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...
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...
There couldn’t be a better name for this French canal barge, Panache Barbara Kingstone August 23, 2015 Cruises, Europe, France, Indulgences Captain Alan’s eyes were wide and almost teary when he told the 12 guests on the barge, Panache, the news. Our itinerary from Strasbourg France had been changed. After two years of repairs on the...
The New Berlin Barbara Kingstone September 1, 2014 Europe, Germany The New Berlin The last time I was in Berlin was in the early Seventies. The Wall still divided east and west and the differences in lifestyles were shocking. Curious to see East Berlin then, I procured...
Gunter Demnig’s homage to the Holocaust. Barbara Kingstone September 1, 2014 Europe, Feature, Germany STOLPERSTEINE – STUMBLING BLOCKS. Gunter Demnig’s homage to the Holocaust. By Barbara Kingstone On a cold, dull...
