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Last week we went to Belgium with K. to spend the "mini-holidays" there. It's a funny story because we bought the tickets 6 months ago just because they very cheap. For me it was the second time I visited the country and I recall now what I liked it so much the first time I went there: Nice cities, good food, convient train system and not very expensive. I went again to Brussels and Brugges, but this time I also visited Ghent (very nice as well). When we were were walking in Brugges we found this "Jerusalem Church". I was reading in wikitravel that it was built by some brothers of Italian extraction. Belgium is a nice country and it's just 1h away from Dublin

In the second week of October 09 I went with K. to Munich and Salzburg for a long weekend holiday. I really enjoyed both cities. I pass by Marienplatz many times during the trip and every time I enjoyed looking at the "Glockenspiel". We even went there the last day to hear and see the mechanical characters come to live for a couple of minutes :-).

I bet you haven't seen before this version of Davinci's "Last Supper" :). This mural is located in Dublin, where there is a nice Italian Quarter with some nice restaurants and Cafes. A plan that we like to do with K. on the weekends is to go there and grab a coffee.

Probably the shortest city break I have ever done in all these years, but one of the most interesting ones at the same time was the hour I spent in Salamanca back in 2009. I didn't plan on purpose to visit the city for such a short time but it was rather a stop over on my way from Llerena in Extremadura to Ourense in Galicia. I was visiting an old friend from high school in Extremadura, but I was also going to the wedding of a Spanish friend in Galicia and the only flight that I could find was from Dublin to Madrid so ended up renting a car and driving across the Iberian peninsula. I decided to break the trip to Ourense in two and I was glad I did it, because Salamanca turned out to be a beautiful city. I definitively would like to come back and spent more time. Here you can find a picture of the Plaza Mayor.

Yesterday (Oct 17/09) it was a very chilly morning in Dublin but a couple of hours later the Sun came up and it was a very sunny and pleasant day. K. was very kind to get up early and go with me to get my MSc. degree. It was nice because the ceremony was in St. Patrick's Cathedral and I hadn't been there before. I took this picture just before entering the place.

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