October 2009
2 posts
Greeting Cards
When one moves to another country, one expects there to be some cultural differences. Another language, another way of dealing with people, and in my case, a very annoying habit to drive on the wrong side of the road. However, I was quite surprised to find another cultural difference between Home and Ireland. This difference stared me in the face as I was buying some birthday cards for friends....
Revolution in Dublin!
No-one outside of Ireland knows this, but for the past weeks the streets of Dublin have been the backdrop of a fierce political struggle. No-one would shut up about it, people approached eachother in the streets to convince eachother to take their sides, and the streets were littered with flyers. What big controversial political issue brought this on, you ask? It wasn’t gay marriage, it wasn’t the...