We went out to Ostuni beach/Villanova and Bari yesterday. The beach was nice and extremely quiet. However, we had to wait for a couple of hours for the bus to come back so we went to a local cafe and bought bottles of Peroni beer for €2 per bottle. It is a long, long time… Continue reading Bari and Ostuni beach
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Ostuni
We moved to Ostuni yesterday from Lecce. We travelled by train. The train service in Italy is excellent, good value and runs on time. Ostuni is known as the whitewashed town/city and is located up high in the hills about 10 to 20 km inland from the Adriatic coast. There is a beautiful cathedral and… Continue reading Ostuni
I fancy a scooter
Every time I travel abroad to a sunny country like Italy I have a hankering to buy a Vespa or other scooter. It would probably not be the same at home in the wind, rain and cold but I have a hankering, just for the fun, to have one for zipping around and perhaps going… Continue reading I fancy a scooter
Monopoli, Puglia, Italy
We went on a day trip, by train, to Monopoli today. Monopoli is a nice, coastal town/city with a beautiful cathedral and a nice walk around the harbour to an old castle from the 16th century, or thereabouts. The streets, like all the streets in the towns in this region, are beautiful, white, and narrow… Continue reading Monopoli, Puglia, Italy
Lecce, Puglia, Italy
We flew into Brindisi yesterday, then travelled on to Lecce in the Puglia region of Italy. If you see Italy shaped like a boot then Puglia is the heel region. Lecce is a small city, easy to navigate and is physically extremely pretty. Walking around the streets on Saturday afternoon was a strange but beautiful… Continue reading Lecce, Puglia, Italy
DJ Carey’s Joe Di Maggio moment
I felt a sense of sadness seeing DJ Carey in Blanchardstown District Court yesterday, charged with a number of fraud and deception charges. I am fully aware of the allegations against him and the serious nature of the offences. I am aware that these crimes are not victimless crimes. I am fully aware of all… Continue reading DJ Carey’s Joe Di Maggio moment
The “woke” insult
It appears that to accuse a person of being “woke” is perceived by the accuser as an insult or a pejorative term. It is a word that is bandied about and hurled by certain right wingers who do not like an attitude of “live and let live” in others. Many of these right wingers don’t… Continue reading The “woke” insult
How do you respond to a comment like this?
I published a video this week about the valuable criminal law lesson you can learn from Donald Trump. I shared it on Facebook, as I do with all my videos, and received a good deal of comment about it. That is not unusual. But I received a comment this morning as follows: How do you… Continue reading How do you respond to a comment like this?
Besmirching the tricolour at our national parliament
The scenes outside the Dáil yesterday, with the return of TDs to the Dáil, were disgraceful. What Miriam Lord described as a “micro-rabble” engaged in aggressive, jostling behaviour with the elected representatives and the Gardai and prevented TDs and Dáil workers from leaving the premises of our national parliament for hours yesterday evening. This crowd,… Continue reading Besmirching the tricolour at our national parliament
And still they support Trump
I find it hard to believe the level of support that Donald Trump still commands given everything we now know about Trump and what type of individual he is. Back in 2016 a person would have the excuse of forming an opinion based only on Trump’s involvement in the “reality” television series, “The Apprentice”. That… Continue reading And still they support Trump