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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
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
For some reason, I had Paul Simon’s song playing in my head while I was composing this post. You know the one “50 Ways to Leave your Lover”
You just slip out the back, Jack
Make a new plan, Stan
You don’t need to be coy, Roy
Just get yourself free
Hop on the bus, Gus
You don’t need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, Lee
And get yourself free
While I remain fully committed to my beautiful wife, I have been finding 50 ways to leave another relationship. Here at myguideTravel being destination specialists, we are discovering 50 ways to leave the proprietary software vendors behind. In some cases, we have come back to a proprietary solution and in others we are using a hybrid solution. However, in most cases we have moved to an open source or free model.
November 21st, 2007
Growing up in Co. Cork during the Northern Ireland troubles, almost everyone complained about the British Government. It was a controversial time and clearly the British government found themselves in a very difficult situation. One of my abiding memories of that time was the number of own goals that the British scored politically.
Be it internment where 2,000 Irishmen were imprisoned without trial in the 1970’s or the hunger strikes of the 1980’s where 10 men starved to death. The actions of the British government in both occasions appeared to be counter-intuitive, even to a child like me. While the situations were undoubtedly complex, they were certainly handled badly by the British government at the time.
November 9th, 2007
Last week saw the launch of the A380 from Airbus. One of the world’s best airlines, Singapore Airlines, were the first company in the world to fly the Superjumbo between Singapore and Sydney. This is despite the fact that Airbus, on their website, are not showing any deliveries yet. No wonder it took so long to launch the A380.
Despite the long delay in launching the A380, it’s a still a fantastic achievement. Up to about two years ago I would have not really considered what type of aircraft I was flying. However, when I teamed up with Jim Kelly last year - I could not help and be infected by his enthusiasm for airlines, airplanes, airports and every detail about aviation. Jim is a walking encyclopedia when it comes to air travel. He does have 40 years of experience in the industry but his passion for the aviation industry is amazing.
October 31st, 2007
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