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Our mission in Ireland is now accomplished. Actually we could leave Ireland, now we got it all - the last piece was a live gig from Irish superstars U2. On Friday, July 24, 2009 we achieved this goal. U2 live at Croke Park Stadium, Dublin. U2 delivered an energetic show in front of 80,000 people with a couple of new songs from their latest album "No Line On The Horizon", however with more of their greatest hits - "Sunday Bloody Sunday", "One", "Beautiful Day", "Desire", "Bad", "Where The Streets Have No Name" or "With Or Without You", just to name a few (the full set list can be found below). Framed in a gig antic light show Bono & Co. convinced even Sebastian, who was always a bit sceptic in regards to U2... Unsere Mission in Irland ist nun erfüllt. Eigentlich könnten wir nun Irland verlassen, nun haben wir alles gesehen. Das letzte Puzzle-Stück war ein Live-Konzert der irischen Superstars U2. Am Fre...

Sebastian headed off to Schaffhausen in Switzerland last week for a business trip. Apart from the work he has done there, he found tim e to visit Schaffhausen town and the famous "Rheinfall", the biggest waterfall in Europe. Sebastian war letzte Woche für ein paar Tage dienstlich in Schaffhausen in der Schweiz. Neben der Arbeit, die er dort erledigen musste, fand er die Zeit sich Schaffhausen und den berühmten "Rhe infall", den grössten Wasserfall Europas an zusehen.

U2 just started their "360° Tour" worldtour in Barcelona in front of 90,000 fans. This massive production is scheduled for three days in their hometown at Croke Park Stadium on July 24, 25 and 27. Luckily we got tickets for the show on Friday, July 24 and we are really looking forward to this because U2 are part of Irish culture. Photos from the Barcelona show can be found here . U2 haben ihre "360° Tour" Welttournee in Barcelona vor 90.000 Fans begonnen. Diese massive Produktion wird für drei Tage am 24.,25. und 27. Juli in ihrer Heimatstadt im Croke Park Stadium Halt machen. Glücklicherweise haben wir Karten für das Konzert am Freitag, 24. Juli bekommen und freuen uns sehr darauf, denn U2 sind Teil irischer Kultur. Fotos vom Konzert in Barcelona gibt es hier .

Summer finally arrived in Ireland. Since the last one and a half weeks, Ireland enjoys sunshine and temperatures in an average level of 22 - 24 degrees which is very unusual for the island as June/July are usually very wet. More details can be found here . Der Sommer ist nun endlich auch in Irland angekommen. Seit eineinhalb Wochen geniessen wir Sonnenschein und Durchschnittstemperaturen von 22 bis 24 Grad. Das ist durchaus unüblich für die Insel, da der Juni/Juli eigentlich verregnet ist. Mehr Information dazu gibt es hier .

We have just uploaded plenty of photos, taken throughout the last week. Please navigate to our "Photo Corner" in the right hand menu. Wir haben gerade jede Menge Fotos aus der letzten Woche hochgeladen. Zu finden sind die Fotos in unserem "Photo Corner" im rechten Navigationsmenü.

We were off from work for the last action-packed week. On Monday, we went out golfing at Deer Park in Howth followed by a BBQ at the nearby Sutton beach. The following day we headed to Scotland, to Edinburgh to be precise in order to celebrate Sebastian's birthday. The remaining days we just enjoyed the sun on Velvet Strand (this is correct, it's not called Velvet Beach!) at Portmarnock and at Ardgillan Castle close to Skerries. This was really uns ual as normally w e do n ot have about 30 degrees in June here in Ireland. Photos to follow soon. Wir hatten die letz te Woche Ferien, aber diese W oche war vollgepackt mit Aktivitäten. Am Montag sind wir Golfen im Deer Park auf Howth gegangen, gefolgt von einem BBQ am nahegelegenen Sutton Beach. Am darauffolgenden Tag sind wir nach Schottland, genauer nach Edinburgh geflogen um Sebastian's Geburtstag zu feier n. An den restlichen Tagen haben wir einfach die Sonne am Velvet Strand (der heisst wirklich so, nicht Velvet Beach!) ...

It's been a week since we got back from the sunny and beautiful Prague. We visited our dear friend Stefan, who relocated from Dublin to Prague last year. We flew with Aerlingus late on friday afternoon and had a bit of a scare when our plane flew into turbulante weather just before landing leading to a few screams from some passengers. But thank God we landed safe and sound. Stefan met us at the airport and escorted us to our hotel, which was located just 5mins. walk from his house. Saturday was a brilliant day with long spells of sunshine. We did a pedal boat tour on the Moldau river, then headed to the famous Charles bridge, then toured the massive, picturesque castle on the hill. We spent the rest of the day at the Czech beer festival which reminded us of the German october festival. Sunday was even hotter, so we went to chill at a Park then had the obligatory, delicious Goulasch dish. We visited the old town before heading back to the airport, flying right into Caroline's ...