irish frolics

on the st patrick's day weekend i headed off to dublin with a plane full of crazy aiesec trainees...but i had a slightly different agenda for the weekend, that involved a bit less guiness and bit more family tree tracking and site seeing...

with the great help of two irish friends - paul and stephen reilly - whom i met through tash, henrique, carol and me explored a castle in kilkenny (where i discovered the origins of many furniture features and the concept of a "daily constitutional"); drove to galway where we celebrated with the locals when the irish rugby team grabbed victory from the jaws of defeat against england; enjoyed a local live band; did some site seeing in galway before we headed home checking out gravestones and castle ruins of possible distant relatives, visiting the barren landscape of The Burren and a 5000 year old tomb, going inside the Ailwee Caves and seeing the spectacular Cliffs of Moher

it was a really lovely weekend road trip - thanks heaps to paul and stephen for all their hospitality :)

here's a couple of snaps, you can see more here:

cosy copenhagen

few weeks ago i answered my housemate's call and spent weekend with her in copenhagen - the sacrifices i make!! ;)

we had a really nice relaxing (but bloody cold!!) weekend...exploring the shops, fashion and the cosiest of cosy cafes of copenhagen...really nice weekend, would love to go back to copenhagen in the summer time when more things are open...here's some highlights

belly arts

today began a different exploration of the belly arts...around 12 of us went for a belly dancing workshop with a teacher called Sabouschka (this is her in the photo)...this was a birthday gift that i received from a few of my friends a couple of weeks ago....it was a fun, physical, feeling and feminine 1.5 hours learning some basic moves and practising dancing with sashes and music....great idea for a birthday gift, thanks girls! think i will sign up this week for an 8 week course i've been looking into before we go to egypt in may!