http://www.lesliegilmour.com Life in Ireland is Still Good, so Why do I Moan so Much? Maybe Beacause I’m No Angel… Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:00:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Vancouver to Banff takes one day if you are nuts and drive for 12 hours and break all the speed limits - enjoying the drive into the Canadian Rockies takes two days.  We as most people do stayed over in Kamloops, the town is full of motels and hotels for ... http://www.lesliegilmour.com/2008/08/25/vancouver-to-banff/ So the computer did end up with us on holiday - I was starting to wonder and then my other half said just take it so she can use skype.  Well that was an easy decision. I am now in the Holiday Inn in downtown Vancouver it is 2 in the ... http://www.lesliegilmour.com/2008/08/18/jet-lag-in-vancouver/ Well two days to go and we are off to Canada - flying to Vancouver and then driving up into the Rockies. I am looking forward to it - but... There is always a but! I hate flying and I have two long flights - so sleeping tabs are in order and hopefully ... http://www.lesliegilmour.com/2008/08/14/off-on-holiday/ Galway is the festival capital Ireland. It has a thriving youth culture and a richly diverse blend of events and attractions throughout the year. It is a vibrant, friendly city and a powerful magnet for tourists from all over the world. 'Going to Galway' has become synonymous with 'going on holiday' ... http://www.lesliegilmour.com/2008/08/09/festival-capital-ireland-galway/ I started this blog for a reason. To keep in touch and share some of the things in my life with some people that I don't see any more. I am surprised at how open I have become over the nearly two years that I have been writing here ... http://www.lesliegilmour.com/2008/08/05/being-a-blogger/ Downings, which is located in North West Donegal, Ireland is one of the most scenic areas on the Atlantic Ocean. And, the facilities on offer for a complete and relaxing family holiday are second to none. One proviso though, the weather. Sometimes the wind gets up but for the serious ... http://www.lesliegilmour.com/2008/08/03/why-not-holiday-in-ireland/ Figures from the Central Statistics Office in Ireland show that there was another big jump in the number of people on the Live Register last month. The number of job seekers signing on for dole payments rose by almost 1,000 per day during the month of June, by far the ... http://www.lesliegilmour.com/2008/08/03/unemployment-in-ireland/ Henry Street is located just off O'Connell Street (Dublin's main thoroughfare) right in the heart of the city. If heading north on O'Connell Street, just take a left at 'The Spire' and you're there! Henry Street is definitely the place to go if you want to shop 'til you drop, as ... http://www.lesliegilmour.com/2008/08/01/shopping-in-dublin/ My first data rooming bill will be coming to me shortly for my new iphone and it amounts to 201 Euro! Resolved - see bottom Bloody hell - before I went on holiday I checked with them that I could add a data pack - yes no problem I was told €10 ... http://www.lesliegilmour.com/2008/07/31/o2-iphone-rip-off/ When I am old and cranky and I can't look after myself no more - please stick me in a nursing home.  Now don't get me wrong I don't want this anytime soon - I think I have a good few years left before being put out to pasture, also ... http://www.lesliegilmour.com/2008/07/31/nursing-home-for-me/