Tipples and tarts, whiskey and Wilde… Qype’s expert on Ireland, Rachelle Thompson, shares the secrets of The Fair City. There’s a reason why Dublin has one of the fastest growing populations of any European capital city – people come for a city break and then make plans to move here! However it isn’t all about [...]
Posts from ‘December, 2009’
Meets, Shoots and Leaves
Looking for someone special to snuggle up with this winter? Single man Michael Bailey hopes to snap up a partner in London when he takes part in a creative new dating experience. “What’s your favourite tube line?” she replied. Not quite the answer I was expecting but that, one girl I quizzed assured me, was [...]
London Ice Rinks: Skate Expectations
What better way to celebrate the festive season with a whirl around one of London‘s romantic outdoor ice rinks? Robert Szmigielski checks out the capital’s finest… and sees if they measure up to his skate expectations. Londoners love to ice-skate. Fact. Indeed, the first recorded example of recreational ice-skating, on the outskirts of the capital, [...]
The Juice: Vilnius
Skyscrapers and steeples, bonfires and Bohemians, ‘zepelins’ and Zappa… Thymn Chase discovers the city that the budget airlines overlooked. Vilnius was founded by Grand Duke Gediminas in the 14th century supposedly after camping out in the hills above the bend in the river Neris and dreaming of an Iron Wolf (one of the better origins [...]
