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As the Temple Bar Music festival kicks off in Dublin, the Dublin community blog suggests there is no better way to spend a cold, dark, wintery evening than in a pub taking in some phenomenal Irish music!

.... While we’re on the subject, I’ll leave you with my personal favourite trad sessions in Dublin.

The winner of the Lonely Planet's 2009 Best Travelogue award, Tom Fewins, is candid about the success of his blog, World in Slow Motion.

“I was a bit cynical about the whole thing, really,” he says. “I always thought that [blogging] was a bit self-regarding, actually, and thought, ‘who on earth would want to read about our trip apart from maybe family and a few friends?’”

It’s an underground thang. The owner specifically told me not to blog about his bar. This after he had poured me some of the best cocktails I’ve ever had. This after my friend had snapped a pic of my outrageous Tiki bowling shirt with the hula-girl-grass-skirt-party on my back. How did he know I was a blogger?

I was considering making this post a series with a bit more detail about each venue, but reckon it's probably more useful all mixed into one. Feel free to chip in with the comments if you feel I've missed anything worth a mention.

Continuing the series of Barcelona day trips, this is another great one. Montserrat literally means "the serrated mountain" and makes reference to it's jagged form against the surrounding landscape which is completely flat. There is a Monastery on top of the mountain, and various walks can be enjoyed to view the fantastic views.

Here's another Barcelona day trip, and perhaps the most popular for those wishing to make a side trip to somewhere interesting - The Salvador Dali Museum in Figueras. The Wacky Spanish painter has some fantastic works on display here, and even the building itself stands out - labelled the "largest surrealistic object in the world".

Every time I arrive in a new city, place, island, church, whatever... I wonder were to find the "real" good places. You know, they throw tons of tourist information papers at you at the tourist information counters, but as the word implies, its "tourist" information and not what I am really looking for.

1. Newly Hip: One Fullerton

Time for another money-saver, and another free museum. I know I mentioned that the free things weren't all going to be "boring" things but trust me on this one! This is the Chocolate Museum!

Even though Toolangi is a smidge out of Melbourne proper, it is my pleasure to review the Toolangi Tavern and other small businesses around Victoria that will feel the hit of not only diminished customers because of the Victorian bushfires but also because of the coming winter months.