BY JANET STEINBERG There are not too many people, or too many places that can deliver what they promise. But San Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau promises 365 days of ahhhhhhhh! And, let me tell you, that is what you get in San Diego and its neighboring communities of...
BY JANET STEINBERG When Ray Charles recorded his 1961 rhythm and blues Grammy winner “Hit the Road Jack”, I thought he said: “Hit the Road Jan”. So I took him literally. I not only hit the road, but I also hit the sky and the sea. I was amazed at the variety of ways I found myself traveling. From donkeys to elephants, from...
BY JANET STEINBERG A cruise aboard Silversea’s Silver Whisper planned a shore excursion that enabled us to relive one of the most historic events of World War II. Departing the pier in Honfleur, France we drove to the small seaside town of Arromanches via the D-Day landing beaches of...
BY JANET STEINBERG You may never have been there. In fact, you may never have even heard of it. But according to map publisher Rand McNally, Jefferson, Missouri is their 2013 choice for “America’s Most Beautiful Small Town”. This hidden gem in Missouri’s crown is approximately midway between St. Louis and The Lake...
BY JANET STEINBERG Winding and weaving its way around 1,100 miles of shoreline, Missouri’s Lake of the Ozarks, has been likened to a twisted dragon. This undulating Lake of the Ozarks is filled with fascinating stories and soft adventure. THE UNDULATING, DRAGON-LIKE LAKE OF THE OZARKS As our 3-hour drive from St. Louis to the lake was concluding, we made...
BY JANET STEINBERG “All experience is an arch wherethrough Gleams that untraveled world.” Alfred Lord Tennyson I’ve strolled, sailed, or driven, beneath some of the most famous man-made arches in the world. To name a few… the Arc de Triumph in Paris, France…Gateway to India in Mumbai, India…Brandenberg Gate in Berlin, Germany…Arch of Constantine in Rome, Italy…Arc de Triomf in Barcelona, Spain…Rua Augusta Arch in Lisbon, Portugal…Sydney Harbour Bridge in...
At the Spring-2014 Midwest Travel Writers Association meeting in St. Louis, Missouri, Janet Steinberg received 2 Mark Twain awards for her travel columns that she writes for The Travel Authority, a leisure division of ALTOUR Blog and in other newspapers and websites. Janet also writes the travel articles for...
BY JANET STEINBERG If you ever plan to enter a spelling bee, take note: Canada’s first incorporated city (1785) is spelled Saint John, not the abbreviated St. John as it is spelled in neighboring Newfoundland. To add to your confusion, the proper way to spell its mighty St. John River is...
BY JANET STEINBERG The city is gray and the Danube is anything but blue. There are no blazing boulevards, no picturesque artists’ quarters and the Spanish Riding Horses are not even Spanish. So why go to Vienna? Quite simply, because the City of the Waltz is forever young…forever fair. This ancient, tradition-steeped, crown jewel of Austria, long the capital...
BY JANET STEINBERG Halifax is the cosmopolitan capital city of Nova Scotia. It is Canada’s 13th largest city and its residents, called Haligonians, make up 40% of Nova Scotia’s population. It is a friendly city where visitors might be welcomed by the "Oyez, Oyez" of a vociferous Town Crier. Nova Scotia, the second smallest province in Canada, is approximately half the size of Ohio. In Halifax,...