When travel doesn’t always go to plan
The story of the French Air Traffic controllers, Euro Control, Go Opti, the 2:30 from Ljubljana, the Slovenian police, the Italian police and the hairy taxi driver. Anyone who has read my previous travel blogs …
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Getting high in the Netherlands
Tell anyone that you’ve been to the highest point in the Netherlands and there’ll be some joke along the lines of “that must have been about 3ft”. It’s actually 322.5 metres and can be found …
From Bundoran to Spain in 5 hours
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again (no doubt many times) but Ireland West Airport is one of the greatest assets that we have on the west coast of Ireland. With all the …
Škofja Loka – The heart of Slovenia
Before I got involved (through work) in Douzelage European Town Twinning, I had never really given Slovenia much thought, let alone had a desire to visit it. However, I’ve recently returned from my third trip …
24 hours in Berlin
The first thing I will say about doing 24 hours in Berlin is don’t. You need at least 48 if not 72 hours to get a good feel for the city. I landed via Ryanair …