A letter from Yeats to Frank O'Connor, a first edition of Bram Stoker's "Dracula" and a silver tiara decorated with scenes from the work of Burns.

A wonderful park to hike in, Connemara shows off the rugged Irish countryside at its best.

Happy Holidays everyone. This newsletter is a quick re-cap of what's going on at the site and a wish for everyone to have a fantastic holiday season.

Lauri and I visited Venice earlier this month. It's a fabulous city and I feel we only scratched the surface.

It's been good and bad restaurants galore on eyeflare in the last month or so. I caused a stir with my exposure of rip-off tricks. Even Time Out joined in and helped out some places.

Eyeflare.com joined the Trusted Travel Blogs Network in the beginning of May. And I've added more about food.

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It's been all about air fares lately. With the weather being its worst self for most of March, I wrote three articles on getting cheaper air fares. And cinema tickets, learning Swedish, online travel tools, being an ex-pat and staying healthy in Mexico.

I love music. I tend to carry a few CD's around in my computer case wherever I go, so I can have some good tunes when I work.