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The second photo series from Charleville: Óscar the Snake Charmer and Isabel the Gipsy Dancer.

Bamberg has a new ice cream parlour: „Eiscafe Bellini“. We already have i.a. „Eiscafe Bassano“ (my favourite so far) and „Eiscafe Bassanese“. Am I the only one who believes that this name was probably not the wisest choice?

Yesterday, I found the following in the article Top Indian CEO: Most American Grads Are ‘Unemployable’ by Rob Preston of InformationWeek’s Global CIO Blog:

They’re (American graduates) far less inclined than students from developing countries like India, China, Brazil, South Africa, and Ireland to spend their time learning the „boring“ details of tech process, methodology, and tools–ITIL, Six Sigma, and the like.

Having spent some time in Ireland recently myself, I can assure you that Ireland is not a developing country. The International Monetary Fund agrees an classifies Ireland as an Advanced Economy.

Here’s the first post in a series that features photos taken during our trip to Charleville. Abdoun, a metal skull and me.

Chris, who revived his nerd braces for his last days in Ireland, left on Tuesday. Of all farewells, this one was the easiest. I’ll see him at the latest in some months in Bamberg, where we both study in the same department. Thanks for great nine months, Chris!

The day after, my brother, who could not come over during the easter break due to exams, arrived. The two of us spent a few nice days in and around Dublin. Here is a selection of photos that he took:

On the 8th, almost exactly nine months after my departure from Germany, we took the plane to Hamburg and subsequently the car to the house of our parents in Alfeld.

It’s over now. The Irish chapter of my life has ended and I have learned a lot. Not only about Ireland and Germany, the English language or other cultures, but also about myself. I got to know a lot incredible people and made friends, whom I miss already. I hope these friendships will prevail despite spatial separations.

It was nice to meet you, Ireland. Germany, it is nice to see you again.