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Posted on March 7, 2026
Thursday evening 05 February 2026 @ 19.15
Holy schmoley!
MB ran out of TimTams this morning. He made his way immediately to the local Megamart supermarket, which is a well-known source of TimTam biscuits and all foods and goodies from Western countries. For that reason, prices are somewhat on the high side, and the customers are generally higher-income expats, often from Europe.
Read MorePosted on September 1, 2018
And why, pray tell, did you travel last week to Romania, MB?
Because nothing would do daughter MB2 better than a trip to Transylvania and the dark forested, wild bear-infested Carpathian Mountains, to climb the steps, amidst the dank damp scent of stale human blood, to enter the bowels and entrails of Dracula’s Castle.
And did you enter the castle MB?
Yes. We did.
Category: Irish man in the Middle East Tagged: Adventure, Author, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Irish, Novels, Romania, Transylvania, Travel, Vampires, Writing
Posted on November 26, 2015
MB returns once more to his home community of Grange. To the history and the scenery and the greenery. A number of his posts of recent weeks have concerned same topic. MB did not explain in previous posts why he was running a series of pieces on his homeland. Apart from the interesting content (really MB?!) of the actual posts, there was another reason. Read More
Category: Irish man in the Middle East Tagged: Adventure, Book, Book launch, Bruff, Community, Culture, George Clancy, Grange, Literature, Past & Present, Spirit, Travel, Writing
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