Drive into Cork and visit the English Market that Queen Elizabeth II visited on her first-ever visit to the Irish Republic last year. Fishmongers, Butchers, and Poultry shops are truly special, but the greengrocers are surprisingly disappointing. A great afternoon in Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland – a stop at Old Head to see views that …
nzac Day, April 25th, is one for remembrance of that brave fighting force of Australians and New Zealanders, who gave their lives for King and Country on the shores of Gallipoli in Turkey in 1914. I observe a personal remembrance of that week in Turkey, but in my case it was in April 2001. It …
ather Peter McGrath, a very human, Irish, Passionist priest of 49 years presided over the ‘Celebration of the Life’ of Sean Sullivan at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church in Randwick today. Father Peter knows first hand of the battles we all can have with addictions. He confesses of the start of his recovery …
s the Cardinals of the Catholic Church enter the Conclave to elect the successor of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, I recall a significant moment in my life when I, in a group of American Express Representatives, attended a Private Audience with the then Pope Paul VI in the Vatican.
planned visit to see Bangkok’s latest exotic hotel, The Siam, turns into a wonderful sightseeing excursion along the Chao Phraya River. Thank you, Andrew. Thank you, Juanita. So easy to get to the pier from our Four Seasons on the Skytrain, and like falling off a log to step aboard the hotel’s longboat to ride …