Kerry is beautiful even in the fog

Travelling around Ireland is always risky business. The weather is unpredictable, especially in late autumn and winter. We once travel along the coast and couldn't see the sea. When we visited Kerry in November and we were blessed with one day of gorgeous weather, the rest was well... good enough. What you can see on the first image, should …

Chocolate cardamom cookies

I've always dreamt of being of those ladies that bake tone of cookies ahead of Christmas, they use all the fancy cookie cutters and then decorate it with the royal icing. But truth to be told, I don't like icing. Cutting too many shapes drives me mad, but I do love cookies. So I keep an eye …

Walk from Greystones to Bray

  I always think about big cities as concrete jungle, where it's hard to find nature, but luckily Dublin has for abundance of places where you can walk and it's wild enough to have a feeling being away from the city. We walked multiple times from Greystones to Bray (you can go the other way round …

Pepper and fig bread

In primary and secondary school I used to love to read, but I guess there was no internet then, or it was really crappy one, so it was easier to find a time for it. Since I went to university the amount of books read started to decrease, up to the point when I was …

Castletown House

We can't sit still. It's been over 3 years and there are so many places in Ireland that we haven't seen. We visited Castletown House when Tomek's family visited us in June. I've heard about it through Facebook, as a coworker's family lives nearby and they often go for a walk there. So when we were looking …

Earl grey herrings

I want to tell you this is another Polish food post. Well it is and it isn't. Herrings are popular in Polish cuisine, but Swedes are probably more known of them. These are actually called Swedish style. So you know, finding the origins of food is complicated. They are Polish enough to be found in Polish shop around Ireland. You can …

As time goes by – January 2015

And January is gone. It still feels unbelievable it's 2015. I still remember when it was 2000... Finishing How was your January? Mine was really good. I finished my Philippines series! After a year! Tidying, reading I read a book on tidying and made a purge in our apartment. If the tidiness sticks, I will tell …

Puerto Princesa – the favourite place in Philippines

I’ve actually planned to skipped this post. It took me forever to go through the photos and thoughts from Philippines and Puerto Princesa wasn't the most important stop in our trip. But as I went through the photos I couldn't stop thinking that it was the place where I felt at ease. Puerto Princesa is a …

Parkin – Yorkshire gingerbread

There is still wintery vibe around. Ireland is not New York and we haven't seen snow, except in mountains, but I still want to wrap with the warmest blanket, get a cat on my laps, grab a book and eat something sweet. That cake would be perfect snack for a winter walk, along with Thermos of hot …

Filipino food

It has almost been a year since we traveled to Philippines. And I still haven't written all the posts I wanted. Philippines is a huge country with a lot of different influences, so I won't even try to sum its food up, I will just tell you what was food like for us. Rice One thing that …