Berna Cox’s honeymoon in London 20 years ago was ruined when a drunk man barged into her hotel room. Recently she returned to discover that first impressions aren’t always accurate You don’t, they say (whoever ‘they’ are), get a second chance to make a first impression. First impressions worm themselves into your brain, and you [...]
She hasn’t been there yet, but still Berna Cox thinks America needs a bit of work to bring it up to the mark — or at least that how she sees it on Google maps. Last night, I stood at the base of the Eiffel Tower and gazed up at is pinnacle piercing the sky. [...]
Dr John Wallace takes a look at the treasures of St Mark’s Square in Venice. Some are obvious — but others may take a little searching out. There are few places in the world worth visiting as much as Venice, and there are few places in Venice worth visiting as much as St Mark’s Square. [...]
Marie-Catherine Mousseau compares Dublin and Paris from a French point of view, and tells us she is still in shock from seeing people queue at cash machines. As every French person knows, Paris is a woman; impudent and provocative. Paris the beautiful, the magical, the enchanting. Predictably, as soon as I returned there a few [...]
Berna Cox is delighted and flattered that she still has what it takes to make hotel staff think the worst of her and her husband. It’s a source of some small comfort to me that, even at my advanced years, there’s still a bit of naïvety and innocence left in me. Regrettably, though, I discovered [...]
Dr Mícheál Fanning writes about a memorable trip to Israel and Palestine — a part of the world steeped in history and yet also changing with the times. I can confidently say that when we first experienced the flight staff of Arkia, Israeli airways, from Shannon to Tel Aviv, it was memorable and a welcome [...]
By Terence Cosgrave Terence Cosgrave writes about his recent trip on Continental Airlines to Newark, New Jersey. He swears that this article has nothing to do with Ireland’s two-tier healthcare system and is just an article about air travel. Is there anything quite as nice as first-class air travel? In this Ryanair era, is there [...]
Dr John Wallace reports on the beauty and culture of the French Riviera and finds out why many of the glitterati and literati have flocked there in their search for inspiration. Provence is located in the sun-drenched, south-eastern corner of France. Bound to the south by the Mediterranean, the coastline is referred to as the [...]
Greg Baxter recounts a recent trip to Riga – and he won’t be representing the Latvian tourist agency any time soon. Don’t be fooled by Riga’s erstwhile nickname – the ‘Paris of the Baltics’. It’s more like the Liverpool of the Baltics. Which is not to say anything impolite about Riga or Liverpool, only that [...]
Nollaig Rowan recalls her days as a student in Bruges and is glad that a recent film has not revealed to the wider world her favourite places in the Belgian town. Posters for the film In Bruges carry a footnote. It says: “It’s in Belgium.” And this is part of the fun of the film. [...]
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