Tag: Europe
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Travel Bucket List: Provence
Think Provence, think Lavender. Well, Provence is much more than that, but Provence is probably the place most associated with Lavender. The chief aim of my trip there June last year was to catch a glimpse of the fabled Lavender fields. The Lavenders only start to bloom from late June, which made me rather anxious, since…
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Travel Bucket List: Sintra
Pena National Palace This is going to be the start of a series of travel articles written in retrospect. I wanted to start with this piece on Sintra, since it is a place well worth travelling to and it was one place where i felt I wasn’t able to extract sufficient information from the internet…
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Nordic Norway
The origins of the name Norway is believed to have come from words that literally mean “north way”, as anyone might have guessed, and Norway certainly lives up to that. If you look at the map, Norway wraps around Sweden and Finland towards the north, as if deliberately denying them access to the northern coast.…
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How to plan a Europe trip
Here’s how i go about planning a Europe trip: 1. Decide places to visit2. Check connections availability and travel time 3. Book!
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Heaven and Hell
If you’ve come into contact with Europeans, you’d probably have a chuckle over what’s written on this plaque, found in a Swiss hotel, which is quite apt in capturing the stereotypical qualities of Europeans. Although, i would think the French are equally good lovers as the Italians and vice versa the Italians are equally good…
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Santorini
Despite being very commercialized, this little volcanic island in the Aegean Sea kicks ass. Check it out:
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Gloomy Greece
Greece Parliament building, in front of which is Syntagma square where demonstrations happen Greeks don’t come across as being lazy people. Quite the opposite, those whom i have met were diligent and enterprising. I wonder what has gotten them into the hot soup they are in now. In fact, i wonder if those people who…
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Smart Swiss
Plaque on display at Poschiavo train station showing the UNESCO World Heritage Site status for the Rhaetian Railway in the Albula/Bernina Landscape Getting the UNESCO World Heritage Site status is a sure way of getting an endless stream of profit. The Swiss are quick to capitalize on this, getting their first 3 in 1983 and…
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Ideal Italy
View of Tuscany near San Gimignano Italy is placed at the 10th spot of the best places to live in the world according to one ranking. I couldn’t have agreed more to what they had to say about Italy:
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Drinking Deutschland
Hofbräuhaus original and dark beer in 1L glasses Not to be missed while in Munich – beer, food and music from Hofbräuhaus. Beer is served by the litre, and as much as that seems to be, you will be amazed at how easy it is to down the drink (in voracious gulps). For a moment…