Known as ‘The Rock’, Gibraltar is a little bit of Britain in the Mediterranean. The ownership of this tiny piece of land has long been a sensitive issue with the neighbouring Spanish. In Greek mythology, Gibraltar (Calpe) was one of the Pilars of Hercules marking the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea. The north coast of [...]
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Itinerary: Venice Cruising Athens Mykonos Cruising Split VeniceI flew with Ryanair from Shannon on Friday morning. I spent the day in Venice which is ideal really for people to spend the night there and the ship sails at 5pm the following day so plenty of time to see this amazing city. It is also great [...]
Continue reading about SPLENDOUR OF THE SEAS – “SHIP OF LIGHT” ROYAL CARIBBEAN by alina vincent
Iceland-it’s not actually covered in Ice, that’s Greenland. Iceland, in fact, is mostly green.Thoughts of Iceland, Ice-land to most Americans, conjures up images of frozen land, frozen people and glaciers. To be sure, it can be cold in Iceland and there are glaciers-some of the most incredible and accessible glaciers in the world, in fact-but [...]
Continue reading about Looking to get away? Try a glacier hike in Iceland. Really. by Dan Patrick
Fortifications in Ireland were often built for protection against attacks from other Irish clans. Sometimes the chieftain of the area built a castle to keep him safe from attack from his own local people who might rise up in revolt. Castles were generally austere places to live, unlike some of the ones in England which [...]
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Castro Marim golf course is located in the eastern Algarve area of Portugal just a stone’s throw from the Spanish border. The location is excellent and just down the road from Porto airport. I travelled with my wife and my parents and for us this was where we learnt to play golf. We had 4 [...]
