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	<title>d2h.net: flotsam, jetsam &#38; lagan</title>
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	<description>thoughts, observations, diary, rants, stuff the cat dragged in...</description>
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		<title>switzerland &#8212; behind the scenes&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ever wondered what happens behind the scenes of touristic switzerland? ever wanted to know how the swiss manage to present one of the most beautiful places on earth in such impeccable order? ever interested in the music that drives the swiss?1

wonder no more: here&#8217;s a rare behind the scenes look at switzerland:



now you know the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://d2h.net/2009/12/29/switzerland-behind-the-scenes</link>
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		<title>d2h.net now mobile friendly</title>
		<description><![CDATA[thanks to the excellent wordpress mobile pack wordpress plugin i&#8217;m pleased to announce that d2h.net is now mobile enabled: if you visit it on your android or iDon&#8217;t, err, iPhone you&#8217;ll get a mobile browser-friendly version of our web site. also, http://m.d2h.net/ will take you to the mobile version directly as well.

oh, and you might [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://d2h.net/2009/10/24/d2h-net-now-mobile-friendly</link>
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		<title>friday evening rucola salmon salad</title>
		<description><![CDATA[easy salad:


about 125g rucola leaves
about 80-100g smoked salmon
2 tablespoons olive oil 
2 teaspoons of whole-grained mustard
salt
lemon juice 


cut or shred the salmon into little pieces. wash the rucola leaves in a colander and shake off the excessive water. mix the rucola, and the salmon pieces in a bowl. add the oil  and the mustard [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://d2h.net/2009/10/24/friday-evening-rucola-salmon-salad</link>
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		<title>kells, tara, airport, trinity college, chilling out</title>
		<description><![CDATA[the last day of our irish pilgrimage! after another good breakfast at
the newgrange hotel we pack once more and enter our pilgrims bus
&#8212; which this morning has grown in size: morris, our excellent
driver, swapped our smaller bus yesterday evening for a bigger one as
he&#8217;s going to pick up a group of 50 at dublin airport [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://d2h.net/2009/07/22/kells-tara-airport-trinity-college-chilling-out</link>
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		<title>a walk through pittoresque boyne valley, time travel, monasterboice, &amp; the hill of slane</title>
		<description><![CDATA[mrs d and i slept surprisingly well this night, given the fact that
one of the main thorough-fares passes the hotel just a couple of
meters away.1 breakfast is efficient and good and the waitresses
are actually quite friendly and even know about gluten-free food for
mrs j.2

the weather has become rather irish: it&#8217;s raining when we set off [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://d2h.net/2009/07/21/a-walk-through-pittoresque-boyne-valley-time-travel-monasterboice-slaine</link>
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		<title>the burren, limestone pavement, clonmacnoise, &amp; an almost secret birthday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[after a rather good night and an equally good and relaxed
breakfast1 at hotel doolin we pack once more and embark on the
long trip across ireland, going from the atlantic west coast all the
way to navan. the weather is not as good as it was yesterday with
clouds covering most of the sky.

we don&#8217;t just go to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://d2h.net/2009/07/20/limestone-pavement-an-almost-secret-birthday</link>
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		<title>listowel, shannon river ferry, lahinch, sunday lunch, cliffs of moher, live music at doolin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[it&#8217;s sunday. our last night at the ballygarry house hotel was quiet
for a change, which is nice. also, as long as our group is having
breakfast, we are spared the rather annoying radio blast.1

after breakfast mrs d and i pack our stuff and join the rest of the
pilgrims in our pilgrims bus. the first stop today [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://d2h.net/2009/07/19/listowel-shannon-river-ferry-lahinch-sunday-lunch-cliffs-of-moher-live-music-at-doolinrimage</link>
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		<title>brendan&#8217;s chapel, an daingean, gallarus oratory, an inch of beach</title>
		<description><![CDATA[our final full day at tralee and the ballygarry house hotel. tonight
we are spared the noisy party guests, unfortunately other
co-pilgrims are not so lucky, they suffer from a rather rowdy crowd
leaving this night&#8217;s wedding party at about 4:00 in the morning. the
lady at reception kind of just shrugs her shoulders and replies that
it&#8217;s not their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://d2h.net/2009/07/18/brendans-chapel-an-daingean-gallarus-oratory-an-inch-of-beach</link>
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		<title>gap of dunloe &amp; the lakes of killarney</title>
		<description><![CDATA[breakfast today (we are still at the ballygarry house
hotel) works out a bit better than
yesterday: more coffee and tea available, no being told off for
sitting at the wrong table.  

today&#8217;s program: by bus to the starting point of the pass up to the
gap of dunloe, walk from there over the gap of
dunloe and down [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://d2h.net/2009/07/17/gap-of-dunloe-the-lakes-of-killarney</link>
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		<title>brandon&#8217;s well, an daingean peninsula</title>
		<description><![CDATA[around 2:00 in the morning: a group of hotel guests from that
anniversary party very kindly let us in into their conversations they
are having in the parking lot outside the hotel entrance &#8212; for about
half an hour we get to share each and every attempt at
jokularity&#8230; much appreciated.

at breakfast mrs d and i commit the faux [...]]]></description>
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		<title>a new breakfast beverage, brigid&#8217;s well, rock of cashel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[no &#8220;madame&#8211;baby&#8221; wake-up call this morning (i guess mr charming
realized that madame was already taking a shower when he called) but a bit of re-packing before breakfast as today we are relocating to
tralee in county kerry. having learnt from yesterday&#8217;s breakfast i
appear on the scene 15min early and order coffee (for me) and tea (for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://d2h.net/2009/07/15/a-new-breakfast-beverage-brigids-well-rock-of-cashel</link>
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		<title>oh, look, rain!&#8230;kevin&#8217;s way&#8230;glendalough</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ring, ring &#8212; mrs d picks up the phone, it&#8217;s the 7:15 wake-up call
and, as expected, nobody answers back. time to get up. ring, ring
&#8212; mrs d picks up the phone yet again, this time round it&#8217;s the bloke
from reception asking whether &#8220;madame is ok?&#8221;, madame affirms and
receives a rather charming &#8220;ok, baby&#8221;. this somewhat [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://d2h.net/2009/07/14/oh-look-rain-kevins-way-glendalough</link>
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		<title>on an irish pilgrimage&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[the next 10 days we are taking part in a spiritual journey through
ireland. really kind of a pilgrimage, a christian pilgrimage to be precise, by bus (not a lot of walking involved, unfortunately) to the places of the old, celtic irish church. the whole trip has been organized by the akademie st. paul &#8212; and
it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://d2h.net/2009/07/13/on-an-irish-pilgrimage</link>
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		<title>more vincent stuff&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[looking through drscofield&#8217;s twitter messages of the past couple of days i noticed @pixelq&#8217;s twitter about &#8220;watching the world&#8221; and i had to head over to youtube to watch this 3D internet masterpiece once more. IMHO it&#8217;s one of the most beautiful pieces of art (and it&#8217;s a pity it wasn&#8217;t on display in basel [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://d2h.net/2009/07/11/more-vincent-stuff</link>
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		<title>felsenputzing, take 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[if you thought my post about felsenputzing was a joke, think again. courtesy of avid tagesanzeiger reader, mrs d, the link for all of you who want to become expert felsenputzer: register here.
]]></description>
		<link>http://d2h.net/2009/07/05/felsenputzing-take-2</link>
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		<title>having a look at vincent&#8217;s pictures</title>
		<description><![CDATA[the kunstmuseum in basel is hosting an exhibition of vincent van gogh&#8217;s landscape pictures and we had been planning on going up to basel and having a look at them. so, as this sunday had more or less non-stop rain forecast, we had an early sunday breakfast, skipped church, grabbed our rail network cards and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://d2h.net/2009/06/21/having-a-look-at-vincents-pictures</link>
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		<title>16:00 back in einsiedeln</title>
		<description><![CDATA[at lucerne verkehrshaus i disembark one station earlier than planned, trying to catch the voralpenexpress train back to biberbrugg. with a bit of, let&#8217;s say, fast-hobbling i manage to catch the train and am on my way back home.

at biberbrugg i meet up with mrs d who has just been dropped of by fredi and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://d2h.net/2009/06/01/1600-back-in-einsiedeln</link>
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		<title>middle of lake lucerne, 14:00</title>
		<description><![CDATA[the post bus ride from ibergeregg pass down to schwyz was, well, exciting if not adventurous. in contrast to the more gentle norther approach from oberiberg, the southern approach really takes you into the alps with breathtaking views across lake lucerne, up to the huser stock and hengst mountains &#8212; all the way constantly going [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://d2h.net/2009/06/01/middle-of-lake-lucerne-1400</link>
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		<title>ibergeregg pass, 10:20</title>
		<description><![CDATA[first stop on my tour through the swiss alps by public transport: ibergeregg pass.

the post bus from oberiberg wound its way up the pass road navigating lots of curves and bends each time sounding its characteristic swiss post bus horn: dah-dee-doh-dah!



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		<title>einsiedeln, 9:05</title>
		<description><![CDATA[having hobbled to einsiedeln station, i&#8217;m in time for the 9:05 post bus to oberiberg &#8212; the weather is fantastic and i do envy mrs d for her snowshoe hike from the gotthard pass up to fibbia, a tour i&#8217;d been looking forward to very much1, especially as it is guided by fredi kälin from [...]]]></description>
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