A UNESCO World Heritage city, Cartagena is Colombia’s answer to the French Riviera. Barbara Kingstone July 14, 2018 Destinations, Hotels, South America A UNESCO World Heritage city, Cartagena is Colombia’s answer to the French Riviera. Stay in the lovely old and colourful part of the city. The modern buildings of the other Cartagena is complete with...
mmmMADRID! Barbara Kingstone February 22, 2018 Europe, Hotels, Spain OLA MADRID THE MAGNIFICENT! Madrid is a city of plenty. It has at least 44 museums, a history that is daunting, many imperial boulevards, numerous theatres, palaces, outdoor monuments. It’s a...
THE MEMORY LINGERS ON Barbara Kingstone February 12, 2018 Europe, Spas, Turkey Although this newsletter is from an article of a few years ago when the world was safe, it's still a goodie and an adventure that continues to bring laughter and tears as its memory lingers on. My day of...
POLAND’S SKULL MUSEUM . . . NO KIDDING EXHIBITING ONLY THE BAD AND THE UGLY . . . NOTHING GOOD Barbara Kingstone February 6, 2018 Europe, Poland As Poland increasingly becomes a travel destination, chances are stops will include the capital, Warsaw plus the ancient city of Krakow, and perhaps Wroclaw (formerly Breslau). MOST UNIQUE JOURNEY FROM...
SWIDNICA, POLAND, SMALL BUT EXQUISITE AND FILLED WITH HISTORY Barbara Kingstone February 6, 2018 Europe, Poland My guide, Renata and I reach the historic, over 700 year old town of Swidnica. As with most Polish cities and towns, there's a main square where we have a typical but far too large Polish lunch of steak,...
LITHUANIA, AN INTRIGUING LOOK AT THE FUTURE OF A COUNTRY WITH A PAST Barbara Kingstone February 2, 2018 Europe, Lithuania This is our 21st newsletter. We have had great response and we try keeping the letter short enough to read in a cyber-minute. Tell us at bk@barbara3.com what else you would like added to these missives? What...
Madrid’s The Palace Westin Hotel, where everyone is treated royally Barbara Kingstone November 22, 2016 Europe, Hotels, Spain I hired a taxi driver to orient me around Madrid and to show off their magnificent buildings. Of course, the architecture of the 20th and 21st century is there to admire, too. But few cities have the...
Hotel Santo Mauro, Madrid…a small significant palace with the details to prove it. Barbara Kingstone November 19, 2016 Europe, Hotels, Spain The epicentre of Spain, is Madrid. Sure, there may be opposing opinions from Valencia, Seville or Barcelona, all dynamic cities. But when it comes to having it all, few cities, almost anywhere, Madrid is...
Twenty Four Hours in Corsica, a most beautiful triangle. Barbara Kingstone August 7, 2016 Europe, France, Hotels, Islands, Mediterranean, Resorts It isn’t unusual for most travellers to know the country name Corsica, The location often stumps even the savviest traveller. Is it part of Italy, maybe an island off Greece?. This well kept secret...
Corsican hotels and friendly people. Barbara Kingstone August 6, 2016 Europe, France, Hotels, Islands, Mediterranean, Resorts Corsica’s fine accommodations They are amusing, serious, luxurious and with friendly, helpful staff…all of them. Let’s get this straight. Corsica is not part of Italy although at the closest...
