Archive for the ‘The Wandering Jew’
Istanbul, Turkey: Where East meets West
By Janet Steinberg Who would have dreamed it? Certainly, I could not have! As a young girl, bored to death in a geography class that spoke of sultans, straits, and seven continents, I could never have dreamed where I would be six decades later. But there I was…sitting in a genuine Ottoman Sultan’s palace on [ Read More...]
Crystal Serenity: from three seas to three C’s
By Janet Steinberg Aegean…Mediterranean…Adriatic… Three majestic, magnificent seas brought me triple delights on my Crystal Serenity cruise from Istanbul, Turkey to Venice, Italy. In addition to sailing me to faraway places with strange sounding names (like Kusadasi, Kotor and Thira), these three seas afforded me a chance to enjoy three of my favorite things. The [ Read More...]
Hearts at play are always young
Seabourn’s Caribbean: ‘Isle’ be seeing you By Janet Steinberg Part 2 of a Series I don’t walk on water. I work on water! I work…under the guise of cruising! I work…to see everything there is to see in a port. I work…to taste every ethnic food there is in a port. I work…to know every [ Read More...]
Seabourn’s Caribbean: ‘Isle be Sea-ing you’
The possible dream: This is my quest By Janet Steinberg Part 1 of a Series “I’ll Be Seeing You”, the 1938 Sammy Fain tune, took on new meaning for me when I embarked upon Seabourn Cruise Line’s Quest, the newest addition to its 6-star, multi-award winning fleet. “Isle Be Sea-ing You” became my mantra as [ Read More...]
2011: The year in retrospect
When someone tells you about a place, you hear it. When someone shows you a picture of a place, you see it. But when you discover that place yourself, you remember it. Be it volcanoes or earthquakes, sunshine or storms, glaciers or gastronomic journeys…the experiences we have are what we remember throughout our lifetime. Come along with [ Read More...]
Buenos Aires to Santiago: The longest distance between two points
After two glorious days in Buenos Aires, we boarded Silversea’s Silver Whisper for the 3902-nautical mile voyage to Santiago. Directly due west of Buenos Aires, a short flight could have taken us to Santiago in a few hours. However, opting for the long way home, Silver Whisper’s 16-day itinerary unfurled a wondrous world for us in [ Read More...]
Santiago: Like wintering in the Mediterranean
Carpe Diem: ‘Seas’ The Day Part 4 of a Series There are said to be only three places in the world with a Mediterranean climate: The actual Mediterranean coast…Catalina Island, California…and the coast of Chile around Santiago. And, if you work it right, you could enjoy the best of The Med’s climate 12 months of [ Read More...]
Such fun! The joy of doing nothing
By Janet Steinberg Travel Editor “The grand object of traveling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean.” — Samuel Johnson, 1776 How many times have you thought (or heard someone say) “been there, done that?” Well, my friends, when you think you’ve done it all…do nothing…but do it with panache. Having cruised the Mediterranean [ Read More...]
Buenos Aires: The Paris of South America
Carpe Diem: “Seas” the Day, Part 2 of a Series By Janet Steinberg Travel Editor “In Buenos Aires. I shall have a flat with Europe for its balcony…” — Cesar Fernandez Moreno, poet. Hola! Welcome to Buenos Aires, Argentina’s capital city, the city that has been dubbed “The Paris of South America.” Literally translated, this [ Read More...]
Silver Whisper turns winter into summer
Carpe Diem: ‘Seas the Day’ By Janet Steinberg, Travel Editor Part 1 of a Series Over the past decade, my travel group (known as Doc Irv’s Mermaids) has formed a strong bond with each other. So strong a bond that we felt we would go to the end of the earth FOR each other. However, this [ Read More...]
