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Did you know Halloween began in Ireland?

October 28, 2024195 Views

Halloween – a time for thrills, chills and wonderful traditions. But did you know that everyone’s favorite spooky holiday began in Ireland? Trace Halloween right back to its origins and you’ll find yourself in the mists of pagan Ireland over 3,000 years ago – a time when the ancient festival of Samhain was celebrated in the heart of Ireland's Ancient East to mark the beginning of winter. Marking the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter, Samhain was a time when the Celts believed the veil between the living and the dead was at its thinnest. Bonfires were lit, costumes were worn to ward off spirits, and offerings were made to appease the otherworldly beings. Why not go back there this year where festivalgoers and fans of folklore are in for a treat as Púca Fest...

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Haunted UK: The best places for ghost-spotting

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October 15, 2024246 Views

Halloween loving Brits looking for a spooky encounter are being given tips on the most haunted stately homes and castles to visit across the UK – as 23% confess to believing in ghosts and 42% say they know someone who’s seen one. The travel and motoring insurance experts at Tiger.co.uk conducted a spooky survey and started investigating some of the ghostliest destinations with the most haunted tales. Some of the earliest recorded ghost sightings date back to the first century AD and while there are no official recordings throughout the centuries, stories of ghosts and ghouls lurk across every corner of the UK. The experts have found spooky stately homes and castles in Scotland, Cornwall, Norfolk and North Yorkshire, uncovering ghosts including the White Lady in Lanc...

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1966 Ferrari 275 GTB wins Best of Show at 2024 Concorso d’Eleganza Varignana 1705

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October 1, 2024176 Views

# A distinguished panel of global automotive experts judged 35 mostly pre-1973 cars, meticulously selected for their design, provenance, and engineering excellence across six competitive classes # The event - in its second year - saw some of the most prestigious collection of motor cars come together for one weekend at the luxury Palazzo di Varignana in Bologna, Italy # Other category winners included a 1925 Bugatti Type 35A, a 1950 Alfa Romeo 2500 SS Villa D'Este, and a 1964 Porsche 904, among many other extraordinary vehicles celebrating automotive heritage The Concorso d’Eleganza Varignana 1705 has concluded its second edition with the iconic 1966 Ferrari 275 GTB, owned by Mr Giuseppe Matildi, awarded the prestigious Best of Show prize. This year's event was he...

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Explore the legacy of the iconic Queen Elizabeth 2

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September 20, 2024201 Views

Discover a legendary chapter in maritime history as you step aboard the Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2), the world’s most celebrated ocean liner, now permanently docked as a floating hotel in Dubai. While the QE2 no longer sails the high seas, it remains a living testament to a bygone era of luxury travel and historic voyages. Today, guests have the unique opportunity to explore this iconic vessel through through highly informative and unique guided heritage tours, offering an unparalleled glimpse into the ship’s illustrious past. Ferghal Purcell, General Manager, Queen Elizabeth 2 Hotel said, “The Queen Elizabeth 2 is a living piece of history, a vessel that has sailed through some of the most significant moments of the 20th century. Every corner of this iconic vessel tells a story of adventu...

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Dutch canal vaulting competition keeps centuries old tradition alive

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September 1, 2024244 Views

Contestants from all over the Netherlands gathered in the central village of Polsbroekerdam on Saturday for the yearly national 'fierljeppen' or canal vaulting contest. Over 2,000 people gathered to watch 48 competitors across five categories battle it out for the championship where contestants have to vault the greatest distance across the water using a pole. "Fierljeppen is a really extreme sport," organiser Danny Baas told Reuters. A contestant takes part in a yearly national 'fierljeppen' or canal vaulting contest in the village of Polsbroekerdam, Netherlands August 31, 2024. REUTERS/Bart Biesemans Contestants run at a long pole on one side of a canal, jump in and while the pole is tipping over to the other side they climb in as high as they can, to land as far as possible...

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Fish and tanks at Jordan’s underwater military museum

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May 10, 2024504 Views

In the country's first underwater military museum, tanks, a helicopter, and an armored vehicle are just some items that divers can swim around and see resting on the seabed near the Jordanian city of Aqaba. The vehicles, imitating a battle formation, have been stationed at a coral reef in the Red Sea. Inaugurated in 2019, the museum was created with the hope that the underwater structures will enhance the environment for marine life, encouraging more diving enthusiasts. The museum also hopes to relieve the pressure on natural reefs by drawing visitors away from those sites. Fish swim next to a submerged military vehicle at the Underwater Military Museum in Aqaba, Jordan, May 7. REUTERS/Stelios Misinas The war machines were sunk in a depth range of 15 to 28 meters, stationed al...

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Tokyo’s public toilets are a unique tourist attraction for visitors

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April 5, 2024421 Views

Along with taking in temples and cherry blossoms, Tokyo visitors can now join a curated pilgrimage of the city's more modern wonders: its public toilets. Penelope Panczuk was inspired to hop on the Tokyo Toilet Shuttle for a two-hour tour of artistically enhanced public conveniences by "Perfect Days", the Oscar-nominated film about a toilet cleaner in the city's Shibuya district. Foreign tourists get their photos taken in front of a public toilet which was redesigned as part of a project to transform public toilets into restrooms that can be used comfortably by everyone, during a Tokyo Toilet Shuttle Tour, at Shibuya ward, in Tokyo, Japan April 4, 2024. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon "In the U.S. or in France where I originally come from, you just don't go," Panczuk said of using public ...

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In Spain, nuns quench pilgrims’ thirst for beer and the word of God

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March 27, 2024482 Views

A congregation of Catholic nuns has reopened a bar in an ancient sanctuary in northern Spain, pulling pints of beer in the hopes of spreading the word of God to thirsty guests visiting the 11th-century Romanesque site. "I think plenty of people would think it's unusual, because they've never seen it. But you know, it's not a sin to drink a beer," said Miami-born Sister Guadalupe, adding that the bar constituted an "open door for us to evangelise". Nuns from the Hermanas Peregrinas de la Eucaristia order serve drinks at the Amaren Etxea (Mother's House) bar, at the Estibaliz Sanctuary in Villafranca de Estibaliz, northern Spain, March 24, 2024. REUTERS/Vincent West The sisters, who belong to the Pilgrims of the Eucharist order, have taken over operations at the bar in the Sanctuar...

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What happens to the coins tossed into Rome’s Trevi Fountain!

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March 9, 2024641 Views

As visitors’ coins splash into Rome’s majestic Trevi Fountain carrying wishes for love, good health or a return to the Eternal City, they provide practical help to people the tourists will never meet. For hundreds of years, when in Rome, visitors have flocked to the fountain to make a wish, following a storied ritual. Few gave their coins a second thought. Sofia Paz, from Chile, throws a coin into the Trevi Fountain in Rome, Italy, February 19, 2024. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane Today, coins pile up for several days before they are fished out and taken to the Rome division of the worldwide Catholic charity Caritas, which counts the bucketfuls of change and uses them to fund a food bank, soup kitchen and welfare projects. In 2022 Caritas collected 1.4 million euros ($1.52 milli...

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A literal “pancake house” you can stay in

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February 29, 20242077 Views

The brand best known for waffles unveils a one-of-a-kind rental property—larger-than-life stack of flapjacks Wake up and smell the pancakes! From the brand whose pancakes pack the same punch as their iconic waffles, comes this humble ab-ode to flapjacks. Eggo is celebrating its other favorite breakfast staple with the ultimate Eggo experience in honor of America’s National Pancake Day on Feb. 28. You can now book the first-ever Eggo House of Pancakes, a literal "pancake house" complete with a stick-of-butter-shaped chimney and breakfast-inspired decor, available for rent exclusively on HomeToGo. It's here just in time for spring break to rescue families and fans from the chaos that comes with planning a vacation for the whole crew. The first-ever Eggo House of Pancakes—a literal ...