Janet Matricciani

Bermuda is very expensive and you aren't even allowed to drive a car around the island unless you're a reside…

"Don't go to Bulgaria, you'll hate it!" said my husband to me on his return from that same country, where he …

First of all, you need a place to stay. Paris has 20 "arrondissements" (suburbs) that basically spiral out fr…

Having visited much of the Caribbean, and in search of a sunny holiday destination that would be relaxed and …

"We will not walk anymore, I am tired. Tomorrow, we will drive," declared Mohammed suddenly. His announcement…

Looking for a relaxing holiday - if such a thing is possible with 3 kids under 10 - we headed off to the Cari…

"Estonia is the most developed of the Baltic States," said our taxi driver proudly as he drove us to our hote…

Like many a former English schoolchild, I remembered the name of 'the Knights of Malta' from my youth. I coul…

We wound up deciding to visit El Salvador purely by dint of mathematics. I had been to 97 countries already a…

This video is an introduction to my series, Just Janet, stories from my personal and professional life that a…

This episode is about my experiences learning that you don't have to know the answer - it's actually quite em…

This episode is about my experiences learning that you have to own whatever you lead - no matter where the in…

This episode is about a failure early on in my career. There will be many episodes about many other failures …

This episode tells the story of a situation I faced with a tough audience that did not believe in the value I…

In this episode, I describe a situation where I failed to see the situation from the perspective of a member …

In this episode, I talk about a time where the culture of the company where I worked was not quite what I exp…

It was with some trepidation that I took my son to Finland for a week. We were not going North to Lapland to …

As someone with a love of theatre, art and country music, it was with trepidation that I learned my husband h…

The Amazon jungle of Manaus in Brazil, the Grand Canyon in Colorado, the Tiz Gorges in Morocco, the Dogon cou…

What really made this a great holiday for us was the hotel, the Hyatt Regency on the Santa Barbara plantation…

I wouldn't like to be stuck in a minefield after dark without a map, native guide or bomb detection kit, but …

Is it St. Maartens, as the Dutch call it, or St. Martin as per the French the island has changed hands so man…

The week before we left for St. Croix, my husband turned to me and said worriedly, "I've been reading reviews…

Montreal: Many Museums & Much Food