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 [...]

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 [...]

Val’s Kitchen has done a nice review of Donkey Ford’s – the famous eatery in Limerick

Last of the summer whines
and to find it – here is a map
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Giant Lego figure appears on beach
Turns out that there is a crypt worth visiting in Dublin – St Michan’s Church & Crypt via Elly and Maryrose
Also via Elly – Nokia Announces Battery Recall
GSpace – a firefox addon (not from Google) worth trying perhaps
Aaaah – the hippies are threatening our jelly babies! Next it will be [...]

The entreprenuers from Limerick that were turned down by EI and raised $400,000 in Silicon Valley at Limerick OpenCoffee on Thursday – Auctomatic
The butter mountain is gone, the Bavarians sound more agricultural than the Irish and milk is becoming a sought-after commodity – a very interesting article: Getting Milked
Via topgold – The New York [...]