There are a few ways to get to the heart of Dublin after you land in Ireland.

- Taxis: available from the forecourt on the Arrivals level road. All licensed taxis are obliged to display fare information and give receipt printed by the printer attached to the meter. A taxi to the city center should cost around €25-30. There is a national standardised rate for all taxis. If you have problems, you can contact www.taxiregulator.ie or call National SPSV Consumer Information line on 890 60 60 90.

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- Full name: The Republic of Ireland (Irish: Éire or Poblacht na hÉireann)

- It constitutes the main portion of (the island of) Ireland, and is bounded to the northeast by Northern Ireland (Irish: Tuaisceart na hÉireann) which is part of the United Kingdom.

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There are about 11 civil airports in Ireland and the biggest is probably the one in Dublin. The airport is well signposted. The atrium of the car park is where left luggage is located.You can also obtain a porter from Greencaps, call (0)1 814 4633. Probably the best feature is that there you can also find special toilets and lifts with Braille buttons and also a telephone adapted for the deaf. Read the rest of this entry »

One of the hardest questions to figure out when I travel is the tipping problem. It is not just question of money, but culture too. There are countries like US and Canada where the tipping is your obligatory extra 20% to the bill and others like Japan where tipping might be seen as insulting act of ignorance.

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Before we go to Brazil, here are a few curious facts and useful advices:

General:

• Capital of Brazil the country is Brazil, the city.
• The largest city is Sao Paolo.
• Rio de Janeiro is the second largest city and was capital of Brazil in the
  period (1763 – 1960).
• Near Rio de Janeiro is the huge statue of Christ Redeemer which last year
  was announced as one of the new seven wonders.
• Brazilians often complain about local governmental policies and politics
  (and sometimes are right).
• But they become very defensive when foreigners have negative comments on
  same topics.
• Local language is Portuguese, it sounds like Spanish but it’s not.
• Racism is official crime and you can sleep in jail for it. Be careful what
  you say.

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