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A 3-Day Okinawa Adventure: Whale Sharks, Sakura, and Local Flavors
In early February 2025, I had the chance to spend 3 days and 2 nights in Okinawa. My adventure began with a video I came across online—of a whale shark swimming gracefully in a massive glass tank. The sheer size of the creature was mesmerizing, and I couldn’t help but think, “How incredible would it […]
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‘I will never forget it’: School trip was catalyst for life of travel for Cork man
Award-winning Cork travel journalist Ed Finn tells JANE MCNAMARA about a trip abroad when he was a student at Pres that shaped his life… and gives his three favourite destinations that can be reached from Cork Airport For Bishopstown’s Ed Finn, life has never followed a straight path. From finance to travel, journalism to broadcasting, […]
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Emily in Barcelona – First time Impressions
By Emily Lauer, contributing writer I’d been wanting to experience the bustling Catalan capital of Barcelona for years – yet itremained elusive as travel plans took me to more far-flung destinations. I can now say 2024 isthe year this cosmopolitan city finally stole my heart. My takeaway from this whirlwind stop: Two days in Barcelona […]
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The Ultimate Broadway Culinary Experience: It’s a Curio-city New York frame of mind
Recently I stayed at the Martinique New York on Broadway, Curio Collection by Hilton, where I met Chef Franklin at the Press Club Bar and Grill – Dining for one, I was thoroughly enjoying a delicious strip loin steak, mashed potato to die for and the smoothest bottle of Italian Montelpulciano. Chef Franklin was hosting a family […]
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Holidays to Estonia
When Estonia regained its independence in 1991, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, less than half of its population had a telephone line and its only link to the outside world was a Finnish mobile phone that was apparently hidden in the garden of it’s foreign minister. Two decades later, it is a world leader in technology. In […]
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The Birthplace of Skiing – Kandersteg
In the summer of 1860, two Englishmen, a vicar, a doctor and an American arrived in Kandersteg seeking a guide to take them to the top of the Blümlisalp (3663 metres above sea level). The young Fritz Ogi was courageous enough to take on the job. He later became the founder of a mountain guide […]
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More Morocco Routes with Ryanair
The Moroccan government has given its approval for Ryanair to operate domestic flights in the country starting from next summer. Ryanair will be the third airline to operate flights in the North African country, after UAE’s Air Arabia and Moroccan carrier RAM. As part of a $1.4 billlion investment, Ryanair will launch 11 new domestic […]
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Europe’s LARGEST Halloween Festival
From Saturday 28th to Tuesday 31st October you can be part of Europe’s LARGEST Halloween Festival as the Walled City of Derry welcomes the spirit of Samhain through its historic gates for a festival like no other! For four nights the worlds of past and present collide to bring you a dazzling street celebration of […]
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Just Par-Fect: Golfing Ireland’s Ancient East
I recently dusted off my golf clubs to experience two world-class courses in Ireland’s Ancient East.It was part of a mini ad-venture during which I visited Slane Castle and its distillery and marvelled at the spine-tin-gling simulation of the winter solstice at Newgrange.Starting with County Louth Golf Club (countylouthgolf-club.com), a true links course better known […]
