Category Archives: Presstrips

Our man in Brussels

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Fiona Cullinan

Sometimes holiday snaps produce something a little bit more artistic. I particularly like this moody photograph (of Pete) taken on the top of the rainy Parking 58 car park in Brussels. Why were we on a car park roof in … Continue reading →

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Cantal press trip blogged – and a travel request

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Fiona Cullinan

Just back from a week in the centre of France in a little known area called the Cantal. It may be “one of the most sparsely populated and geographically isolated French departments”, according to Wikipedia, but it does have one … Continue reading →

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I’m launching a new travel blog

Posted on December 7, 2009 by Fiona Cullinan

It’s been two years since I started my first travel blog, What To Wear Where, in an effort to answer the niche packing question: ‘What do you wear in trendy Reykjavik in below-freezing December?’ While I still think the idea … Continue reading →

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Couchsurfing in the USA (or how to cut costs at SXSWi)

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Fiona Cullinan

Typical. I wait six months to write my Austin, Texas, feature after visiting South By South West Interactive and then go on holiday just when it’s published. It went in the Sunday Mercury travel section on 4th October 2009 to … Continue reading →

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'Yalla Yalla get a wriggle on!' – Jordan press trip

Posted on June 21, 2009 by Fiona Cullinan

Translation: get a move on. This was the running theme of a last week’s busy busy press trip to review Jordan’s natural wonders – well, that and lots of Spirit & Destiny magazine plugs (tick) – which involved: 1. No … Continue reading →

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