This Drinking Life https://www.thisdrinkinglife.com/ A world of alcohol and fun Mon, 26 Oct 2026 09:47:54 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 62332568 Visiting Warsaw https://www.thisdrinkinglife.com/visiting-warsaw/ https://www.thisdrinkinglife.com/visiting-warsaw/#respond Sat, 24 Oct 2026 14:33:05 +0000 https://www.thisdrinkinglife.com/?p=18503 My Time in Warsaw: Beers, Football, Pierogi & a Proper Capital I spent a few months in Warsaw in early 2022 (roughly January to the start of April). Ireland was doing my head in again and I needed a change. Warsaw turned out to be a great shout — a proper European capital that’s clean, […]

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]]> https://www.thisdrinkinglife.com/visiting-warsaw/feed/ 0 18503 So Nice to Meat You – Visiting China https://www.thisdrinkinglife.com/visiting-china/ https://www.thisdrinkinglife.com/visiting-china/#respond Wed, 23 Sep 2026 16:04:36 +0000 https://www.thisdrinkinglife.com/?p=18430  Some thoughts after more than seven years living in China I’ve done two stints in China. Just recently I was living and working in Guangzhou. Twenty-five years ago I lived in Taiyuan, then after in Harbin and Baotou. Altogether I’ve spent over seven years here. The change in that time has been astonishing. When I […]

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