It's only for a few weeks....

At least, that's one way of looking at it. You see, I've had a recruiter call to discuss a role with me. But it's a 24x7 rotating shift job.

It's been a while...

Since we were last in Australia, and to be fair, around other Australians. Sure, there's at least 2 others in our unit complex, but we don't socialise with them much. But we woke up the other morning to mysteriously find a copy of the new Underbelly episodes sitting on my desktop. No idea how that happened.

For LOLs...

Recipe book recalled and pulped due to typographic error.

Penguin Group (Australia) confirms the Pasta Bible ISBN 97801 43011071 has been pulped due to an error in the recipe for Spelt tagliatelle with sardines and prosciutto. The recipe incorrectly suggests adding salt and freshly ground black people – instead of freshly ground black pepper. The error occurred during the book’s editing process. A member of the public contacted Penguin to advise of the mistake, and 7,000 copies of the Pasta Bible were immediately quarantined in Penguin’s warehouse and pulped. A revised edition of the Pasta Bible will be available from late May 2010.

Would you like some freshly ground people with your pasta sir?

At least the weather is Sunny...

Because, as previously mentioned, I still haven't had much luck in finding a job.

What a Load of Blarney..

Today was Cork Day 1 (or 2, depending on how you look at it) and we had decided to go to the Blarney Castle. So we hopped on a bus, for the half hour or so trip from Cork, and headed on our merry way.

We actually had time to fit in a bit more today...

... before Jameson's we went to the National Museum.

I prefer Scotch...

... whisky :)

We went to the Old Jameson Distillery today. Figured I really should know how whiskey/whisky (they spell the Irish ones with an 'e') is made.

Dublin Day 1

So after the debacle with the Ferry from IOM to Dublin, we ended up needing to catch a flight. The price wasn't tooo bad really, and we intend to claim on our travel insurance. The flight itself though, was quite rough. Especially rough, when we were in a little ATR42 plane.

So we're now in Dublin anyway, which is good.

Quick test of Geotagging

We're currently in Dublin. This post is a quick test of Geotagging. I'm playing with some features, so I can add a map of alternately, where we are RIGHT NOW, and/or where we've been.

Isle Of Man Steam Train & Castle Rushen

As part of our trip to the Isle of Man, we caught the Steam Train from the capital Douglas, down to Castletown. The purpose of this trip was partly to see some of the scenery on the island, and visit Castle Rushen, but also just to ride on a steam train.. cause you see, we're just little kids at heart.

My new favourite place in the world

I adore the Sefton Hotel in Douglas, Isle of Man!

It's awesome! Amazing, massive hardwood floor and part carpeted floors; Big balcony overlooking a gorgeous atrium including a beautiful fountain (best part of this was sitting on our couch on the balcony listening to the fountain trickle); Nice, flat-screen tv; Huge bathroom including everything you could possibly think of... including 2 showers and a bidet (didn't use this); Steam room (first time I'd ever used one of these and I came to quite enjoy it, most places only seem to have saunas if anything... and the Sefton had one of those also... not such a fan of this, though... Also I must mention a gourgeous, fantastic, excellent, brilliant INDOOR POOL!!! Now it doesn't take much for me to love a pool, but this one was just beautiful with pillars, blue lights, a statue, all giving it a roman bath kind of feel. Oh, and there was also a jacuzzi, that was a nice end to our relaxy spa sessions. These are all included in the room price, but there's also extra spa stuff you pay to do... or have done to you :P I'm talking about massages, facials etc.

Oh, and a gym... didn't use this... :)

All this and we also got a great buffet breakfast each morning... somehow for the low price of 70 euros a night. Best deal we have ever found!

Best of all, though... the service. I firmly believe that it's the most important thing to consider when running a hotel, guesthouse, B & B or whatever. It can make or break a place, and the Sefton have impeccable service.

Wow! Sounds like I work for the place, doesn't it? But I swear I don't, I was just seriously very impressed and can't wait to go back!

Another day...

Not only was I unsuccessful in my attempt for the job, but it also turns out the ferries in both directions (to Dublin, and to Liverpool) are both canceled today...

The Sefton Hotel...

We've been on the Isle of Man for a few days now, and had a pretty good time. Rather than make massive, long War&Peace entries, I'm going to make several smaller posts, about various things.
In keeping with what I plan on some of the blog theme to be, these posts may be reviews on attractions, establishments, foods, drinks, or anything like that.

This particular one, is about the Sefton Hotel, Douglas, Isle of Man. We were very impressed.

Quick Picks...

Videos from our train trip down to Castletown, Isle of Man... See below the line.

Up to Liverpool...

So as part of our Isle of Man trip, we have caught a Virgin Train from London Euston to Liverpool. Unfortunately, our train ticket was very specific that it wasn't valid on any other service but Virgin Trains. More unfortunately for us, within 3 minutes of the journey starting, the train plunged into a tunnel. I am of the opinion that we should then have gotten off the train.
Tish boom... :P

The Irony...

never ceases. This week-end is, obviously, the Easter weekend. And we'd planned to go away, up to the Isle Of Man, and then over to Belfast, and then around Ireland. I'll tell you more about this in future posts, however we haven't really planned much beyond the IOM transport and accommodation, which is possibly a good thing....