Pompeii and Vesuvius, Italy
It is my recollection that the gripping story of the city of Pompeii and its destruction, was part of my English syllabus in the 3rd Standard. While I generally tend …
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Postcards from Rome..
Long before I walked into the current city of Rome, I had peered into the ancient city of Rome during the glorious Roman empire. My vehicle of time-travel was the …
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Tirol Region, Austria
There were quite a few work trips in quick succession earlier in the year, and the trip in June to the small town of Kundl in Austria was one of …
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Croatia Once More (III): Korcula, the sweetheart!
The last stop of my Croatia trip with Mum and Dad in May this year was the little island of Korcula. It is another true island of slow living, which …
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Croatia Once More (II): Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik was the second island of our trip, and also our longest stay of all. Dubrovnik is among the most (if not the most) popular tourist destinations in Croatia, its …
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Croatia Once More (I): Split & Hvar
Two years back, we had planned a trip through Amsterdam and Croatia with my parents, and they were at the last moment unable to make it due to some extenuating circumstances. …
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Splendid Seville!
I am not much a bucket-list traveler. But in the little “If I had to have a bucket list, what would I put on it” list, Seville had been high …
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Palma de Mallorca, Spain
We always find Spanish cities to be charming, vibrant and neat, and of these, the Palma city of Mallorca island is now officially top of the list. For one, it …
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Ending the year at Majorca, Spain
This was our year-end Christmas break, and our second trip to Majorca. I think, without realizing, the vacation was under some pressure of expectations. You see, the last trip to …
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Gorgeous Wasserfallen this Autumn
It was early November and autumn was all but gone. Along with friends, we wanted to make a final dash to still capture the colours. So we went to Wasserfallen. As …
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Barcelona, Spain
It was Barcelona this year for our customary October break. And with family over, the highlight was late night conversations, music sessions and cooking together. The city provided a beautiful …
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Colmar, France.. The Fairytale Village
A fairytale village, and among my favourite places.. we visited Colmar yet again. We are always eager to take all our dear ones there, and then there are some folks …
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Zermatt, Switzerland
This is one place my husband has been wanting us to go for years now. He’s been wanting to hike up the Gornergrat, to a face to face rendezvous with …
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Bol, Croatia
Hello stranger! From all who have been here Now.. and since countless years The wind and the sun The sky and the ocean And you are here today Pause before …
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Venice, Italy
So, it happens something like this..On the train to Venice, I am reading this book called ‘The Places that Scare You’- which essentially implores one to sit face to face …
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Verona, Italy
Most people hear of Verona in the context of the tale of ‘Romeo and Juliet’. These two protagonists of Shakespeare’s famous tragedy belonged to rival families from Verona. It seems …
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Mount Teide: Tenerife (Spain) III
Though we were not hiking up the mountain, it was still a very uphill task getting to the top, and even more painful (as in life) to come down. There was …
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Tenerife(Spain) Part I: Of Aimless Wandering
A large and lovely part of our long-awaited trip to Tenerife consisted of a persistent pursuit of nothing. There was a large chunk of this: and this.. walks along the …
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Bad Säckingen: A small station in Germany
I did not have any expectations: it was supposed to be a business meeting, the weather was getting progressively colder, I was jet-lagged (having returned from India a day before).. …
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Hiking up Mount Rigi, Switzerland
Autumn is setting in, infusing shades of red and yellow into the greens, and the misty smell of dried leaves in the air. On a warm enough day at this time, it …
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