Posted on January 21, 2011 by Fiona Hilliard

    Let’s take a peek inside the crazy world of travel writer extraordinaire La Carmina as she hits the sun-dappled streets of California with LA car rental  and Japan’s latest acting/modelling/singing sensation Sebastiano Serafini. Who is this La Carmina? La Carmina is a travel journalist for CNNGo.com. She is also the author behind the quirky La Carmina blog, [...]

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

embedded by Embedded VideoYouTube Direkt Earlier this month, I took the number 28 tram through the streets of Alfama in Lisbon.   I brought a video camera with me.  In the lunchtime rush I was lucky enough to get a seat by an open window so I had the perfect vantage point to capture all the ups and [...]

Posted on June 03, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

Thanks to everyone who entered our recent Ultimate Drive travel writing competition.  We received a huge response and really enjoyed reading about your holiday adventures. Admittedly it was a difficult task selecting the best entries (you are a talented bunch!) but after much to-ing and fro-ing we did manage to whittle down the entries to three overall winners.  Each will receive [...]

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

Been there, done that, bought the t-shirt?  See the US of A in a whole different light with our ‘road less travelled’ recommendations. The Tamiani Trail If you’ve got a couple of days to spare, the 275-mile Tamiani Trail is definitely worth your while.  Stretching from Tampa to Miami, Route 41 cuts straight through the [...]

Posted on January 07, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

“Recession”, “credit crunch”, “economic doom and gloom”, it’s only January and already we’re bored of these buzz words.  We guess you’re pretty much the same so we thought we’d lighten the mood with a travel tale courtesy of Tourism Review: “Two tourists were on the trip of a lifetime, driving through Wisconsin in their rental car.  As they approached [...]

Posted on September 26, 2008 by enavarro

It was our final day in Canada.  We were back in Montreal. It sounds clichéd but time had flown! We were sorry to leave.  Before we hit the road though, we had a dinner date with the two Isabelles.  We first met the two Isabelles in Dublin when they were travelling Europe a year ago.  [...]