Short answer to Mike – go to Franconia (northern Bavaria, in German: Franken). In Berlin, Becks seems to be the beer of choice. There is a beer known as Schultheiss but it was more of an old-mans beer. Berliner-Pilsner was a good alternative to Becks. I heard of Berliner Kindl too but can’t remember it [...]

Via Irland Inside and The Sunday Times
“HSE’s 4-star hotel bill for evicted travellers”
The Health Service Executive (HSE) is picking up the bill for a family of eight travellers who checked themselves into Dublin’s Citywest hotel after being evicted from their home in Clondalkin earlier this month.
The Doherty family booked into the four-star hotel on June [...]

Looks terrible, tastes sinfully good – chocolate, biscuits, baileys, brandy, butter and some condensed milk. I finally got around to making it and thanks to Tom & family for the recipe.

PS: It looks very dark because I used plain chocolate, which I love, but it’s normally made using milk-chocolate
PPS: since a few people have come [...]