Guides, stories and insights for internationals building a new life abroad.
The Davis Cup. One of the most important tennis trophies in the world – the only one where nation and teamwork means something. Great Britain is on a good way to defend the title this year. Yesterday, they won against Japan 3:1 after Andy Murray’s triumph over Kei Nishikori. The Scotsman won 7-5 7-6 […]
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At the moment, there is 196 countries in the world. People from 189 of them live in one city. It is Geneva. Even so, you don’t have to take a dictionaries there. Swiss people speak in more languages than you will ever have cars. If you don’t speak in any of them, you can always […]
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Tech giants including Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Dropbox and more than two dozen other Internet companies have declared support for Apple in its battle with the US government. The FBI demands Apple to decrypt an iPhone used by the perpetrators of a mass shooting in San Bernardino, California. This is a very hard case to […]
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Research shows that children start swearing by the age of six and we tend to swear about 0.5% to 0.7% of the time. That’s about one dozen curses each day, depending on whether you are a Harvard professor or a sailer. But why do we swear? Our mothers and teachers keep repeating that we […]
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FRIDAY JUNE 10th France v Romania (20:00, RTÉ2) SATURDAY JUNE 11TH Albania v Switzerland (14:00, RTÉ2) Wales v Slovakia (17:00, RTÉ2) England v Russia (20:00, TV3) SUNDAY JUNE 12TH Turkey v Croatia (14:00, TV3) Poland v Northern Ireland (17:00, RTÉ2) Germany v Ukraine (20:00, TV3) MONDAY JUNE 13TH Spain v Czech Republic (14:00, TV3) Republic […]
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Here is a list which will help you how to not go bankrupt because of Irish prices. Written by a glutton from a country where everything is four times cheaper. 5. The Wiley Fox (28 Eden Quay, Dublin) – from €7 “The Wiley Fox is a brand new and fully renovated space comprising of a […]
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Don’t forget that anything can happen by accident. But being an underdog doesn’t change the fact that the Premier League leader is simply playing very good football and not winning by accident. It is also a sign for the English Premier League being very well balanced this year. This story could not appear in any […]
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Mattel have released three new kinds of Barbie to be closer to the modern women of the world. If I’m thinking about Barbie I immediately imagine a tall, blond, fashionable woman who drives a pink car with her boyfriend, blond too. But nowadays everything is different! Political correctness has entered in the pink Barbie […]
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I’m surprised nearly everyday in Dublin about how many times a day I have to drink alcohol, even if I already want to just eat or drink something hot. Beef and Guinness Stew, Irish coffee, what else ? Guinness Sausages. Two incredible flavours are available – Guinness Stout & Leek and Guinness Stout & Onion […]
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