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When in Venice stay at the renowned Cipriani Hotel Barbara Kingstone EuropeHotels January 20, 2011 0This scribe’s philosophy is that for everything good that happens in life, there’s always pay back time. Mine was the...
Merrion Hotel, Dublin’s best Barbara Kingstone HotelsRepublic of Ireland January 20, 2011 0The entrance to Dublin’s Merrion Hotel is so discrete, I had to ask the taxi driver if this was the...
Paris’ Hotel Le Bristol where dreams come true Barbara Kingstone EuropeFranceHotels January 20, 2011 0Travelling on the Eurostar from London to Paris, in just over 3 hours, is one convenient way to get to...
Hotel Kamp, Helsinki Barbara Kingstone EuropeHotels January 20, 2011 0The opening, or should I say the re-opening, of Hotel Kamp in Helsinki Finland, dispels any notions that the Finns...
A home away from home, that’s London’s The Colonnade Hotel Barbara Kingstone EuropeHotelsUnited Kingdom January 20, 2011 0Although it was a short stop over in London, my decision to stay overnight in this pulsating city included treating...
Cooking in Switzerland Barbara Kingstone CuisineSwitzerland January 19, 2011 0When a restaurant has a Gault & Millau rating of 18 points and wins Chef of the Year in 2007,...
Tuscany, Italy Barbara Kingstone CuisineItaly January 19, 2011 0Although I’ve managed to see many of my childhood fantasy destinations, Italy, especially Tuscany, continues to pop up often in...
Bulgaria’s Wine Center Barbara Kingstone BulgariaCuisine January 19, 2011 0MELNlK is an old wine center Melnik wine was highly appreciated at the market of Thessalonica. The town has been...
Arjan: a Bulgarian beverage of water mixed with yoghurt Barbara Kingstone BulgariaCuisine January 19, 2011 0A Bulgarian breakfast might start with some of Bulgaria’s yogurt, with a delicious strudel made with spinach or cheese (banitza)....
Cooking in French Polynesia Barbara Kingstone AustralasiaCuisineDestinationsFrench PolynesiaSouth Pacific January 19, 2011 0Perhaps one of the most impressive and also most unusual cooking classes was more like The Flintstone’s version. On the...