16
Jan
Last Week In Ireland
I leave for Belgium to start a new life as a strategic designer on Monday 26th January, so this coming week will be my last in Ireland for a while.
I’ll be going from this…
To this…
I need some suggestions for things to do in my last week to make sure I make the most of it. Obviously I will be drinking copious amounts of proper Guinness, climbing the mountain in the picture and probably having more than my fair share of Irish Stew.
Any other ideas?
Comments (14)
Ciarán
Twitter
16 Jan
Watch the Late Late Show so that, when you’re watching television in Belgium you can say “even the Late Late was better than this.”
Peter Stewart
Twitter
16 Jan
Paddy go surfing this weekend in Portrush. It is going to be insane. 14ft offshor winds, a good time to shred.
Tomas
Twitter
16 Jan
Just go west. Whenever I feel the needs to get a hit of full on Ireland, I go west. You’ll knock the “Proper Guinness” on the head there too. The further west, the better the Black stuff.
Mountain? Bit of an overstatement don’t you think?
Paddy
16 Jan
@Tomas Ha, Yeah I know, we call it ‘the mountain’ a bit sarcastically. We usually climb it to get rid of hangovers from the Guinness :)
Thanks for the suggestions, keep them coming!
Danielle
Twitter
16 Jan
kiss the blarney stone!!! hahaha
Mies
16 Jan
I’m Belgian and I stayed in Ireland as an exchange student a few years ago, so that puts me in a good position:
GO TO THE PUB as much as you can! That’s the one thing I remember the most: everybody was always in the pub, drinking :-))
People here don’t go the pub that often (more to parties, festivals, …) and certainly not during weekdays. God forbid!
Mohz
Twitter
16 Jan
Drink a pint of guiness for me from a twitter follower down in Houston, Tx. great design man!!!keep up the good work
Anto
Twitter
16 Jan
Come here mate, and ill take ye out on the town and get proper hammered like :P
But as Thomas said, go West! :P Belfast ftw.
Keith
Twitter
16 Jan
Hey man.
I got here from Anto’s blog. My first reaction is… nice design!
My second thought is… HOLY BATMAN! Belgium is a huge change from Ireland. I think I’ll stay in Scotland for a l-o-n-g time.
Anyhoo, nice blog.
-
Keith
Stephen Brown
Twitter
17 Jan
Come to Gortin in County Tyrone! I’ll give you a free night in our 4 star cottages and you can enjoy the great outdoors, great Guiness, great people, great pubs and you will have… a great time!
Check out my website http://www.theadventureteam.co.uk and also have a look at http://www.gortin.net.
Chat soon,
Stephen
Dimitri
18 Jan
@Mies: I wonder what pubs you go to, but the ones in Ghent are mostly completely filled during the weekends and on weekdays they don’t do it bad either.
@paddy: There are a lot of pubs in Belgium serving Guinness and there are a few Irish pubs here as well. But be sure to try Belgian beer as well ;). For your last days I would say to go spend as much time as possible with friends.
Paddy
18 Jan
Thanks everyone!
@Mies - I will indeed be enjoying the pubs before I go, too much probably!
@Stephen - Wow, what a kind offer, I doubt I will make it down to Gortin before I go but thanks!
@Dimitri - Ha, yeah I have sampled quite a few of the belgian beers on my many trips over so far. Trust me, I will try and sample them all in my time there! And there’s an Irish pub jut down the road from me if I get homesick :)
Michael Martin
Twitter
19 Jan
Wow, quite the change! Hopefully not your last forevery though! I’d go into the tourist shops and buy as many “Kiss me, I’m Irish” type tshirts and hats as you can. You’ll never really leave Ireland behind. :D
Paddy
19 Jan
@Michael - Of course, I’m already well stocked up on them :) Thanks!
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