Right now, fashion is a weighty issue in Milan – at least in terms of the city’s latest pop-up clothing store, Kilo Fascion. Located for a limited time only at Milano Corso Vittorio Emanuele 30, the buzzy Kilo Fascion claims to be the world’s first ‘weigh before you buy’ fashion…
Hotel Review: Condesa DF Mexico City
“Another shooting,” tuts the taxi driver, stopping to eye up a crowd of assembled police officers and nosy onlookers. All I can utter is “oh”. My heart sinks as I clutch my backpack closer. It had to happen sooner or later. This was Mexico City after all, the mothership of…
St Patrick’s Day Celebrations in Dublin 2011
The theme of this year’s St Patrick’s Day Parade in Dublin was “Brilliant” – an idea stolen straight from the pages of a children’s story written by Booker Prize-winning author and Dubliner Roddy Doyle. St Patrick may have rid Ireland of snakes, but “Brilliant” is all about banishing the black…
Nathan Kingerlee: Travelling Ireland with a Dog and a Goat
Nathan Kingerlee is a man on a mission. The 28-year old outdoors enthusiast has set off on a 304km trek from Tipperary to Dublin all in the hope of discovering whether Ireland is still a ‘land of a thousand welcomes’. Oh – and he’s taken along his dog Cara and…
Taking the Travel Plunge with Nomadic Matt Kepnes
Ask the experts: Twenty-something Bostonian Matt Kepnes has the job that most people can only ever envy. He’s a full time backpacker who funds his travels via his Nomadic Matt site. This week he took some time out to answer a few questions about what it’s like to live the…