Porto I saw an internet poll a few days ago which voted Ireland as the friendliest country in the world to visit. I’m not sure how much provenance these polls have but nonetheless it’s nice to hear. Not that far behind Ireland was Portugal and as we recently visited that country, I can personally attest to this. I have heard it said by foreigners that Irish people give such detailed directions when asked, that they practically go with you to your destination. We found similar

There is obviously a huge world spotlight on Ukraine right now and rightly so, given the dangers and deprivations that those proud people are suffering. I mention this because I received more reaction to the one article I wrote about Ukraine recently than any other. I am still being snowed under on a daily basis by receiving numerous articles on the war and the situation in the country.   There are people who are based there and others with knowledge far greater than mine who