesen Spitznamen gerne verwenden, um sich über die Iren lustig zu machen.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-4615317759653247555?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/4615317759653247555'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/4615317759653247555'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2009/09/irische-namen.html' title='Irische Namen'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SsDXUsWNRaI/AAAAAAAAALI/URNbDqj8WZU/s72-c/Cork,+September+2009+002.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-6818814923096689127</id><published>2009-09-27T00:36:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-09-27T01:13:25.913+01:00</updated><title type='text'>LOWER AUSTRIA</title><content type='html'>Wachau&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Sr6twq31niI/AAAAAAAAAKo/WeSrgIXgoDE/s1600-h/IMG_0576.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385933256035507746" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Sr6twq31niI/AAAAAAAAAKo/WeSrgIXgoDE/s320/IMG_0576.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Sr6twbySKKI/AAAAAAAAAKg/BMwjWs_yR1c/s1600-h/IMG_0582.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385933251985680546" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Sr6twbySKKI/AAAAAAAAAKg/BMwjWs_yR1c/s320/IMG_0582.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fotos c) by Margit Anna Binder&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lower Austria&lt;/strong&gt; is divided into 6 areas: The Mostviertel, The Weinviertel, The Waldviertel, The Danube Area ,The Wachau and The Wienerwald.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;Mostviertel &lt;/strong&gt;is a beautiful hilly landscape with numerous orchards in the South West of Lower Austria.&lt;br /&gt;The main tourist attractions in the Mostviertel are:&lt;br /&gt;· The Moststrasse, over 200km theme route to sights and hospitality, e.g. Most Gallery, Shopping and Cider tasting.&lt;br /&gt;· Waidhofen an der Ybbs with its historic city centre and museums&lt;br /&gt;· Annaberg, Austria’s Grand Canyon&lt;br /&gt;· The village of Gaming, Capuchin monastery, Ötscher (Mountain) Tormäuer Park, Old Time Railroad Ötscherland&lt;br /&gt;· Schallaburg, a Renaissance Castle&lt;br /&gt;· Lilienfeld Abbey and Herzogenburg Abbey&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;Weinviertel &lt;/strong&gt;is located in the North East of Lower Austria, an area of gentle rolling hills, covered with vineyards or with huge corn fields. The ”Kellergassen” are rural roads, lined with long rows of white- washed wine cellars, half buried in the earth. The wine cellar owners like to socialise and invite guests around for wine tasting regularly.&lt;br /&gt;Before the fermentation process is finished, the liquid passes through phases where it is sweet tasting and in the earlier stages is called Most (non alcoholic) and later becomes Sturm when it is again, sweet but contains Alcohol. The word Sturm means Storm in English as the appearance of the liquid looks cloudy.&lt;br /&gt;The area with the majority of corn fields is called “Marchfeld” and it is known as the granary of Austria.&lt;br /&gt;This area of Lower Austria borders the Czech Republic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;Waldviertel&lt;/strong&gt; is largely covered by forest and situated in the North West of Lower Austria. It is usually a few degrees colder there than anywhere else in Austria, even on hot summer days. The landscape is wild and romantic, with its hills, valleys, castles and it’s hidden lakes. Rocking stones and stone circles, which were probably used for ritual purposes by the Celts, create a mystical impression for the viewer.Aside from the splendour of nature the Waldviertel region has to offer, I would like to recommend the following places:&lt;br /&gt;Heidenreichstein (Castle and Moorpark)&lt;br /&gt;Gmünd (Heath land and Nature Park)&lt;br /&gt;Castle Rapottenstein, Castle Rosenburg, Castle Grafenegg&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;Danube Valley&lt;/strong&gt; between Ybbs and Krems has the international reputation as being one of the most beautiful river landscapes in Europe. In the western part of the river is the Nibelungengau with a pilgrimage village called "Maria Taferl. From the front terrace of the baroque basilica you have a beautiful view of the alpine foothills and beyond into the higher alpine region around the Ötscher, Dürrenstein and Hochkar.In the nearby “Artstetten Castle” the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand resided with his wife prior to departing for Sarajevo, where he was murdered. Today a permanent exhibition entitled “For Heart and Crown" illustrates these fateful events from the closing stage of the Danube Monarchy.The "Stift Melk" is the largest Benedictine monastery in Europe. The huge marble hall with all its abundant ornamentation looks very impressive and is definitely worth a trip. The monastery is known as the gateway to the Wachau."The Wachau is a 40km long stretch of the Danube valley, which is also known as “the smile on Austria’s face”. When you travel along the Wachau, you will see vineyards on one side and the river on the other. On the way to Krems, you pass through a little village called "Willendorf “which is the place where the "Venus of Willendorf”, a 28,000 years old fertility goddess, was found. The next nearest historic town is "Dürnstein", where the legend says that the English king “Richard the Lionhearted” was kept imprisoned in the former Dürnstein Castle and who was rescued by his minstrel. Nowadays only a ruin, a few stones on a hill remain from that time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The "&lt;strong&gt;Wienerwald&lt;/strong&gt;", known as the Vienna Woods is a hilly area, covered in forest and it is bordering the metropolitan city, it is also called the “green lungs of Vienna”. The Vienna Woods start in the West and extend to the South end of Lower Austria, partly surrounding Vienna City.In concluding this article, I would like to add that I unfortunately, due to space restrictions cannot include all the interesting places in Austria, and I have mentioned some of the nicer ones. Of course everyone is free to explore Austria and discover some of our other treasures.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-6818814923096689127?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/6818814923096689127'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/6818814923096689127'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2009/09/lower-austria.html' title='LOWER AUSTRIA'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Sr6twq31niI/AAAAAAAAAKo/WeSrgIXgoDE/s72-c/IMG_0576.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-9010761968411329466</id><published>2009-09-24T22:30:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-09-24T23:29:51.369+01:00</updated><title type='text'>NIEDERÖSTERREICH</title><content type='html'>Ölpumpen im&lt;br /&gt;Marchfeld&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SrvypQWHzvI/AAAAAAAAAKY/Sdz0z2mEJ0k/s1600-h/Misc+046.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385164570027871986" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SrvypQWHzvI/AAAAAAAAAKY/Sdz0z2mEJ0k/s320/Misc+046.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Wachau&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SrvrimOWj5I/AAAAAAAAAKI/AL5c4wcg75w/s1600-h/IMG_0599.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385156759060385682" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SrvrimOWj5I/AAAAAAAAAKI/AL5c4wcg75w/s320/IMG_0599.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SrvriE0bJNI/AAAAAAAAAKA/__f9W4OeEA0/s1600-h/IMG_0566.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385156750093264082" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SrvriE0bJNI/AAAAAAAAAKA/__f9W4OeEA0/s320/IMG_0566.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fotos c) by Margit Anna Binder&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Niederösterreich&lt;/strong&gt; ist unterteilt in das Mostviertel, das Weinviertel und das Waldviertel, ausserdem in das Donaugebiet mit der Wachau und zuletzt auch dem Wienerwald.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Das &lt;strong&gt;Mostviertel&lt;/strong&gt; ist eine wunderschöne hügelige Landschaft mit unzähligen Obstbaumplantagen im Südwesten Niederösterreichs.&lt;br /&gt;Die wichtigsten Touristenattraktionen sind:&lt;br /&gt;„Die Moststrasse“, welche sich über 200km erstreckt und sowohl herrliche Aussichten, sowie etliche Apfelmostverkostungen bietet.&lt;br /&gt;„Waidhofen an der Ybbs“, mit seinem historischen Stadtzentrum und Museen&lt;br /&gt;„Annaberg“, Österreichs Grand Canyon&lt;br /&gt;„Gaming“, Kapuzinerkloster, Ötscher Tormäuer Naturpark, Old Time Railroad Ötscherland&lt;br /&gt;„Schallaburg“, ein Renaissance Schloss&lt;br /&gt;„Stift Lilienfeld“ und „Stift Herzogenburg“&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Das &lt;strong&gt;Weinviertel &lt;/strong&gt;befindet sich im Nordosten Niederösterreichs. Auf sanften Hügeln ranken sich Weinreben. In den sogenannten Kellergassen befinden sich alte Weinkeller, kleine weißgetünchte Kellergebäude, die nur zum Teil aus der Erde herausragen und in welchen der Rebensaft vergoren wird. Während des Prozesses werden Traubenmost und Sturm angeboten, diese Getränke entstehen in den Zwischenstadien des Gärungsprozesses und sind die Vorstufen zum richtigen Wein.&lt;br /&gt;Im Weinviertel kann man aber nicht nur guten Wein bekommen, sondern auch Getreide. Das Gebiet mit seinen riesigen Kornfeldern wird das „Marchfeld“ genannt und wird als die Kornkammer Österreichs bezeichnet.&lt;br /&gt;Weiter nördlich grenzt das Weinviertel an die Tschechische Republik.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Das &lt;strong&gt;Waldviertel&lt;/strong&gt; ist zum größten Teil bedeckt von Wald und liegt im nordwestlichen Niederösterreich. Es is hier immer etwas kälter als in anderen Gebieten Österreichs. Sogar an sehr heißen Sommertagen ist es hier stets ein paar Grade kühler. Das Landschaftsbild ist wild-romantisch mit seinen Hügeln, Tälern, Schlössern und verborgenen Gewässern. Hier finden sich auch Wackelsteine und Steinkreise, die vermutlich von den Kelten zu Ritualzwecken verwendet wurden und welche zu den mystischen Stätten Österreichs zählen.&lt;br /&gt;Abgesehen von der prachtvollen Natur, die das Waldviertel zu bieten hat, wären Ausflüge zu folgenden Plätzen empfehlenswert:&lt;br /&gt;Heidenreichstein ( Schloss und Moorpark)&lt;br /&gt;Gmünd (Naturheide und Naturpark)&lt;br /&gt;Schloss Rapottenstein&lt;br /&gt;Rosenburg&lt;br /&gt;Grafenegg&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Das &lt;strong&gt;Donautal&lt;/strong&gt; zwischen Ybbs und Krems hat den internationalen Ruf eines der schönsten Flusslandschaften Europas zu sein. Im westlichen Teil des Flusses befindet sich der Nibelungengau mit dem Walfahrtsort „Maria Taferl“. In der Terrassenfront der barocken Basilika hat man einen schönen Ausblick auf das alpine Areal rund um den Ötscher, um Dürrenstein und Hochkar.&lt;br /&gt;Im nahegelegenen „“Schloß Artstetten soll sich Prinz Franz Ferdinand mit seiner Frau aufgehalten haben, bevor er in Sarajevo einem Anschlag zum Opfer gefallen war. Heute finden in diesem Gebäude tägliche Ausstellungen über das Ende der österreichischen Monarchie, mit dem Titel „für das Herz und die Krone“ statt.&lt;br /&gt;Das „Stift Melk“ ist das größte Benediktinerkloster in Europa. Die riesige Marmorhalle mit all den reichlichen Verzierungen sieht sehr beeindruckend aus und ist wirklich einen Ausflug wert. Das Stift ist der Eingang zur Wachau.&lt;br /&gt;„Die Wachau“ ist ein 40km langer Einschnitt in der Donaulandschaft, welcher auch das Lächeln in Österreichs Gesicht“ genannt wird. Wenn man an der Wachau entlang fährt, hat man Weinberge auf der einen Seite und den Fluss auf der anderen. Auf dem Weg nach Krems, fährt man durch einen Ort namens „Willendorf“. Hier wurde die „Venus von Willendorf“, eine 28.000 Jahre alte Fruchtbarkeitsgöttin gefunden. Der nächste geschichtliche Ort ist „Dürnstein“, in der Burgruine soll der englische König, Richard Löwenherz, einst gefangengehalten und der Sage nach, von seinem Minnesänger befreit worden sein.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Der „&lt;strong&gt;Wienerwald&lt;/strong&gt;“ grenzt an Wien und erstreckt sich über das südliche Niederösterreich. Er wird auch die grüne Lunge Wiens genannt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zum Abschluß dieses Artikels möchte ich noch bemerken, dass ich leider nicht alle interessanten Orte Österreichs erwähnen kann, ich habe nur einige herausgepickt und es steht natürlich jedem frei, Österreich für sich selbst zu entdecken.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-9010761968411329466?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/9010761968411329466'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/9010761968411329466'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2009/09/niederosterre-ich-ist-unterteilt-in-das.html' title='NIEDERÖSTERREICH'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SrvypQWHzvI/AAAAAAAAAKY/Sdz0z2mEJ0k/s72-c/Misc+046.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-7569522148325224116</id><published>2009-09-18T16:14:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-09-18T16:35:13.628+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Geheimnisvolles Irland</title><content type='html'>The Metal Man&lt;br /&gt;Tramore, Co Waterford&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SrOn3dwJN-I/AAAAAAAAAF4/pIAkitvStzQ/s1600-h/007.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382830550959077346" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SrOn3dwJN-I/AAAAAAAAAF4/pIAkitvStzQ/s320/007.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Foto c) by Margit Anna Binder&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zum geheimnisvollen Irland gehören nicht nur Kobolde und Feen, die ich in einem anderen Beitrag beschrieben habe, sondern auch Geschichten über Spukgestalten. Die Iren sind gute Geschichtenerzähler. Es gibt lustige Erzählungen, spannende Abenteuerberichte und gruselige Gespenstergeschichten, die von Gebäuden erzählen, in denen es nicht mit rechten Dingen zugeht.&lt;br /&gt;Loftus Hall im County Wexford ist so ein Beispiel. Es wird erzählt, dass einst ein seltsamer Mann für eine Nacht in Loftus Hall einkehrte. Während der Besitzer mit dem sonderbaren Gast Karten spielte, sorgte dessen Tochter für das leibliche Wohl der Männer. Die junge Frau soll gerade Getränke serviert haben, als sie bemerkte, dass eine Karte zu Boden fiel. Sie beugte sich nieder, um diese aufzuheben und bemerkte, dass der Gast anstelle eines Fusses einen Pferdehuf hatte. Ihre erschrockene Reaktion sorgte für Aufregung und als auch allen anderen Anwesenden bewusst wurde, dass sich der Teufel im Haus einquartiert hatte, geriet der dunkle Geselle in Rage und fuhr, eine dunkle stinkende Rauchschwade hinterlassend, durch das Dach aus dem Haus.&lt;br /&gt;Manche Einheimische behaupten, dass sich das Dach danach nie mehr reparieren liess. Andere Leute erzählen wiederum, dass dieses Haus heute noch von der traumatisierten Tochter des damaligen Besitzers heimgesucht wird. Es gibt so viele Geschichten um dieses Haus und wenn man sich dieses Gebäude, welches einsam und verlassen auf einem weiten Land steht, bei heftigem Gewitter vorstellt, dann kommt einem schon ganz schön das Gruseln.&lt;br /&gt;In Wahrheit wurde das Originalgebäude im 18. Jahrhundert abgerissen, aber die alten Geschichten bestehen immer noch und wurden auf das neue Haus übertragen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ein paar Kilometer von Loftus Hall entfernt, steht der weltweit älteste, noch in Betrieb befindliche Leuchtturm aus dem 13. Jahrhundert, genannt Hook Head Lighthouse. Die ersten Betreiber dieses Leuchtturmes waren Mönche. Angeblich soll es dort einen geheimen Raum mit versteckten Schätzen geben, der irgendwann zugemauert wurde, doch bis heute hat man nicht das kleinste Anzeichen dafür gefunden, ob dieser Raum wirklich je existiert hat. Spätere Leuchthausbetreiber erzählen, dass es nachts in den Gängen oft spukt. Ein Elektriker, der einige Monate auf diesem Leuchtturm stationiert war, erzählte mir die gleiche Geschichte. Er hatte sein Nachtlager im Nebengebäude, aber er musste oft nachts in den Leuchtturm, um Reparaturen vorzunehmen. Eines abends verspürte er an einer bestimmten Stelle im Hauptgang plötzlich eine ungeheure Kälte. Als er weiterging hörte er hinter sich leise Schritte und wie er sich umdrehte, sah er einen Schatten auf der Wand, der in eine dunkle Ecke verschwand. Dazu sollte ich aber anmerken, dass er ein paar Stunden vorher Gast in einer Bar namens „Jimmy Cullin’s Templars Inn“ war.&lt;br /&gt;Ich denke, dass das Rauschen des Meeres, das Pfeifen des Windes und die Geräusche eines alten, nicht so dichten Gebäudes, bei Nacht alle Fantasien einer einsamen Seele beflügeln kann; aber wer weiss, vielleicht geistert dort wirklich noch ein alter Mönch herum und versucht alle Eindringlinge zu vertreiben.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Metal Man in Tramore, County Waterford ist eine große Figur aus Metall, welche auf einem 20m hohen Pfeiler in einer Meeresbucht steht und warnend aufs Meer hinauszeigt. Er wurde im 18.Jahrhundert errichtet, weil zu jener Zeit in dieser Bucht viele Menschen ums Leben kamen. Es wird gesagt, dass der Metal Man bei schlechtem Wetter auch heute noch folgende Worte in den Wind flüstert: „Keep out, keep out, good ships from me, for I am the rock of misery.“&lt;br /&gt;Es rankt sich noch eine weitere Geschichte um den Metal Man und diese besagt, dass wenn ein Mädchen dreimal um diese Statue herumhüpft, sie innerhalb von einem Jahr verheiratet ist.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Es gibt noch viele Geschichten dieser Art, du brauchst nur die Leute in einem Pub danach zu fragen und es wird sich bestimmt jemand finden, der dir bereitwillig Auskunft gibt.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-7569522148325224116?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/7569522148325224116'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/7569522148325224116'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2009/09/zum-geheimnisvollen-irland-gehoren.html' title='Geheimnisvolles Irland'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SrOn3dwJN-I/AAAAAAAAAF4/pIAkitvStzQ/s72-c/007.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-1393583507615277972</id><published>2009-09-18T13:56:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-09-18T15:47:52.335+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Mysterious Ireland</title><content type='html'>Loftus Hall&lt;br /&gt;Co Wexford&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SrOayjHtY1I/AAAAAAAAAFw/NH1RKzKH4S8/s1600-h/084.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382816172849587026" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SrOayjHtY1I/AAAAAAAAAFw/NH1RKzKH4S8/s320/084.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hook Head Lighthouse&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Co Wexford&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SrOayfsuNRI/AAAAAAAAAFo/vi5OQ0Mn0hY/s1600-h/049.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382816171931088146" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SrOayfsuNRI/AAAAAAAAAFo/vi5OQ0Mn0hY/s320/049.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fotos c) by Margit Anna Binder&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Not only leprechauns and fairies, which I talked about in another chapter, belong to the mysterious Ireland. There are also lots of spooky stories about ghosts in haunted houses and castles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Loftus Hall on the Hook Peninsula in Co. Wexford is a good example. The story claims that once upon a time ago an unusual character came to the manor to spend the night there. While the owner was playing cards with the stranger, his daughter looked after the men. The young woman brought in drinks and served them at the table as she noticed that a card had fallen on the floor. She bent down to pick it up and got a fright when she saw that where the man’s foot should be, there was a hoof instead. Her shocked reaction was so obvious and as everyone else in the room realised that the devil has invaded the house, there was a huge panic. Old Nick got furious and disappeared ,raging ,through the roof, leaving a smelly dark smoke trail behind him.&lt;br /&gt;Some locals say that the roof of the house could never be repaired, others say that the former owner’s daughter is still haunting Loftus Hall. There are so many stories about the manor, which is standing isolated on a big field, and if you could see that building on a stormy day, you would get the creeps.&lt;br /&gt;Fact is that the original building was dismantled in the 18th century, but the old stories survived all the time and are transferred to the new building.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A few kilometres from Loftus Hall there is the oldest still working lighthouse in the world. This Lighthouse was built in the 13th century and is known as “Hook Head”. The first people who maintained the Hook Light were monks. In the light tower that houses the light for shipping, and built by the monks, it is said that there is a secret room filled with treasure somewhere in the tower and that room was closed, but nobody ever found proof that this room really existed. Lots of operators say that the lighthouse is haunted. An electrician who I am acquainted with,  was stationed there for some months,  he told me the same story. He said that the tower could get very spooky at nights. One night he felt an extreme cold breeze in the main hall and as he moved away he heard steps behind him. He suddenly turned around and saw a shadow disappearing into a dark corner. I should add at this point that he had been a guest at the local bar, Jimmy Cullen’s, Templars Inn, some few hours previously.&lt;br /&gt;I personally think that the sound of the sea, the blowing wind and the sound of an old building can play tricks on somebody’s mind, especially at nights and when you are alone., but on the other hand it is also possible that one of the old monks is still walking around there, trying to keep strangers away from the place.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“The Metal Man” in Tramore, in county Waterford is a large metal statue which stands on a high stone pillar 20 metres tall overlooking the beach, pointing out to the sea. He was erected in the 18th century after lots of people lost their lives in that area on stormy nights. People say that when the weather gets very bad you can hear the Metal Man’s voice calling into the wind the following warning words: “Keep out, Keep out, good ships from me, for I am the rock of misery!”&lt;br /&gt;Another tale which relates to this Metal man is that if a maiden hops around the tower on one leg , three times that she will be married within the year. My partner’s unmarried aunt who is 98 has one leg 80 Cm and the other is 22. Wonder where she heard that story??&lt;br /&gt;There are lots of stories like the ones I mentioned and if you are interested to hear more, you just have to ask people in the pubs, you will always find someone who is delighted to give you information. The Irish love to tell stories and you should always listen to their tales with an open mind.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-1393583507615277972?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/1393583507615277972'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/1393583507615277972'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2009/09/mysterious-ireland.html' title='Mysterious Ireland'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SrOayjHtY1I/AAAAAAAAAFw/NH1RKzKH4S8/s72-c/084.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-1457168752337086131</id><published>2009-09-03T13:13:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-09-24T23:23:39.600+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Burgenland/Österreich</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Srvw7p0OZbI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/MdmkgwKYfjE/s1600-h/Misc+044.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385162687079409074" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Srvw7p0OZbI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/MdmkgwKYfjE/s320/Misc+044.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Sp-0bM8MLMI/AAAAAAAAAFE/2vW663OMRhY/s1600-h/Misc+045.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377214859526810818" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Sp-0bM8MLMI/AAAAAAAAAFE/2vW663OMRhY/s320/Misc+045.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Fotos c) by Margit Anna Binder&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Burgenland ist eines der neun Bundesländer Österreichs und ist in zwei unterschiedliche Gebiete unterteilt: Das Flachland im Osten mit der beginnenden Puszta, die nach Ungarn führt - und das südliche Burgenland, welches zu einem grossen Teil aus mit Bäumen und Sträuchern bewachsenen Hügeln besteht und wo es etliche Burgen und Schlösser gibt.&lt;br /&gt;Manche Orte, wie z.B. Güssing, sind für ihre mit Schilf gedeckten Dächer und den großen Storchennestern auf den Rauchfängen bekannt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nahe der Grenze von Österreich und Ungarn liegt der „Neusiedler See“, wo sich Windsurfer von nah und fern treffen und ihrem Freizeitsport nachgehen. Der See bekam den Namen vom nächstgelegenen Ort, welcher Neusiedl heisst. Das gesamte Gebiet rund um den Neusiedler See ist ein Nationalpark . Viele Ornithologen, private und professionelle, kommen jährlich in dieses Gebiet, um nach seltenen Vögeln Ausschau zu halten.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Das Burgenland ist auch bekannt für seine ausgezeichneten Weine, wie „Blaufränkisch“, „Zweigelt“, „grüner Veltliner“, um nur einige zu nennen. In Südburgenland wird eine besondere Art von Wein angeboten, der „Uhudler“. Dieser Wein stammt von der ältesten Rebe Österreichs und soll einen aussergewöhnlich beerigen Geschmack haben. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-1457168752337086131?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/1457168752337086131'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/1457168752337086131'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2009/09/burgenlandosterreich.html' title='Burgenland/Österreich'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Srvw7p0OZbI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/MdmkgwKYfjE/s72-c/Misc+044.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-5285430507353213914</id><published>2009-09-03T10:40:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-09-03T19:18:48.155+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Burgenland/Austria</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Sp-hzUNED4I/AAAAAAAAAE8/pXt23pU2moo/s1600-h/burgenland-map.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 301px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377194383072563074" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Sp-hzUNED4I/AAAAAAAAAE8/pXt23pU2moo/s320/burgenland-map.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Sp-ffKNEnVI/AAAAAAAAAE0/vYYlMptpqNM/s1600-h/Misc+043.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377191837767605586" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Sp-ffKNEnVI/AAAAAAAAAE0/vYYlMptpqNM/s320/Misc+043.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Foto c) by Margit Anna Binder&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Burgenland ( land of the castles) is one of the nine Austrian provinces and is divided into two geographicly different areas with the East being flatland with the plains of the Puszta, starting here and extending into Hungary. The Southern area of the province is predominantly tree covered hills and boasts many ancient castles. Some towns like "Güssing" are famous for it's thatched cottages with big stork nests on the chimneys. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;In an area on the Austrian/Hungarian boarder lies the "Neusiedler See", a big lake, where windsurfing is enjoyed by both local and international sports persons. This lake takes it's name from the small town near to where it is located. The general area is designated as a National Park where common and rare birds are watched studied by local and international bird watchers. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Burgenland is famous for excellent wines like "Blaufränkisch", "Zweigelt", "grüner Veltliner". There is a very special wine in South Burgenland, which is called "Uhudler"and it is peculiar as it is made of a very old wine stock, with it's unique taste having a distinct berry flavour.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-5285430507353213914?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/5285430507353213914'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/5285430507353213914'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2009/09/burgenland.html' title='Burgenland/Austria'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Sp-hzUNED4I/AAAAAAAAAE8/pXt23pU2moo/s72-c/burgenland-map.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-8219351477808705528</id><published>2009-08-31T01:27:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-08-31T10:25:56.153+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Leprechauns and Fairies</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SpseMbeIA9I/AAAAAAAAAEc/WD7_3llTtXA/s1600-h/Leprechaun+002.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 274px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 306px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375923779078194130" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SpseMbeIA9I/AAAAAAAAAEc/WD7_3llTtXA/s320/Leprechaun+002.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SpsZznUrFEI/AAAAAAAAAEU/dhpcE7SrxW8/s1600-h/019.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375918954716533826" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SpsZznUrFEI/AAAAAAAAAEU/dhpcE7SrxW8/s320/019.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ireland would not be Ireland without Mythology, which belongs nearly as much to the image of Ireland, as the harp does. In all tourist shops you can get key rings, mugs and t-shirts with the image of a Leprechaun imprinted upon them.&lt;br /&gt;Leprechauns or” little people” are little gnome like figures and are usually shown with red hair, red beard, green clothes and a huge hat. If you catch a Leprechaun, you should hold him and not take your eyes off him, until he tells you where his gold is hidden, or so says the story.&lt;br /&gt;The Banshee appears as a woman, young or old, beautiful or ugly. She shows up a short time before someone is about to die to inform the family of the tragic event that is imminent. It’s never a good sign when the Banshee appears!&lt;br /&gt;There are also Fairies and Pixies. Pixies can be nice fairies or nasty little creatures. But those are only a few of the figures in Irish Mythology, and there are many many more.&lt;br /&gt;There are sites on the internet to view webcams in some Irish areas, where you can keep watching for fairies and leprechauns, by day and night. It is said, that some of the “little people” were already seen.&lt;br /&gt;I learnt that the Irish are very realistic people. The only ones, who believe in the Irish fairytales, are usually tourists, mainly Americans, and the Irish have great fun with them.&lt;br /&gt;But I remember now that I met one Irish person who did believe in Pixies, an elderly Dubliner named Joe. My partner Denis and I met him once in a bar. Joe was amazing; he claimed that he could drink 20-25 pints in one evening. I was very surprised to see that one single person was able to drink so much alcohol in one sitting! Towards the end of his drinking session and he could no longer hold much more liquid, he asked the barmaid for “Whixie”. As he was very drunk at that stage, his tongue was heavy and he was not able to pronounce Whiskey anymore.&lt;br /&gt;That evening Joe told us his very personal secret. He told us he sees Pixies very often, they are creeping out from every corner, when the night comes, and they do everything to annoy him. While he was telling us his story, he suddenly hit his flat hand on the table. Then he picked up something invisible with two fingers, put it in front of his eyes and stared cross-eyed on a piece of nothing. “A Pixieee again! Little Bastard!” he shouted. We heard later that Joe was brought to hospital once, because he always sees Pixies after excessive alcohol sessions. Poor old Joe!&lt;br /&gt;Now I will finish my little trip to the Irish Fantasyland and now it is on you if you want to find out, if there is really a pot of gold hidden at the end of the rainbow. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-8219351477808705528?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/8219351477808705528'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/8219351477808705528'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2009/08/leprechauns-and-fairies.html' title='Leprechauns and Fairies'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SpseMbeIA9I/AAAAAAAAAEc/WD7_3llTtXA/s72-c/Leprechaun+002.gif' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-3786124942164194999</id><published>2009-08-30T23:05:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-08-31T00:05:01.044+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Kobolde und Elfen</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Spr39R9sWsI/AAAAAAAAAEM/0XP7H-SOctU/s1600-h/013.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375881737386351298" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Spr39R9sWsI/AAAAAAAAAEM/0XP7H-SOctU/s320/013.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Spr39KWlkeI/AAAAAAAAAEE/pnwfyjeaOHQ/s1600-h/020.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375881735343280610" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Spr39KWlkeI/AAAAAAAAAEE/pnwfyjeaOHQ/s320/020.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Fotos: c) by Margit Anna Binder&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Irland wäre nicht Irland ohne mythologische Gestalten, diese gehören beinahe genauso zum Image des Landes, wie das Landeszeichen, die Harfe. In jedem Souvenierladen kann man Anhänger, T-Shirts, Häferl, etc. mit dem Aufdruck eines Leprechauns kaufen. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ein Leprechaun ist ein kleiner Kobold, der meistens mit rotem Haar, rotem Bart, grüner Kleidung und einem überdimensionalen Hut dargestellt wird. Wenn man einen Leprechaun fängt und ihn festhält, wird er dir verraten, wo er sein Gold versteckt hat. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Die Banshee ist eine Totenfee, sie kann in verschiedenen weiblichen Gestalten erscheinen, wunderschönen und hässlichen, alten und jungen. Sie kommt immer vor einem Todesereignis, um eine Familie über das bevorstehende Unglück zu informieren. Wenn man also die Banshee kommen sieht, ist es immer ein schlechtes Zeichen.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Fairies sind Elfen und Feen. Pixies sind entweder Elfen oder Kobolde, sie sind entweder gut oder böse. Das sind aber nur einige Figuren aus der irischen Fantasiewelt. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Im Internet wird sogar angeboten, dass man via versteckter Kamera, in bestimmten Gebieten, Tag und Nacht, Ausschau nach Leprechauns und Fairies halten kann. Es sollen auch schon welche beobachtet worden sein.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ich habe die Iren aber eher als realistische Menschen kennengelernt und die einzigen, die an diese Märchenwesen glauben, sind die Touristen, besonders Amerikaner, diese werden dann von den Einheimischen heftig auf die Schaufel genommen.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Der einzige Ire, den ich getroffen habe, der wirklich an Elfen und dergleichen glaubte, war Joe. Mein Lebenspartner Denis und ich haben ihn einmal in einer Bar getroffen. Joe ist ein entzückender älterer Mann aus Dublin, der unheimlich viel Bier trinken kann. An einem Abend kann er etwa 20-25 pints of Guinness vertilgen. (1 pint ist etwas mehr als ein halber Liter!) Ich habe mich sehr gewundert, dass man so viel Flüssigkeit in so kurzer Zeit in sich hinein schlucken kann, noch dazu Alkohol! Auch wenn das irische Bier nicht hochprozentig ist, kommt bei dieser Menge schon einiges zusammen! Zum Abschluss bestellte er einen "Wixie". Seine Zunge war mittlerweile schon so lahm, dass er das Wort Whiskey nicht mehr aussprechen konnte. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Joe erzählte uns an diesem Abend sein tiefstes Geheimnis, er schilderte aufgeregt, dass er schon oft Pixies gesehen habe. Manchmal, wenn es dunkel wird, kriechen sie aus allen Ecken hervor und unternehmen alles, um ihn zu verärgern. Joe schlug während seiner Schilderungen mit der flachen Hand auf die Bartheke, sodass wir alle erschrocken zusammenzuckten. Dann hob er etwas Unsichtbares mit zwei Fingern von der Tischfläche hoch und hielt es vor seine Augen, die schielend auf ein Nichts starrten. "Schon wieder so ein verdammtes Pixieee!" lallte er. Später hörten wir, dass Joe schon einmal in eine Anstalt eingeliefert worden war, weil er während seiner Alkoholexzesse immer Pixies sieht. Arme alte Seele!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Nun möchte ich meinen kleinen Ausflug in die Mythologie Irlands beenden und es liegt an dir, ob du herausfinden willst, ob am Ende des Regenbogens wirklich ein Topf mit Gold versteckt ist. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-3786124942164194999?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/3786124942164194999'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/3786124942164194999'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2009/08/blog-post_30.html' title='Kobolde und Elfen'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Spr39R9sWsI/AAAAAAAAAEM/0XP7H-SOctU/s72-c/013.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-1886144312008826231</id><published>2009-08-28T00:45:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-08-29T18:38:17.832+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Hochzeit in Kanada</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Spc7Tzom2EI/AAAAAAAAADQ/6h2wtaed6Bo/s1600-h/008.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374829891754055746" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Spc7Tzom2EI/AAAAAAAAADQ/6h2wtaed6Bo/s320/008.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Foto c) by Günter und Karin Bugovsky&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wir möchten meinem Bruder Günter Bugovsky und seiner Frau Karin alles Gute für Ihren weiteren gemeinsamen Lebensweg wünschen. Die beiden haben am 12. August 2009 um 11 Uhr auf einem Strand auf Prince Edward Island ( Kanada ) geheiratet.&lt;br /&gt;We would like to congratulate my brother Günter Bugovsky and his wife Karin and we wish them a long and happy marriage. They married on the 12. August 2009 at 11.oo on a beach on Prince Edward Island (Canada).&lt;br /&gt;Alles Liebe von Margit und Denis&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-1886144312008826231?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/1886144312008826231'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/1886144312008826231'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2009/08/hochzeit-in-kanada.html' title='Hochzeit in Kanada'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Spc7Tzom2EI/AAAAAAAAADQ/6h2wtaed6Bo/s72-c/008.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-273518186339710698</id><published>2009-08-28T00:16:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-08-28T02:32:47.701+01:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SpcUmJxjkqI/AAAAAAAAAAY/6eCmuvN8Q6E/s1600-h/horse.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374787325981332130" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SpcUmJxjkqI/AAAAAAAAAAY/6eCmuvN8Q6E/s320/horse.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Stradbally, County Waterford&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Foto c) by Margit Anna Binder&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-273518186339710698?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/273518186339710698'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/273518186339710698'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2009/08/blog-post.html' title=''/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SpcUmJxjkqI/AAAAAAAAAAY/6eCmuvN8Q6E/s72-c/horse.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-452921987271086699</id><published>2009-08-27T23:12:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-08-28T16:09:11.734+01:00</updated><title type='text'>My general impressions about Ireland</title><content type='html'>Ireland is known as the Emerald Island. Song lyrics describe it as the country with the forty shades of green. I don´t know if there are really so many different greens and I would not know how to count them all, but I know one thing for sure, Ireland has the brightest green I ever saw.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In spring there are daffodils everywhere along the roads and yellow blooming bushes make the landscape even more colourful. Those bushes are actually weed and they are hated by most Irish, because they spread all over the land. They are called "Furze bushes", but that is nothing to do with digestion and they don´t stink! ( Explanation for all non-Austrians: The word "Furze" is also used in the Austrian language, it is a slang word for the escaping wind which comes out from your backside, when you have digestion problems. ) However, also when the word is not very romantic, I love those yellow bushes!&lt;br /&gt;In summer you will see wild growing fuchsias and bright orange flowers, which are also spreading like weed. People grow in their gardens hydrangeas, lots of different kinds of shrubs, azaleas and even palms. Those palms are not as huge as the ones in Florida or in another sunny country, but they are palms and they fit perfectly into the scenery.&lt;br /&gt;In autumn you will see purple shrubs on the hills, which make the landscape appear differently again.&lt;br /&gt;In winter the countrysides are less colourful, but Ireland does not hibernate like other European countries do. Maybe because there is no real winter with lots of snow and low temperatures here. It can get cold for some days, but usually not for a long time period. Ireland is not dead in winter and does not need spring to get alive again.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-452921987271086699?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/452921987271086699'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/452921987271086699'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2009/08/ireland-is-known-as-emerald-island.html' title='My general impressions about Ireland'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-6401737793997161143</id><published>2009-08-27T23:05:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-08-28T14:33:45.023+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Meine generellen Eindrücke von Irland</title><content type='html'>1. Comeragh Mountains, County Waterford&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SpcsPWXVWOI/AAAAAAAAABA/FHX2htDch2A/s1600-h/Misc+179.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374813322503084258" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SpcsPWXVWOI/AAAAAAAAABA/FHX2htDch2A/s320/Misc+179.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Slaney River, County Wexford&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SpcsPIQcGSI/AAAAAAAAAA4/aw4ABQtEx4g/s1600-h/Misc+067.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374813318716070178" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SpcsPIQcGSI/AAAAAAAAAA4/aw4ABQtEx4g/s320/Misc+067.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fotos c) by Margit Anna Binder&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Irland ist als die grüne Insel bekannt. Ein Songtext beschreibt Irland als das Land mit den vierzig Schattierungen von Grün. Ich weiss zwar nicht, ob es wirklich so viele verschiedene Grüns hier gibt und wie man diese zählen könnte, aber eines weiss ich gewiss, dass es hier das strahlendste Grün gibt, das ich je gesehen habe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Im Frühling wachsen überall auf den Wegrändern Narzissen und Büsche mit gelben Blüten ziehen sich durch die Landschaft. Diese Büsche werden Furzebüsche genannt. Das hat aber nichts mit Blähungen zu tun und diese Büsche stinken auch nicht. Von den Iren wird dieses Gewächs oft gehasst, weil es sich so schnell überall auf der Insel verbreitet. Ich hingegen finde diese Sträucher wunderschön.&lt;br /&gt;Im Sommer blühen wildwachsende Fuchsiensträucher und man sieht oft leuchtend orange Blumen, die sich ebenfalls wie Unkraut verbreiten. In den Gärten sieht man Hortensien, verschiedene farbenprächtige Bodendeckerarten, Azaleen und sogar Palmen. Natürlich sind das keine hohen Palmen, wie man sie in Florida oder anderen sonnigen Ländern sieht, aber es sind Palmen und sie passen gut ins Landschaftsbild.&lt;br /&gt;Im Herbst stehen lilafarbige Sträucher, auf den Hügeln, in Blüte und lassen das Land wieder anders erscheinen.&lt;br /&gt;Im Winter ist Irland weniger farbenprächtig, trotzdem verfällt es nicht total in den Winterschlaf, so wie andere europäische Länder. Vielleicht liegt das daran, dass es hier keinen Winter mit viel Schnee und frostigen Temperaturen gibt. Es kann zwar manchmal ein paar Minusgrade geben, aber die Temperatur fällt nicht so extrem und die kalten Tage halten sich nicht lange.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-6401737793997161143?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/6401737793997161143'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/6401737793997161143'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2009/08/meine-generellen-eindrucke-von-irland.html' title='Meine generellen Eindrücke von Irland'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SpcsPWXVWOI/AAAAAAAAABA/FHX2htDch2A/s72-c/Misc+179.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-3949681622299809036</id><published>2009-08-27T22:59:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-08-28T02:45:35.363+01:00</updated><title type='text'>From Austria to Ireland</title><content type='html'>1. Schloss Schönbrunn Wien&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Spcyan3nYfI/AAAAAAAAABY/napnt6ihVCY/s1600-h/Misc+009.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374820113250214386" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Spcyan3nYfI/AAAAAAAAABY/napnt6ihVCY/s320/Misc+009.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; 2. Schloß Grafenegg, Niederösterreich&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SpcwLcQ8bfI/AAAAAAAAABQ/oZguQiw-uJw/s1600-h/Misc+040.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374817653413932530" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SpcwLcQ8bfI/AAAAAAAAABQ/oZguQiw-uJw/s320/Misc+040.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Gloriette, Schönbrunn&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Spcet54vNaI/AAAAAAAAAAo/auE2QGRmL-w/s1600-h/Misc+008.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374798454271718818" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Spcet54vNaI/AAAAAAAAAAo/auE2QGRmL-w/s320/Misc+008.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fotos c) by Margit Anna Binder&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I am an Austrian citizen who moved to Ireland in March 2008. Since that time I had the opportunity to get to know more about Ireland and the Irish and I think that I've seen even more places on this beautiful green island than some of the natives themselves. Maybe I can help Austrians and other German speaking people with information for their planned tours through Ireland. And if Irish and other English speaking people need information about my homecountry Austria, I will be obliged to help out as well.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-3949681622299809036?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/3949681622299809036'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/3949681622299809036'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2009/08/from-austria-to-ireland.html' title='From Austria to Ireland'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/Spcyan3nYfI/AAAAAAAAABY/napnt6ihVCY/s72-c/Misc+009.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548207056110636093.post-7175984533885667286</id><published>2009-08-27T22:41:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2009-08-28T02:57:33.562+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Von Österreich nach Irland</title><content type='html'>Schloßgarten Schönbrunn Wien&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SpcfKA26rzI/AAAAAAAAAAw/qcbl5dfv0VA/s1600-h/Misc+006.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374798937179467570" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SpcfKA26rzI/AAAAAAAAAAw/qcbl5dfv0VA/s320/Misc+006.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Foto c) by Margit Anna Binder&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ich habe im März 2008 mein Heimatland Österreich verlassen und lebe seither in Irland. Ich hatte in der Zwischenzeit die Gelegenheit das Land und die Leute hier besser kennenzulernen und kann bestimmt behaupten, dass ich wahrscheinlich schon mehr von dieser wunderschönen grünen Insel gesehen habe, als so mancher Einheimische. Ich möchte nun meine Eindrücke und Erfahrungen, die ich in Irland gemacht habe, mit interessierten Personen teilen. Vielleicht kann ich Urlaubern auch mit Informationen weiterhelfen.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8548207056110636093-7175984533885667286?l=irlanderleben.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/7175984533885667286'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8548207056110636093/posts/default/7175984533885667286'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://irlanderleben.blogspot.com/2009/08/von-osterreich-nach-irland.html' title='Von Österreich nach Irland'/><author><name>MARGIT ANNA DOYLE (BINDER)</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05612836989686721486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pevA_y_6Fyk/TqnPzux0G0I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/i8SC-tgOmxw/s220/hol.%2B2003.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HILcWD8MP4I/SpcfKA26rzI/AAAAAAAAAAw/qcbl5dfv0VA/s72-c/Misc+006.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry></feed>
