Visiting Ireland in 2012

Please welcome our guest blogger  William Egan from Ireland Car rental.

There has never been a better time to visit Ireland. With hotels prices being as low as they have in years, Ireland is becoming a cheaper option than many of its fellow European cities such as London or Paris.

There are now more ways than ever to visit Ireland with the recent opening of a second terminal in Dublin Airport and improvements in regional airports in Knock, Kerry and Galway. Emirates is the latest international airline to open up Ireland as a destination.

Once in Ireland there is so much to see and do. The best way to enjoy the real Ireland is by hiring a car. Ireland Car rental offer a full range of vehicles to suit your needs. Once you have the freedom of the open road then everything is possible. Ireland geographically is very small and one can travel from east to west coasts in under 3 hours.

Dublin is where most tourists visit and it is understandable given the plethora of famous attractions such as the Guinness Storehouse and Brewery, Trinity College, Houses of Parliament and museums.

The St Patrick ’s Day festival held every year on March 17th welcomes millions each year with events, parades and “craic” (Irish language for fun). Ireland is famous for its bars and friendly atmosphere and never is this more apparent that during the St Patrick’s Day festival.

So why not jump on a plane and visit Ireland in 2012, there is so much to explore.

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TheBétaVersion: Exclusive Handmade Leather Accessories for Travel

Please welcome our guest blogger Monika Csapo from The Traveler

My inspiration for this article was that many times when I was travelling I wanted to purchase some real local designer stuff, but I simply did not have the channels to trace where I can find them. The other problem was that since I did not even know the local designers of course I could not find their homepage/ web shop either, which can be an important step in the 21st century.

In this first article I would like to introduce to you the brand TheBétaVersion. To see their products you can visit the Mono Fashion store in Budapest, Hungaryor check out their online-store at http://thebetaversion.bigcartel.com/.

The advantage of living in a relatively small country is that you have to be open and flexible, if you want to connect with the rest of the world. You learn languages, you travel, meet different cultures and all it shapes your personality and your way of seeing the world. In the works of the young Hungarian fashion designers you can see the trace of this cosmopolitan worldview, yet there is some local flair in all of the collections.

I like TheBétaVersion, because they work with local folk art motives, but their products are still really modern and they connect the traditional with a modern minimalistic look in a very good way (my favorite examples for this are their iPad/iPad2 cases).

TheBétaVersion brand was created in 2010 by Zsófi Rainer Hungarian designer and Cili Varga brand manager. Their portfolio contains high quality handmade leather bags and accessories. Well known patterns of Hungarian folk art such as birds, geometric shapes and stylized human figures are transformed into pixel patterns and pierced to the leather.

Below you can see pieces of the PIXELFOLK collection:

 

Hungarian Bag

(Photo Source: http://thebetaversion.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/pixelfolk6.jpg )

 

 

Betaversion

(Photo Source: http://thebetaversion.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/pixelfolk7.jpg)


Hungarian Leather Accessorires

(Photo Source: http://thebetaversion.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/pixelfolk5.jpg)


To find out more about Hungarian designers you can visit http://ourstyle.hu/en/ . The website gives you up to date information about the latest collections and fashion lovers find here among all a „Magazine” section witch contains nice photo shoots. Online shop available, prices in EUR.

 

 

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