“On the road to Mandalay, where the flyin’fishes play. An’the dawn comes up like thunder outer China ‘crost the bay!” From a trip in 2003 Barbara Kingstone December 18, 2015 Asia, China, Cruises, Feature, Myanmar “On the road to Mandalay, where the flyin’fishes play. An’the dawn comes up like thunder outer China ‘crost the bay!” So wrote poet Rudyard Kipling who spent only forty eight hours in Myanmar...
Mongolia: A Remarkable Land Locked Safari in the Sand Barbara Kingstone October 28, 2015 Asia, Feature, Mongolia, Safari, Travel Tips Even through my dazed , semi-conscious state, after various flights which took 30 hours to get to Chinggis Khaan airport (now New Ulaanbaatar International Airport), in Mongolia, when I looked down from the...
STOLPERSTEINE – STUMBLING BLOCKS. Gunter Demnig’s homage to the Holocaust. Barbara Kingstone October 5, 2015 Europe, Feature, Germany STOLPERSTEINE – STUMBLING BLOCKS. Gunter Demnig’s homage to the Holocaust. By Barbara Kingstone On a cold, dull winter Sunday morning in Cologne Germany, when everything is closed as tight as...
Toronto the good, with a moniker, Hogtown. Barbara Kingstone October 3, 2015 Canada, Feature, North America, Toronto, Travel Tips Hogtown..how would you like to say you live in a place called Hogtown, a moniker that developed in the mid 1800s when the second largest pork processing plant on the continent was in Toronto. Or how about,...
You want luxury shopping. Go no further than Zurich. Barbara Kingstone October 2, 2015 Europe, Indulgences, Jewellry, Shopping, Switzerland FROM MY HOTEL WINDOW What could be a better perch than looking down from my hotel room at the swanky 5 star Savoy en Ville Hotel on the Paradestrasse, considered the best location in Zurich, and from...
The Kempinski Adlon and Bristol Hotels in Berlin is where tradition meets denim. Barbara Kingstone September 7, 2015 Destinations, Europe, Feature, Germany, Hotels “I hope you’ll like your room,” said one of renowned “Ladies in Red”, an extension of the fine concierge group at the Kempinski Adlon Hotel in Berlin, Germany. Like the room? Love, would be the...
Berlin, a once divided city has changed for the better. And a Rabbi has been a great asset. Barbara Kingstone September 7, 2015 Feature, Germany It’s a sunny hot Sunday morning in Berlin. Family brunches have taken off in once staid Berlin. Kids rush about, digging deep into the buffet pans without any instructions from their parents who...
Karni Fort, to be treated like Maharani Barbara Kingstone September 3, 2015 Asia, Destinations, Hotels, India, Resorts After hairpin curves, a continuous cacophony of horns, narrowly hitting haphazardly roaming cows, seeing women carrying huge bundles of twigs on their heads, the roadside sameness of village stalls and...
Bal Samand Palace Barbara Kingstone September 3, 2015 Asia, Destinations, Hotels, India, Resorts Bal Samand Palace in Jodhpur, built in red sandstone, is a study of splendid Rajput architecture. From the modest entrance, it’s a surprise to walk a few metres and see a col-onnade that stretches beside...
Pushkar Fair and Pushkar Palace. An easy way to be treated like nobility. Barbara Kingstone September 1, 2015 Asia, Destinations, Hotels, India, Resorts “This is Kipling’s India,” said my new friend, Bob, a former school teacher from San Diego California referring to poet Rudyard, who was born and lived for many years in India. Bob and I sat enjoying...
