SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA: FOLLOW THE YELLOW PLAQUE ROAD

Most pilgrims who set out on the Camino de Santiago walk it while others cycle and some go on horseback. When I checked it out earlier this year, I could almost have swum it. The journey begins where you want it to begin and ends in Santiago de Compostela, the capital of Galicia. That’s...

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STOCKHOLM: I LOVE THE ABBA MUSEUM, I DO, I DO, I DO, I DO, I DO

The illuminated sign outside the ABBA Museum in Stockholm invites visitors to WALK IN, DANCE OUT. It fails to mention that anyone who does walk in might have to be dragged out, kicking and screaming, because it’s such a fun-filled experience that nobody wants to leave. With the group’s universally-loved...

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Destination New Haven: Evolution of Clam Pizza

Fresh tomato and white clam pizzas from Pepe'sI was recently roped into a recruiting trip to Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Having never been, I did some research on the one distinctive aspect of New Haven cuisine that the area is renowned for--pizza, or "apizza" as it is sometimes referred...

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TRAVEL BLOG HITS THE 250,000 MARK

Another wee page views milestone at Tom Sweeney's Travels that was clocked up in June. I thought the image was lost, but I found it this morning. Thank you, dear visitors, for your continued intere...

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THANKS FOR THE AWARD

I was privileged last night in Cafe en Seine, Dublin, to be named joint-winner with my friend and colleague Pol O Conghaile in the Best Travel Read category of the Littlewoods Ireland/PR Slides BOPS Awards (Blogging and Online Publishing). Thank you so mu...

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