Thanks for this sweet description. Unfortunately, I haven't found the  
time to visit much. I have been quite busy in looking for a flat.

I do not Manchester, therefore I have to visit it. I need a bit of  
time to settle here, then I will travel around in ireland and uk...

Cheers,
Alexandre


Am Feb 3, 2006 um 11:18 PM schrieb Peter Crowther:

> [Sent to the list as this might provide the opportunity for a more
> general English/Irish get-together - anyone else interested?]
>
>> From: [...] Alexandre Bergel
>> I just moved to the country of Guiness.
>> Is there any of you in Ireland ?
>
> Ah, 'tis the Emerald Isle, to be sure.  Trinity's a lovely place,  
> but I
> suggest getting out of Dublin and sampling some of the  
> countryside.  Ask
> the locals, but I'll mention Powerscourt, Newgrange in the Boyne  
> Valley
> (and Knowth and Dowth - you get a better picture if you see all  
> three).
> Go a bit further and you get the Irish midlands (peat-fired power
> stations eg. at Shannonbridge), the Shannon itself, Clonmacnoise...  
> and
> some quiet pubs with three locals who look like they've been hewn  
> out of
> the peat themselves, drinking Guinness and glaring at you suspiciously
> from under the flat caps as you walk in.
>
> I'm actually nearer to you than you are to the South of Ireland... I'm
> just over the Irish Sea in Manchester, England :-).  If you ever  
> want a
> break in a much less civilised country, walk-on fares to the HSS
> (operates out of Dun Laoghaire, the DART will get you there) or the  
> good
> ol' vehicle ferry from the North Wall of Dublin harbour are pretty
> cheap.  That gets you to Holyhead (right on the north-west tip of
> Wales), from which Crewe, Chester, Liverpool and Manchester are all
> easily reachable by coach or train, and the rest of mainland Britain
> isn't too much further.
>
> Feel free to contact me if you want to meet up.  Gigs permitting, I'll
> happily buy you a pint or three of decent English bitter :-).  I'd  
> love
> to come back over to Ireland, but personal circumstances don't really
> permit that at the moment.  Maybe next year...
>
> 		- Peter
>
>

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