Archive for December, 2007
Tonight, we will witness one of the final acts in the tearing down of the Iron Curtain. As from midnight, people will be able to travel through 24 European Union member states countries without showing a passport. This is due to the expansion of the EU’s Schengen Agreement to include nine mostly former Communist states. These include
- Czech Republic
- Estonia
- Hungary
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Malta
- Poland
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
The current passport-free zone created in 1990 currently includes 13 countries. From tonight it will cover an area about 1/3rd the size of the United States. However, that area is home to over 400 million people. Over the next four years the following countries are also due to join the Schengen area
December 20th, 2007
I was interviewed by Charlie Kao from Travelmole TV last month. It was while I was in London for World Travel Market. The crew at Travelmole emailed me this week, to let me know that my interview was now available on Travelmole.tv.
December 18th, 2007
As someone who has travelled extensively and passed through Dublin Airport a few times a month over the last few years, I certainly welcomed the announcements of the development of Pier D and of the second terminal. While the extension of the baggage hall a few years ago took some pressure off for arriving passengers, here was a real opportunity to solve some of the problems caused by the over-crowding that has been so prevalent for so many years. That’s the theory.
In October of this year, the Dublin Airport Authority acclaimed the opening of Pier D
Finally some progress? I would have thought so.
In my new role with myguideTravel, based in West Cork, I have fewer occasions to use Dublin Airport however the story of one of our valued Guests on Tuesday last, December 11th makes me think that some things never change:
December 13th, 2007
Over the past 18 months I have noticed a real explosion in web video. IMHO, metacafe with their philosophy of not allowing each and every video to be posted has a much higher signal to noise ratio than YouTube.
I think you will enjoy this clip featuring some of my favourite places in the West of Ireland. The clip incudes sights such as the Cliffs of Moher, and Connemara.
Ireland - Caribbean Blue - Funny home videos are a click away
Some days, you just know you that you are working in the worlds best industry. Enjoy!
December 9th, 2007