Festivals of Jewish culture in the Czech Republic Barbara Kingstone Czech RepublicEurope January 17, 2011
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
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A Gem of Country. Sri Lanka Is like Their Sapphires, Rare And Sparkling. AsiaDestinationsHotelsIndulgencesJewellryShoppingSri Lanka January 17, 2017
How can I say this without giggling, but Las Vegas has become a sophisticated, and funky destination. DestinationsHotelsLas VegasNorth AmericaShoppingUnited States December 25, 2015
You want luxury shopping. Go no further than Zurich. EuropeIndulgencesJewellryShoppingSwitzerland October 2, 2015
Shopping in the mecca of great everything…Delhi, India won’t disappoint. AsiaIndiaShopping December 8, 2014
“Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it” said Confucius. The Chinese believe in fate. And on a sunny morning, I learned in Beijing, that I did too. Barbara Kingstone AsiaChinaShopping April 6, 2011
Jewish Lodz – Past and Present Barbara Kingstone EuropePoland March 19, 2011 0It’s never easy to see memorials and Lodz (pronounced Wootch) pays homage to its more than 223,000 (34 percent) Jews...
Krakow, Poland Barbara Kingstone EuropePoland March 19, 2011 0 Krakow In Krakow, Poland’s third largest city located on the Wisla River, Chris, my non- Jewish knowledgeable guide, took...
CHOPIN… What could be better in Warsaw than listening to outdoor concerts as you walk along the streets Barbara Kingstone EuropePoland January 24, 2011 0“A native of Warsaw, a Pole at heart, with the talent of a world citizen” Cyprian Kamil Norwid. It’s the...
Amber – The Baltic’s gift with history and colour Barbara Kingstone EuropeIndulgencesJewellryPoland January 19, 2011 0For years amber, also known as succinite, the stone that dates back at least to 12,000BC, was seen in street...
Wieliczka Salt Mine Barbara Kingstone EuropePoland January 17, 2011 0Entrance to the salt mine Chandelier of salt in the Krakow mine About 10 km from Krakow’s city centre is...
Warsaw a latter day Phoenix raised from ashes Barbara Kingstone EuropePoland January 17, 2011 0In the seventies when my husband and I decided to ‘discover’ both our families’ roots in Poland, the first question...
Warsaw, Poland Barbara Kingstone EuropePoland January 17, 2011 0Warsaw is scarred with horrendous history, which shouldn’t be forgotten. But the “new city” is filled with contemporary surprises. You...
Auschwitz. Is The After better than The Before… Barbara Kingstone EuropePoland January 17, 2011 0Over 30 years ago when my husband and I visited Poland. Even the immigration officer at the airport wondered why...
A Journey into the Holocaust (memories from 1972) From the book, BEYOND IMAGINATION, 1995 Barbara Kingstone EuropePoland January 17, 2011 0When I told Janusz that my mother, too, was Polish, he looked astounded. “She may have been born there, but...