June seems to be the season for goodbyes in the expat world. During the year, people come and go, but in June, there is a mass exodus of friends and acquaintance as people complete their work assignments and move...
Lotabeg House – Cork, Ireland: A remarkable time capsule
When I was flipping through facebook one night, I came across an article in the Irish Times about a house captioned “The Cork house that time forgot“. An intriguing title, right? Straightaway, the series of haunting photos of abandoned...
Skipping Stones in Wicklow Town
For the Easter holidays, my mother-in-law came for a visit from the U.S. She came last year during the same time, and we had a grand time walking around with the kids and visiting different nearby sites like Newgrange...
One Day to explore Cork
When my mother-in-law came for her first visit, she was mostly pre-occupied with finding documents of her Irish ancestors and accordingly, I obligingly dropped her off for two days at the National Archives on Bishop Street. She is Irish...