Babylon
At the moment, there is 196 countries in the world. People from 189 of them live in one city. It is Geneva. Even so, you don’t have to take a dictionaries there. Swiss people speak in more languages than you…
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Twenty From Plenty (vol. II) …
… things to do in Dublin. XI. Find your Queen at the Dublin Castle It’s a collection of 18th-century administrative buildings, built on a medieval plan of two courtyards. Dublin Castle hosts grand diplomatic or state functions, and occasional…
Twenty From Plenty …
… things to do in Dublin. I. Take Part for Art The Dublin Fringe Festival is an annual arts festival, a mix of different performances in September and dedicated to promoting new arts companies, and showcasing experimental material. To attract…
The Shape of a Glass Can Make Your Shape More Drunk
After finishing your beer two times faster than friends, you are more surprised than the first Indian in India after seeing the people with the red points on their foreheads ? I have the answer and solutions, there are only…
Diary of an Au pair
Are you planning to come to Dublin to study English? Are you looking for a job? Do you need accommodation? Great: became an Au pair can give you all this things… and more! I arrived in Ireland one month ago…
Make space for the space plans
What is a real fantasy today, can be a usual habit tomorrow. In the sixties everybody expected that in the XXI century we’ll live on Mars or maybe even further. It didn’t happen, but we invented smartphones, self-driving cars and…
Why you should not use “OK” gesture in Middle East
Like Mark Twain once said, sometimes it’s “better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt”. You also have to remember this rule when you are trying to use gestures in foreign…
Odyssey
The trains are now accelerating to about 500 km/h in China. France has its TGV and Italians are eating pasta while on the Pendolino travelling very fast. In Central and Eastern Europe trains are still slower than marathon runners on…
It’s time to talk about time
There are parts of the world, especially in the south, where you can’t ask when a bus will arrive. Every culture perceives time in different ways. That’s why people in Ireland are walking faster than in Greece where life is…