"And if we should die tonight

We should all die together

Raise a glass of wine for the last time"

Have you ever heard a song where you feel like throwing everything you have in your hands on the floor as hard as you can and not care about it breaking and just jump up and down in the middle of the floor with your hands in the air while screaming something like: “ARGHHHHHH!!”? A song that makes you so happy that it feels like your heart is actually going to explode with happiness. A song that no one (NO ONE!) can do justice. A song that makes you want to cry because it’s so beautiful. A song that makes you breathe through your nose instead of your mouth. A song that sounds better every time you hear it even though it’s the millionth time you listen to it and you don’t think it can get any better. Ed Sheeran’s I See Fire is that song to me.

Close your eyes, close your mouth and just breathe through your nose while listening to the song.

Last Sunday I saw Rugby for the first time. I went to the pub, which was a good thing because then I got the rules explained to me. I’m not even sure if they play Rugby in Denmark it’s always all about football and handball. I found rugby not too bad and it resulted in me watching Wales v Ireland yesterday too with J and I think it gets more exciting as I see more of it. So I’ve decided to at least follow Ireland in the Six Nations. So now that I have seen my first rugby game, next thing will probably be Gaelic Football and then Hurling. I had heard about Gaelic Football and Rugby before I came to Ireland, but Hurling is something I had never heard about and everyone keeps telling me that I have to see it, because it’s such a fast game, so I am looking forward to the start of the season, so I can finally see what all the fuss is about.

Also I’ve come closer to figuring out why I can’t buy Kilkenny at the pubs. Well, not that close, but I was told that you’d have to go to Galway (or Dublin or Cork probably) if you want to find it in the pubs. I don’t really know why that is, but probably because they prefer something else in Ireland like Guinness and even Carlsberg.

Another thing I have been wondering about since I came here is why 7up seems to be free at the pubs and why do people put it in their beer? If you don’t like the taste of beer you should probably buy something else. I’ve always thought that a beer is a beer and it should be downed as a beer and not a beer with 7up. It’s the first time I have ever seen this mixture in any country. Just like I have never seen fries with vinegar. I had that in Dublin and it was really amazing! On that note I’d like to say: “Keep up the good work Ireland, but stop disappointing me with things like 7up in beers.”

Now I'm off to watch Manchester United v Fulham!

“So I'm gonna sit right here

On the edge of this pier

And watch the sunset disappear

And drink a beer”

I have always been a beer enthusiast. I love tasting new kinds of beer from all around the world and some of the things I enjoy the most are to just go into a bar and tell them that I want to try something new or just sit outside with a cold one and enjoy it. This means that I am of course familiar with Irish beers. Before I moved to Ireland I had already had my fair share of Smithwick’s, Murphy’s, Kilkenny and Guinness – Guinness being my favourite though. But however there is one thing I find kind of odd in Ireland and it is something I didn’t even think about before my parents came to visit me in December. One evening we went to Druid’s Chair for a pint and my mum wanted a Kilkenny, but they didn’t have it. At that time I realised that I hadn’t even seen it at any of the other pubs I had been to either which I thought was weird since I was pretty sure it couldn’t be anything but Irish.

A while later I have now decided to look up the missing Kilkenny and what I found out when I googled Kilkenny is that everything has to be a bit more complicated in Ireland (Just like with Magners). First of all Kilkenny is owned by Diageo (the makers of Guinness), but the name ‘Kilkenny’ was originally used during the 1980s and 1990s to market a stronger version of Smithwick’s for the European and Canadian market, because apparently they had trouble with the pronunciation of Smithwick’s. So maybe that is why I have never seen Smithwick’s in Denmark. What I think is weird is that Ireland is the primary market for Kilkenny, and yet the women at Druid’s Chair looked like we were talking nonsense when we asked for it. Even though I tried to look it up I still don’t have a clue why I haven’t seen it at any pubs yet. But one thing’s for sure, I am going to figure out the mystery of the missing Kilkenny. I’ll walk from pub to pub if that is what it takes. The only conclusion I can think of right now is that they don’t serve it at some of the pubs because it’s similar to Smithwick’s. But to be honest I think that would be a horrible excuse, because it’s not the same beer and it’s a shame that I can’t seem to be able to get a Kilkenny at the pubs because I really like it.

That was just a tiny update and I hope to be back with a part two with some actual answers. 

One last thing. I met a really proud father at John Daly’s one day when I was watching football and I promised him to put a video of his son’s band on my blog. I actually think that they are really good. So give them a listen.