Yesterday...
the Top Ten blogs
the Top Ten blogs
Yesterday, Bank Holiday Monday, June 6, 2016
HOLIDAYezine received 1,143 hits.
(Last month there were 13,437 visits)
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| Today's stats at 3.00pm |
Nothing new was posted,
so these visits on one day were to blogs
from both recent and archive entries
Here are the top ten hits for the day.
All photos by Pat Keenan unless otherwise noted
1 Two Towns linked by Treachery(posted May 8, 2016)All photos by Pat Keenan unless otherwise noted
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| All Saints Church, Hastings: where Titus Oates was baptised and his father was rector |
An innocent visit to a church in Hastings, England drew Pat Keenan into a web of political and religious conspiracy, of plots, lies, imprisonment and executions linking that English town and a town in north county Dublin. http://holidayezine.blogspot.ie/2016/05/malahide-codublin-hastings-east-sussex.html
2 DH Lawrence in Taos New Mexico and the Elgin Marbles(posted December 12, 2014)
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| Part of the Forbidden Art Collection |
A tale of looting, banned books, "indecent" paintings and a plan to return the Elgin Marbles to Greece. Pat Keenan takes us from the Acropolis in Athens, to police raids in London and to an encounter with Saki Karayas at the La Fonda Hotel in Taos, New Mexico. http://holidayezine.blogspot.ie/2014/12/dh-lawrence-in-taos-new-mexico-and.html
3 And the Winners are... Travel Media Awards 2016 (posted May 24, 2016)
Every year Irish travel writers and the travel media are asked to vote for their favourite travel companies. These are their awards. http://holidayezine.blogspot.ie/2016/05/and-winners-are.html
4 Winter City Breaks in Spain(posted November 21, 2014)
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| Saville Cathedral: the final resting place of Christopher Columbus, or is it? |
There's more to Andalusia than the Costas: city breaks, Saville, Córdoba, Málaga and an option to also visit Aznalcázar, Écija, Huelva and Antequera. http://holidayezine.blogspot.ie/2014/11/andalucia-seville-cordoba-malaga.html
5 Inspector Montalbano's Sicily (posted July 23, 2014)
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| Montalbano action in Piazza Italia, Sicicli. Photo: RAI/BBC |
Pat Keenan visits the patch of Italy's best-loved policeman, visits his places of work, his beachside home and samples his favorite foods. http://holidayezine.blogspot.ie/2014/07/sicily-inspector-montalbanos-patch.html
6 Bilbao and Bizkaia(posted May 27, 2016)
In Dublin to celebrate the unique culture of the Basque Country. Pat Keenan reports http://holidayezine.blogspot.ie/2016/05/bilbao-and-bizkaia.html
7 Ireland: Hotels - follow the (Celeb) Star…at Home! (posted September 21, 2014)
http://holidayezine.blogspot.ie/2014/09/ireland-hotels.html
8 Bloomsday in Dublin 2014(posted June 17, 2014)
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| Celebrating James Joyce |
It was a century to the day, June 16 1904, after Leopold Bloom, James Joyce's fictional character in Ulysses walked through the streets of Dublin, and Pat Keenan enjoyed his native city's day of celebration ... he took his camera along http://holidayezine.blogspot.ie/2014/06/bloomsday-dublin-2014.html
9 In praise of Puglia(posted January 3, 2016)
Pat Keenan loved the food, the people and sites in the heel of Italy http://holidayezine.blogspot.ie/2016/01/puglia.html
10 Comiso in South East Sicily (posted June 23, 2014)
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| Comiso First Communion: boys celebrate |
In his second Sicilian report Pat Keenan flew into a new airport, visited a charming town, admired some great artistic riches and had another encounter with dead monks
http://holidayezine.blogspot.ie/2014/06/comiso-in-sicily-charming-town-new.html