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They call it puppy love
It's 10:15am in St Stephen's Green park and the Dog Whisperer, Cesar Millan, is negotiating a pack of dogs, a maze of leads and a cacophony of barks. The owners of the dogs (myself included) stand nervously on the sidelines, each of us praying that our little one doesn't upset the pack. "Please Snuggles, not in front of the Dog Whisperer . . ."
Our local history at home and away
THURSDAY Flight EI480 to Lisbon is packed. We touch down in bright sunlight and are whisked north, another two hours to the university town of Coimbra to fish out turbot, sea bass and skate from our Cataplana-style fish soup in Restaurant Portuguesa.
It's a Med world
CRUISING IS one of the few areas coping well in the recession-hit travel industry, but the choice of cruise lines, ships and itineraries can be bewildering.
Diary of a travel writer: Culinary stars whet appetite for Lismore
THURSDAY The sunny south-east is no less sunny at freezing point than it is in high summer. The approach to Waterford along the old N9, perennial champion in the award for the worst stretch of national road in Ireland, won't be missed when the new motorway opens sometime next week. Not by me anyway.
Ultimate chill out
Last month, as the country ground to a halt under a few inches of snow, I went in search of somewhere more able to deal with freezing conditions -- Norway.
Diary of a travel writter: Tastes of the island prove too tempting
THURSDAY Guilbaud's is full. Recession? Scallop soup and John Dory to make the toes open and shut.
For all that life can afford, go to London
Samuel Johnson has been oft-quoted as saying: "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford."
Stores and stripes
Is there anywhere quite like New York? It's instantly familiar, larger than life and utterly electric. There's so many reasons to visit too: the Empire State Building, Central Park, Broadway, The Guggenheim and the shopping.
A likely trip for the lads . . . and lasses
Heading off on our flight to Newcastle (a first-ever visit) we had notions of a Geordieland armed with only the stereotype of a heavyset man with no top on, half-covered in tattoos cheering on their poor soccer team.
Diary of a travel writer: Airports big it up and scale it down
THURSDAY Pier pressure, you could call it. The air heads at Dublin Airport have decided to give those piers of theirs the P45 and rename the gates. They start on the right with Gate 1010 and work their way round to the left with gate 342, and there will be 18 numbered from 400 up when the new terminal opens. You have to hand it to them for giving Dublin that extra lift -- no airport in the world has 400 gates. It is nice to pretend.
Inside Travel
- My stay in paradise
- Breaking the ice: The Ice House, Ballina
- Perfect way to recover after a great Galway night on the tiles
