An overview of the two weeks we spent exploring the beautiful and relatively unspoilt landscape of Romania: its mountains, monasteries and villages rooted in tradition.
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Postcards and predominantly visual narratives from around the world.
Postcards From Portugal!
We aren’t exactly starved for sun in India. But there is something about the light in Portugal, in Lisbon in particular, that I am missing deeply as I write this from our airport hotel in cold, gloomy Frankfurt. I am in love with Portugal. It is beautiful in a melancholic sort of way. To me…
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Celebrating Dia de la Paloma On The Streets Of Madrid
We first learned of the fiesta when we discovered the mercado San Anton that we had planned to explore that August morning, was closed for the day, as were all other food markets and shops. We switched plans and went in search of Madrid’s origins instead, at the San Isidro museum (A little gem that’s home…
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In Photos – Highlights Of Beautiful Belgium
Belgium was never on my travel wish list. My visit last month, hastily put together for my sister’s benefit initially, and then rescheduled due to a family crisis, had me wondering why. Its appeal went far beyond the beer, chocolates, waffles and frite. Although they helped. A lot. The beer especially, not the waffles so…
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Not Your Standard Belgian Postcard!
A most unexpected find in the quiet Wilrijk neighbourhood of Antwerp!
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Vignette – Floating Market On Dal Lake
“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I’ll meet you there.” ~ Rumi Related: Postcards from A Poignant Paradise Afoot In Shehr e Khas WPC – Friend
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Kashmir – Postcards From A Poignant Paradise
This gallery is hardly one you would associate with danger. Yet, the instinctive reaction of family and friends when I expressed our decision to travel to Kashmir was one of astonishment at our ‘daring’. For my non Indian readers, Kashmir is the strife torn region of the Indian republic sandwiched between India and Pakistan, that has had…
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Salutating The Sun In Zadar
At the ‘Greetings to the Sun’ installation on the Zadar waterfront. And here I was, thinking the Hitchcock quote was all hype!
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Dóber Dán From Zagreb!
Zagreb, the capital of Croatia, and blogger friend Paula’s hometown, was meant to be just a transit point en-route to the Dalmatian coast. But it turned out to be far lovelier than we expected. While we were deeply disappointed that we couldn’t meet Paula in person, she was with us in spirit as we explored her beautiful city, thanks to…
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