A trip to Spain’s major wine area, La Rioja: The ups and downs in a wine cellar and the enlightening of taste buds. Barbara Kingstone CuisineEuropeSpain January 18, 2011 18
The Hotel, Lucerne, a groovy place in staid Switzerland Barbara Kingstone EuropeHotelsSwitzerland January 20, 2011 3
THERE SEEMS TO BE A NEVER ENDING QUEST FROM ERA TO ERA IN THE FASHION WORLD, FOR ANIMAL STRIPS AND SPOTS. Fashion Forward May 19, 2024
It’s been years since fashion mavens have discovered the drama of the jungle. Destinations September 15, 2021 6
Everything old is new again…that is if you live long enough. Barbara Kingstone Fashion Forward October 20, 2019 32
A Gem of Country. Sri Lanka Is like Their Sapphires, Rare And Sparkling. AsiaDestinationsHotelsIndulgencesJewellryShoppingSri Lanka January 17, 2017 166
How can I say this without giggling, but Las Vegas has become a sophisticated, and funky destination. DestinationsHotelsLas VegasNorth AmericaShoppingUnited States December 25, 2015 16
You want luxury shopping. Go no further than Zurich. EuropeIndulgencesJewellryShoppingSwitzerland October 2, 2015 373
Shopping in the mecca of great everything…Delhi, India won’t disappoint. AsiaIndiaShopping December 8, 2014 62
PARIS.. THE PERFECT CITY. Barbara Kingstone DestinationsEuropeFrance July 16, 2022 0 55The weather didn’t hinder my first day in Paris. My schedule was set and included going to Fondation de Louis...
mmmMADRID! Barbara Kingstone DestinationsEuropeSpain February 22, 2018 0 41 OLA MADRID THE MAGNIFICENT! Madrid is a city of plenty. It has at least 44 museums, a history that...
Madrid’s The Palace Westin Hotel, where everyone is treated royally Barbara Kingstone DestinationsEuropeHotelsSpain November 22, 2016 0 48I hired a taxi driver to orient me around Madrid and to show off their magnificent buildings. Of course, the...
Hotel Santo Mauro, Madrid…a small significant palace with the details to prove it. Barbara Kingstone DestinationsEuropeHotelsSpain November 19, 2016 0 53The epicentre of Spain, is Madrid. Sure, there may be opposing opinions from Valencia, Seville or Barcelona, all dynamic cities....
Twenty Four Hours in Corsica, a most beautiful triangle. Barbara Kingstone DestinationsEuropeFranceHotelsIslandsMediterraneanResorts August 7, 2016 0 151It isn’t unusual for most travellers to know the country name Corsica, The location often stumps even the savviest traveller....
Corsican hotels and friendly people. Barbara Kingstone DestinationsEuropeFranceHotelsIslandsMediterraneanResorts August 6, 2016 0 19Corsica’s fine accommodations They are amusing, serious, luxurious and with friendly, helpful staff…all of them. Let’s get this straight. Corsica...
Padua, Italy. Forget the stunning Italians. There’s so much to learn from our ‘Ruskie’ friends. Barbara Kingstone EuropeItalyTravel Tips February 15, 2016 0 14I thought I was fairly sophisticated. So there I was at a famed spa and splendid hotel The Grand Thermal...
Basking in the glories of Italy’s famed thermal waters. Abano is spa with a difference. Barbara Kingstone DestinationsEuropeHealth TravelHotelsItalySpas February 1, 2016 0 41In Europe, Bad means good. Most spas have the prefix of Bad for example Baden Baden in Germany or Bad...
STOLPERSTEINE – STUMBLING BLOCKS. Gunter Demnig’s homage to the Holocaust. Barbara Kingstone EuropeFeatureGermany October 5, 2015 0 82STOLPERSTEINE – STUMBLING BLOCKS. Gunter Demnig’s homage to the Holocaust. By Barbara Kingstone On a cold, dull winter Sunday morning...
You want luxury shopping. Go no further than Zurich. Barbara Kingstone EuropeIndulgencesJewellryShoppingSwitzerland October 2, 2015 0 373 FROM MY HOTEL WINDOW What could be a better perch than looking down from my hotel room at the...
