By Janet Steinberg, Travel Editor “God only made water”, stated Victor Hugo, “man made wine.” And what better place to taste that wine than in the world’s major wine industry capital? Because our cruise ship, Silversea’s Silver Whisper, docked overnight in Bordeaux (the sixth-largest urban area in France) we had time...
By Janet Steinberg, Travel Editor Thanks to “starchitect” Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum, the former industrial town of Bilbao, Spain, that was once dubbed the most ugly city in Europe, has had a vibrant rebirth that exceeded the townsfolk’s wildest imagination. Little wonder that it was one of the highlights of Silver...
By Janet Steinberg, Travel Editor My recent Silversea’s Silver Whisper cruise, from Lisbon, Portugal to Southampton, England, afforded me and 291 passengers from 14 countries a chance to experience one of Europe’s most captivating and diverse itineraries often overlooked by many cruise lines. SILVERSEA'S SILVER WHISPER Returning, once again, to cruise on the all-suite...
BY: JANET STEINBERG “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” Susan Sontag said it first, but I have to agree with Susan, I haven’t been everywhere, but everywhere is certainly on my list. As a young widow many years ago, I learned that a single journey...