BY JANET STEINBERG Pardon the pun, but here it comes: The reign in Spain is not mainly on the plain. My personal choice for the city that reigns supreme in Spain is Barcelona. So, come along with me to enjoy a taste of Barcelona. Ole!!! WELCOME TO...
BY JANET STEINBERG RIO DE JANEIRO...
BY JANET STEINBERG Buon giorno. Good morning. Having received port clearance in Civitavecchia, Italy, folllowing my Mediterranean cruise, I opted for a sightseeing tour in Civitavecchio and a post-cruise stay in the Eternal City of Rome. SIGHTSEEING BUS IN CIVITAVECCHIA An hour-plus drive took us through the Etruscan countryside, along the Via Aurelia, to...
BY JANET STEINBERG Forty shades of green. I can think of no better way to describe Ireland, The Emerald Isle. IRELAND IS FORTY SHADES OF GREEN Dunmore East, a small fishing village located in County Waterford, some 15 miles south of Waterford. Dunmore East, with its twisting lanes and old houses, sits on the...
BY JANET STEINBERG PART SIX OF A SERIES The Bahamas is not one destination, but many. The Bahamas is a 600-mile long archipelago of about 3000 islands but only 30 of them are permanently occupied. Each island is unique, but they are all part of a whole that Bahamians refer...
BY JANET STEINBERG PART FIVE OF A SERIES Having sailed some 641 nautical miles from Norfolk on Silversea’s Silver Shadow, we reached the delicate water-colored islands of Bermuda that are among the most beloved islands in the world. Under a “pink cloud of oleanders, the idyllic islands of Bermuda are framed...
BY JANET STEINBERG PART FOUR OF A SERIES How would you pronounce the name of that bustling seaport town in Virginia? Is it Nawr-fek Nah-fic, Naw-fok, or any combination of the above? Or would you call it just plain Nor-folk? WELCOME TO NORFOLK No matter how you pronounce it, Norfolk is a nifty...
At the Spring-2015 Midwest Travel Writers Association (MTWA) meeting in the Finger Lakes Region of New York State, it was announced that Janet Steinberg, official blogger for The Travel Authority, an ALTOUR company, was awarded the First Place Mark Twain Award for the Best Travel Writing Series of the...
BY JANET STEINBERG PART THREE OF A SERIES Nothing could be finer than to be in Carolina in the morning….and especially on a morning when you are arriving into Charleston’s bustling harbor on the fourth day of a glorious Silversea cruise. Our cruise, on Silversea’s Silver Shadow, had just sailed us...
BY JANET STEINBERG PART TWO OF A SERIES Spanish moss dripping from live oaks…stately mansions exuding the charm of the 1800’s…historic Revolutionary and Civil war sites. This is Savannah, Georgia. Classic yet cool, historic yet hip, this “Hostess City of the South” magically melds the old with the new. SPANISH MOSS...