Pampered in Jordan: The Dead Sea resorts
In the ‘village square’ the and female duo were belting out their version of Van Morrison’s “Moondance,” “This night is magic, seems to whisper and hush, the soft moonlight seems […]
In the ‘village square’ the and female duo were belting out their version of Van Morrison’s “Moondance,” “This night is magic, seems to whisper and hush, the soft moonlight seems […]
Originally published in The Jerusalem Post By SETH J. FRANTZMAN The sun’s rays dip beneath the soft and undulating foothills of the Carpathian Mountains. In spring the weather is still […]
Originally published in The Jerusalem Post By SETH J. FRANTZMAN The men setting up a boom to hold lights for a stage below a giant plastic poster reading “#unite- 4heritage” […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN From Kiev to Lviv: First impressions The sun sets slowly in April, the trees have still not got their leaves back, and Kiev’s Borispol airport doesn’t […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN in The Jerusalem Post February 4, 2015 Yaakov Berg tells a story about the Baron Edmond de Rothschild, who invested massively in wine production in Europe […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Anyone driving down the 431 towards Rishon LeTsiyon can’t miss the strange old buildings that loom over the highway near the exit to Be’er Yaakov. This […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN (Written for The Jerusalem Post, hence the concentration in parts on Israeli tourism) Mustafa Kemal Ataturk is everywhere. A post display in Istanbul throughout the city […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Originally published in The Jerusalem Post Things to do on Scottish Holiday: Make sure to destroy rental car at end of trip, so that it can […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Yaakov Berg tells a story about the Baron Edmund de Rothschild. Rothschild invested massively in wine production in Europe and also in Ottoman Palestine in the […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Originally published in The Jerusalem Post Sjogata Street in Bodo (Bodoe) is lined with modern buildings. Monotonous and boring, they are the result of the punishing […]