lucentius
With his dying words, Humphrey Bogart famously expressed a profound regret: “I should never have switched from scotch to martinis.” Fittingly, the word whisky is derived from the Gaelic uisge...
27/03/2019
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Month: March 2019
“Wireless Fidelity” is of course now firmly a part of daily life for many of us - and in recent years has also been inevitably extending into the sky...
26/03/2019
FernandoAH
The year 1819 was part of a turbulent time in Spanish history. Just five years earlier, the country had thrown off its occupation by the empire of Napoleon Bonaparte...
25/03/2019
Beatriz Urdiales has been an Iberia pilot since 2015, flying pilot long-haul intercontinental since 2016. And of all the 135 destinations which we serve, her favourite happens to be...
21/03/2019
Christiane Birr
On the traditional side, in several weeks, from 14 to 21 April, all of Spain celebrates Easter week, and one of the more notable and colourful celebrations...
20/03/2019
Flashpacker Travelguide
A short boat ride out into the Atlantic Ocean from Cape Town, just over five square kilometres (2 sq. miles) in size, sandy Robben Island (robben being...
19/03/2019
Slongy
Happy St. Patrick's Day! And when better to have a look at Ireland's second city, a 2½-hour drive (and a little longer by train) southwest of Dublin, its core...
15/03/2019
viennetta
Virtually every country distills its own brand (or various brands) of high-proof aguardiente (firewater, often a type of brandy) from various crops. But in South America, few have established...
12/03/2019
Julieanne Birch
Many flock to Catalonia for its bodacious beaches and the exciting urban life of Barcelona. But this region, located in the north-east of Spain, boardering France, is rolling...
11/03/2019
Stephane Bidouze
Not all that many non-Europeans are familiar with the largest island off mainland France and just north of Sardinia, but Corsica (pop. 330,000) in recent decades has become...
06/03/2019
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