Summer 2010 will see South Africa stage football’s greatest show: the FIFA World Cup. The games will be held in nine cities including Durban. The city has been pouring millions of rand into new infrastructure including a state-of-the-art football ground, The Durban Stadium, which will seat no fewer than 70,000 fans.
But there’s more to South Africa’s third largest city than the FIFA World Cup Finals. Local resident, Heather Reed, reveals why South Africa’s seaside playground rivals Cape Town as the Rainbow Nation’s most popular tourist destination…

his is a claim made by Kuoni in a new report that they have issued. In it they say that about half of all life changing decisions are made after a holiday has taken place. It would seem that the relaxing nature of a holiday gives people time to think.
The most popular subject for conversation is apparently the work life balance followed by getting healthier and fitter. And the more money you have the greater the percentage of people who discuss these subjects. Three quarters of the people said that holidays can break or make relationships but this declines as peole get older. Age seems to make people grow fonder of each other.

[ March 1, 2010; ] www.stdavidsdayparade.org
March 1st, Cardiff
Apart from the parade there will be events throughout the day

[ February 25, 2010 to March 7, 2010. ] www.tedfest.org
at Inis Mor and Inis Oirr in the Aran Isles
This year there is a new event taken from the much loved TV series, Father Ted, “The Loveliest Horse” competition