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Nederlands (Dutch)Ireland 2009


aeroplane

The plane that takes us to Ireland, photographed through the window of the airport.


clouds

Clouds, photographed from the plane.


clouds

More clouds. At the bottom of the picture England can be seen. In the top the blue gets so dark it is almost black.


rental car

Our rental car is enormous.


apartment

Laura in the Dublin apartment. We received an email with a code, that we enter at the door. There is no landlord present.


Michel the viking

Michel is a happy viking!


Bas

Bas, underneath a Guinness-advertisement, on our way to the brewery.


Guinness

The brewery.


Guinness mugs

Everything you can think of exists with a Guinness-logo on it. In vast quantities.


Guinness Storehouse interior

The interior of the Guinness Storehouse. It is a beautiful building, with old bricks and pipes along new glass and escalators.


Guinness Storehouse interior

More interior.


Guinness Business Centre

"Guinness Business Centre, this is Michel, how may I help you?"


Guinness

Four Guinness in the brewery, pulled only seconds earlier.


Laura

Laura.


in the Hard Rock Café

With our new purchases (and two pints Guinness of course) in the Hard Rock Café.


Galway

Shopping street in Galway.


the house

The house in Polranny. At the left is Laura.


the folly

The outbuilding, the folly, viewed from the back.


Laura in the back garden

Laura at the edge of the back garden. Behind the fence the peat starts.


the house from a distance

The house from a distance, surrounded by trees and, of course, peat.


peat

Peat is everywhere.


Laura smells the gorse

Laura smells the gorse.


ruins of a house

Ruins of a house. There's many ruins like these.


Bas

Bas walking towards the sea.


near the shore

Gorse and boggy land near the shore. There are almost as many new villas as there are ruins of small houses.


Bas on the beach

Bas on the beach.


Michel and Laura

Michel and Laura.


rocks

Many rocks and desolate bareness.


the beach

View of the beach and the mountain behind it.


up

We start to climb the mountain.


Bas on the slope

Bas on the slope (behind him two sheep).


at the top

Michel and Laura with the house at the top.


Laura on the mountain

Laura is standing on the mountain, looking out over the Atlantic Ocean.


Michel photographs Laura and Bas

Michel photographs Laura and Bas.


Michel walks over the mountain ridge

Michel walks over a sheep's trail over the mountain ridge.


sheep with a newly born lamb

Sheep with a newly born lamb.


view of the beach through the fog

View of the beach, looking back.


two sheep in the fog

Two sheep in the fog.


Laura and Michel on the slope

Laura and Michel on the slope.


Laura walking along the river

Laura walking along the river.


the trail ends in peat and bog

View from the point where the trail ends in peat and bog.


along the shore

Along the shore.


living room

The living room of the house. Below on the right is the wood-burning stove. On the table are two pints of Guinness, both half empty.


Laura

Laura.


Michel and dog

Michel and the dog called Bruno (we read its name on the collar).


view of the bridge near Achill Sound

View of the bridge that connects Achill Island with the peninsula and the mainland, near the village Achill Sound.


Michel on the shore

Michel on the shore.


two sheep looking out over the sea

Two sheep looking out over the sea.


view of a beach

Idyllic view of a beach.


Bas walking through a lunar landscape

Bas walking through a lunar landscape of peat.


a lake

A lake.


Michel

Michel.


outdoor café at home

We have our own outdoor café at home, with our backs to the folly's wall.


waiter

And we even have our own waiter! We're being taken care of very well.


us four

Laura, Michel, me, Bas.


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