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Continue reading →: The Romance of the RainTake Spring and its blossoms , take the Summer sunshine Take Autumn, take Winter – but the Monsoons are mine. The rain mesmerises, it’s almost divine I watch it – not moving. I go back in time. I sit by the window, wide-eyed – as a child I watch every…
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Continue reading →: Novotel Goa Dona SylviaI fell in love with Novotel the very first time I saw its rolling green lawns which led the way to the beach. I wanted to walk barefoot on the soft grass all day or laze in the hammocks tied to the coconut trees and just stare up into the…
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Continue reading →: Costa’s Montage – AirBnBYou know that post holiday feeling when you wake up in the morning and think – just for a second – that you’re still in Goa? That you’ll part your curtains and look out on to coconut trees, sandy walkways and colourful Indo-Portuguese styles cottages? If I had one wish,…
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Continue reading →: When Oft Upon My Couch I LieSome days at home would be strangely peaceful. It would be so quiet one could hear a leaf drop. The three other girls in the house were absorbed in their own worlds – one engrossed in a book, one sleeping soundly and the third watching a movie on her laptop.…
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Continue reading →: A Tale of Two Cities
It’s 5 PM. Sitting in the bus, on my way home from office, with the sun almost directly in my eye, I watch it grow smaller and smaller, from a large orange sphere to a tiny red dot, until it is completely engulfed by the clouds. The sky is awash…
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Continue reading →: Calcutta, in a heartbeatMillions of tiny amber lights dot the surface as I look down from my window. In between, a sprinkling of white lights, shine through the darkness like solitaires. The serpentine roads crisscross, dividing the city into blocks – puzzle pieces – each of a different shape, yet strangely fitting into…
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Continue reading →: Roma, amor – you will be missed!How I’m going to miss strapping on my sling bag and randomly walking through the streets of Rome! The first two and last two days of our Italy trip were spent simply exploring the eternal city by foot, and when in Rome, that’s the best thing to do! Walk! There…
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Continue reading →: Walking through the streets of PompeiiIt is unbelievable how much of this city has been preserved and how much still remains to be discovered. I thought the ruins would be limited to a small area, but they are massive! It can take a whole day at least if you want to see all of it……
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Continue reading →: Today was a bonusVenice was never part of our plan, but we need that much flexibility on holidays so that, if we want, we can include another city randomly on a Europe trip! We stepped out of the Santa Lucia (Venice) train station today morning on to this, a strip of pavement and…
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Continue reading →: Florence is truly magical
I thought the city may not have much to offer other than the obvious – it’s renaissance art – but we discovered sunsets by the Arno, impromptu violin concerts at the Uffizi Piazza at night, fairy tale ristorantes with delicious pizza and wine and long, romantic walks home… I managed…
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