“I’m off to Kos next week,” I told my friend as we grabbed a coffee at work. “Kos?? Why Kos, surely you want to go to santorini, or Mykonos, or Crete?’ The influence of instagram and tiktok was starting to show. “Whats so great about Kos?” he continued. I laughed, I couldn’t really blame him,…
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Going Back to the Village: What It’s Like Visiting Your Grandparents’ Hometown
Going back to India—specifically, to Himachal—has always stirred a curious mix of emotions in me. And yes, before anyone clutches their pearls, let me just say: I know Himachal is stunning. Trust me, I’m not blind. Nestled in the northern stretch of India, brushing shoulders with the mighty Himalayas, it’s the kind of place travel…
One suitcase, two cultures and zero regrets (thanks desi guilt)
It’s no secret that I love to travel — I’ve probably said it (and posted about it) more times than I can count. But it’s only in the last year or two that I properly started solo travelling. Social media is full of women confidently jetting off on their own, exploring new countries like it’s…
A lazy girl’s 4 day guide to Salzburg and beyond
I won’t lie—Austria had never really been high on my travel list. In fact, I barely considered it. The thought of Vienna, a big city packed with one museum after another, didn’t really appeal to me. But it didn’t take long to change my mind. It all started with a rewatch of The Sound of…
Unmasking Venice: a traveler’s guide to the carnival
*ring ring*, it was Stefania. My friend who’d I’d met in my travels through Cyprus last year. One of the few where we had actually managed to stay in touch and had promised to see each other again in a different country, under a different sky. Excitedly she said ‘sooooo, Venice carnival? Are you in?’ …
Bites of Venice: A taste of Tradition
*grumble*grumble* Did you hear that? Was that my stomach? For me, italian food comes to one of the best and most diverse types of food of Europe. With spicey, meaty, and deep flavours is it a surprise my stomach is rumbling? Despite italy being so well known for all of its culinary delicacies, I often…
3 days in sorrento
Sat in the glorious sunlit pennisula of Italy, it’s easy to get lost in its beauty and start reflecting on life as your normal days fade into the abyss. It has been a while since my last post, and to the few that read my blog regularly, I apologise for this. This is in part…
Food for thought…Japanese style 🌸
Not everyone is a foodie like us. Not everyone goes to a country and wants to enjoy the food that the city or country has to offer. Take my mum for example, her visit to Japan a couple of years ago was not quite what me or my brother had expected. After only one week…
Konichiwa Kyoto: Our top 5 picks
Charles Baudelaire once said “What strange phenomena we find in a great city, all we need do is stroll about with our eyes open.” Kyoto is a city like no other, filled with culture and history combined with a technilogical twist, making Japan one of the most modern nations and making us all sit up…
A visual guide into our tasteful adventures in Marrakech
When we think about moroccan cuisine, I think our minds go directly to the most common type of food that we have heard of, namely Tagines. However, moroccan food has so much to offer than just this! Meat in all its glory (sorry vegetarians!). SO many spices and aromas! All of this looked yum and…
Two Medics And A Camera 