by Janet Matricciani | Feb 24, 2023 | Blog, Janet Matricciani, Travel
The best way to visit Israel is with a fluent Hebrew speaker. That’s why I brought my thirteen-year-old son along, since he goes to a Jewish Day School and spends half each day speaking only Hebrew. Unfortunately, I had over-estimated his capabilities, so taxi rides...
by Janet Matricciani | Feb 24, 2023 | Blog, Janet Matricciani, Travel
This is for those of you who want more out of Hawaii than sun, sea, sand and surfing. For the three of you still interested, I’ll begin. Oahu is not the island paradise of Maui or Kauai. Its southern-side beaches around Waikiki are too crowded and too small, and, due...
by Janet Matricciani | Feb 24, 2023 | Blog, Janet Matricciani, Travel
Siem Reap, in northern Cambodia is today what Saigon or Bangkok would have been in 1970 – a few intersecting streets that comprise a dusty town. The whole area could be circumlocuted in an hour by foot – but nobody travels around this town aside Angkor Wat in that...
by Janet Matricciani | Feb 24, 2023 | Blog, Janet Matricciani, Travel
When you live somewhere southern and fairly warm most of the year, what better place to spend Thanksgiving than somewhere northern and fairly cold most of the year? Also, I was homesick for a bit of Europe. So off we went to Montreal. We had enjoyed a splendid...
by Janet Matricciani | Feb 24, 2023 | Blog, Janet Matricciani, Travel
The week before we left for St. Croix, my husband turned to me and said worriedly, “I’ve been reading reviews of the island and there’s really NOTHING to do there, you know!” He was concerned about our trip as he knew how bored I’d been...
