Posted on November 25, 2008 by Fiona Hilliard

A Sweet Deal Jelly Belly Candy Company, famous purveyor of squishy rainbow-coloured jellybeans, has just introduced a new Jelly Belly University Tour.  Situated in Fairfield, California, the University can be reached within an hour of the city with San Francisco car hire.  Small groups of six enrol at a time, each sporting a uniform of [...]

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Fiona Hilliard

Since October 1 this year all motorists entering Frankfurt am Main Germany have to buy a special low-emission sticker for their cars.  The city’s Low-Emission Zone encompasses the area of ‘Highwayring’ bordered by the highways of A5 in the west, A3 in the South and A661 in the north.  Most of the city’s urban area [...]

Posted on November 24, 2008 by Fiona Hilliard

It’s official:  New Zealand is the world’s greenest destination.  It wasn’t the country’s lush forests or its famous Lord of the Rings backdrop that sealed the deal however. The presiding panel of judges at this month’s  World Travel Market found the antipodean country to be best destination for  its national, strategic approach to responsible tourism. [...]

Posted on November 24, 2008 by Fiona Hilliard

The misery predicted for train passengers over the Christmas period looks set to continue into the new year as rail season tickets rise by a predicted 11% in January.   Taking advantage of legal loopholes in the fares regulation system, train companies will go ahead with the fares hike unless the government decides to intervene.  Consumer [...]

Posted on November 21, 2008 by Fiona Hilliard

From next summer, passengers bound for the US from Shannon Airport will be able to avail of hassle-free clearance facilities.  Currently only US immigration clearance facilities are available but from summer 2009, Transatlantic flyers will be able to check their baggage through from Shannon Airport to their final destination in the US even if this [...]

Posted on November 21, 2008 by Fiona Hilliard

I listened to Britney Spears’ latest album in its entirety at high volume on the bus this morning.  It wasn’t by choice.  Don’t get me wrong, Britney’s great and all, the whole resurrecting her career thing and blah blah blah but her digitalized and increasingly repetitive (has anyone else noticed?) warblings aren’t the first thing you [...]