
Falling on deaf ears
Having just spent a king’s ransom on navigating my way around London and its hinterland, I now appreciate Budapest Transport Company, or BKK, even more.

Having just spent a king’s ransom on navigating my way around London and its hinterland, I now appreciate Budapest Transport Company, or BKK, even more.

TripAdvisor has just published its list of the ten most expensive tourist cities in the world. I was surprised to see that Geneva didn’t rate.

It’s not that I’m afraid of heights. I’m not. But I like to have something solid under my feet when there is so much distance

Sometimes when we least expect it, the universe conspires to remind us of stuff that should never be forgotten. I can see the merits of

A day off for me is one on which I don’t have to make any decisions. Tell me where to go, what to do, when

I used to collect stamps. Then I moved on to frogs. Now I collect experiences. And chief amongst them is my quest for the perfect

I’d heard rumours that there was a … not a butchers in the Irish definition of the word and not a meat market in the

It doesn’t cost anything to be nice to people. Smiles are cheap. Manners are the same price. Yes, we all have our bad days when

Many years ago, in another life, I won a lottery. My prize? The opportunity to shoot a moose. I borrowed a 30.06 rifle and practised.

I’m Irish. I was born in Ireland. I might, if the occasion called for it, qualify that descriptive by stating that I’m Catholic Irish. I