Visiting a city that you haven't visited before

Tips when visiting a ‘new’ city

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Visiting a city you've never visited before can be daunting. Here are some tips.
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Things Fall Apart

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Recently I revisited the novel by Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart. As a debut novel – first published in 1958 – it is extraordinary how he depicts the cultural tragedy as a tribe deals with the impact of colonialism and…
good cup of coffee

The name behind the blog

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What is it about coffee that people really love and enjoy? Is it the smell, the taste or maybe both? With the name of my blog - With Your Coffee - it definitely says something about my relationship with coffee. In essence I…
Keukenhof

Most Beautiful Spring Garden

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  There is just something about a new season arriving that invigorates us, makes us want to live. We recently visited one of the most beautiful spring gardens in the world. Keukenhof, situated in Lisse, the Netherlands.…
Sculptures and Self-isolation

Sculptures and Self-isolation

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At the end of November this year the world went into variant-panic mode. I was in South Africa when my flight back to Ireland was cancelled. Within 24 to 48 hours almost every flight out of South Africa and the other southern…
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A beautiful and charming book

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I recently read this charming book - the Housekeeper and the Professor, by Yōko Ogawa, translated from the Japanese by Stephen Snyder. Reading the blurb I was intrigued. A gentle and beautiful book, set in Japan in the 1990's,…

Settling in another country

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  Migration to other countries has always been part of our lives. Just think about the different nomadic tribes who seem to constantly move from place to place. Likewise people who go and settle in another country…

Staycation in county Donegal

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This year was another ‘staycation’-year for us! As, I’m sure, for many of you who've just had summer holidays. And if you’re living on the green isle you’ll know by now that long stretches of sunshine during the summer…
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Some random life hacks

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Most of us have a few 'survival skills' up our sleeves. Skills that make our days, weeks and years run a bit easier, more smoothly. We all have certain life hacks that help us. Some tips, tricks, coping skills or efficient methods…
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St Patrick’s Day

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Tomorrow is St Patrick's Day and this year, like last year, it will be a very different event in Ireland. There will be no marches and bands, no get-togethers and parties. People are encouraged to stay home. Celebrating only…