Sydney’s new lunar year celebrations are something to crow about, even for a cheeky Rat like Bernard O’Shea. Sydney is in a festive phase, come…
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The scene: an Australia Day fair in suburban Sydney. Delicious smells waft from food stalls. There’s an ominous rumble in the air. Thunder? No! It’s Bernard…
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The alpine village of Sinaia, in Romania’s Carpathian Mountains, has long been a favoured haunt of monks and royals. Bernard O’Shea goes to haunt it…
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Of the 300-odd waterfalls at Iguazú, this one’s the monster. For part two of our series on this amazing spectacle, we’re going to peer down…
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When “Carnival” and “Brazil” are mentioned, you’ll probably think of Rio de Janeiro, but maybe you should be thinking of Recife, writes Bernard O’Shea. …
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Prague Castle is one of the Czech capital’s main attractions, and your visit can come with fanfare – trumpeteers and men in uniforms on the…
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He was a one-man rock and roll concert on one of the more elegant roads of Warsaw. Everyone gave him a wide berth, for his…
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No matter what you’ve seen of it in the movies, nothing can prepare you for the grandeur of Petra. Bernard O’Shea is awestruck by an ancient…
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Atten-shunn! Fall in, everybody, behind Bernard O’Shea as he marches into a most unusual military zone and salutes its artistic bent and anti-war sentiments. Vienna…
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Brasilia is on the World Heritage list for its modern urban planning, but perhaps its best attraction is one carved by Mother Nature. Bernard O’Shea goes…