Abroad Magazine - Issue #20, February - April 2007
- Orient Express Pól O Conghaile travels to Istanbul and delves into a melting pot place, rich with culture and colour.
- Truffle Madness in Turin Yvette Dolan returned to Turin after a decade and enjoyed Bacchanalian treats in a city and a region imbued with a new, sporting spirit.
- Grenada Gerard Siggins visited the tiny Caribbean island of Grenada and found it as magnificent as its homemade artisan chocolate.
- Eat your words in Ethiopia Jas Kaminski recently visited Ethiopia and found it to be a safe and startling starting point in sub Sahara Africa.
- Tennessee – Sounds Good to Me Turtle Bunbury ventures into the Deep South and has a gut-bustingly good time.
- Head in the Clouds In the Bradt Guide to Bolivia, author David Atkinson brings to light some of the delights of this high in the sky city.
- Islands in the Sun Yvette Dolan visited the Cape Verde islands for the first time and found an archipelago swaying to a very unique beat.
- Fuerteventura Gerry Mullins flies south to Fuerteventura in search of winter sun and relaxation.
- Saxony and Thuringen Paul Halpin visited the Germany’s Saxony and Thuringen region and was very pleasantly surprised!
- Hello Hawaii Myles McWeeney travelled half way round the world, only to find the islands of Hawaii worth every minute of travel time.
- Lovely Lido Mary O’Rawe and her family spent three weeks at a campsite on Lido di Jesolo and saw a different side of Italy.
- Keen on Kenya Harry Johnstone ventures off the beaten (safari) track in Kenya and finds he is richly rewarded.
- Tripping round the world In his regular Life begins at 50 column, Hugh Oram looks at fun ways to spend your SSIA
- Destination: Paris, France The Lonely Planet Guide to Paris reveals just some of joys in store in the capital of the fabled land of good food and wine.
- Mile High in Malaysia Harry Johnstone delves into Malaysia’s jungles and returns home exhilarated from equally exotic rural and urban forays…
- Knight Life From Popeye’s own personal village and a 4000BC city to a modern day spa resort, Malta is a country of many parallel universes. Nicholas Graham reports…
- At a Glance: Naples and Vesuvius Lucy Smith enjoyed a visit to Naples, the Amalfi Coast, Mount Vesuvius and the ruins of Pompeii.
- Party Around the World The Rough Guide to the World’s Best Festivals is bursting with ideas for how best to whoop it up in 2007.
- Oslo Alex Gibson took a short break to Oslo and found the city explorer very explorer-friendly.
- Reach for your Panama Hat Emmet Moloney travelled to Panama and discovered a city on the brink of a property boom …
- Hot and Steamy in Tampere Michael Collins boarded the inaugural Ryanair flight to Tampere in Finland, and enjoyed an invigorating wintry weekend in what’s affectionately known as Finland’s second city.