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Countries, Ireland

Aery Christmas everyone

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Aery Christmas everyone and Ireland’s national airline provider is feeling festively generous.

Because Aer Lingus have checked our list and know that what we really want from Santa is cheaper flights.

And so they’re offering…

4 million seats on sale from tomorrow, December 21st to 15th January.

Up to 25% off flights to European and UK destinations.

North American flights starting at €179 each way as part of a return trip.

New routes

All Greek to me: Fun in Crete

And something new to look forward to for the New Year with new routes to Sicily, Crete and Turkey from tomorrow.

So you can add Heraklion in Crete, Catania in Sicily, and Dalaman in Turkey to your list of destinations to visit.

Freewheelin’: In Sicily

Adding to those Aer Lingus has introduced us to in 2023, Kos in Greece, Olbia in Sardina, and Brindisi in Italy.

Turk that: Heraklion

Dalaman takes off on 6th April, Catania in Sicily makes its debut from 1st May, and Crete commences on 2nd May.

Staying on trend

Ageless: Going for a walk in Tenerife

Now who better to share what we all like than the dream providers who take us around the world?

And Aer Lingus reveal that the top 3 European destinations booked last January were Malaga, Faro, and Paris in Europe.

While New York, Boston, and Chicago were the go-to American destinations throughout the entire year.

And where are the crowds at the airports most likely to be flying out to in the summer. for their sun.

Ole, it’s still Spain and Portugal, and who can blame them?

With Malaga, Faro and the Canaries all benefiting from the Irish and Hibernophiles adding a splash of green to their season.

 

Europe, Flying

A toast to Aer Lingus’s new Brindisi route

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It is one of those Irish idiosyncracies we all love when people clap when their flight lands… now add to that a toast to Aer Lingus’s new Brindisi route.

Brindisi, if you don’t know, is in Puglia, in the heel of Ireland’s boot.

The region best known for its distinctive conical shaped houses.

We love you Trulli

Ahead of the curve: Brindisi harbour

All of which are Trulli captivating (see what we did there).

So why are we toasting it today?

Well, our friends at Aer Lingus have alerted us to the (good) news.

That they have introduced Brindisi to their European roster for next year.

Along with Olbia in Sardinia and Greek island Kos, both of which have their many merits.

But because my largesse meant I commissioned one of our writers in my previous billet in Dublin.

To visit the trulli, my lead-in here is Puglia.

Singalong

Cheers: La Traviata

Brindisi you might know too as a committed Italianophile is a drinking song.

The types you will hear should you have visited the institution that is La Parolaccia in Rome.

Where actor/waiters will insult you and pick on other Italians and their regional stereotypes.

Tis Grand: The Grand Opera

All of which is quite apt as the brindisi drinking song is a favourite for operas.

But, of course, being a cultivated audience you will recognise Brindisi from La Traviata.

Which, full disclosure, I didn’t but enjoyed to the full in Prague’s State Opera House.

Way to go Joe

No place like cone: A Puglia trullo

Giuseppe Verdi, or Joe Green as he would be in English, knew we’d imagine about Brindisi, both the drinking toasts and the town.

And that’s why he put a Brindisi in Act 1 Scene 1.

Where our heroine Violetta hosts a party, despite being very ill with tuberculosis, or consumption, its old term.

Violetta says: “I give myself to pleasure, since pleasure is the best medicine for my ills.” Fine girl you are.

Now with the perfect wine-growing climate.

And armed with this guide from Especially Puglia I can just see us channeling our inner Verdi.

And raising a toast to Aer Lingus’s new Brindisi route… before staggering back to our trullo.