AN INTERESTING and enjoyable day trip alternative to the many attractions of Barcelona is to the mountain monastery at Montserrat… home of the famous Black Madonna.
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PARIS: THE CITY YOU NEVER WANT TO LEAVE….
BY BRIAN OGLE
THE problem with Paris is that once you’re there for a couple of days, you don’t want to leave.
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BY BRIAN OGLE
SWEDEN may be one of Europe’s more expensive countries, but as I found out recently you can spend four or five days in its stunning capital Stockholm without it costing you a penny – or rather a krona! That is of course, as long as you’ve got a healthy balance on your credit card!
For the catch is you must have plastic to survive as a tourist on the streets of the Baltic Sea beauty, as hard cash is disappearing rapidly. Indeed, it’s forecast the city could be completely cashless in five years time… So if you haven’t used a credit card to buy an ice cream, a hot dog or a bar of chocolate before, you’d better get used to it to enjoy your stay not only in Stockholm, but the other Scandinavian capitals where plastic rules the roost.
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Hello and welcome,
My name is Brian Ogle and this is my Travel Blog. I’ve spent almost 30 years as the Editor of Northern Ireland’s only travel newspaper – before that I was a sports journalist and before that worked for 20 years for the News Letter, the world’s oldest continuous publication daily newspaper. Now I’m freelance I’m continuing to explore the globe and visit the places I’ve missed so far. Yes, believe it or not there’s still many shores I’ve yet to set foot on. This Blog will follow me on my travels – and I hope you will join me….
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The 'Travel' Life of Brian 