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Mysterious Meteora: A Photo Gallery

Our drive to Meteora was eventful, to say the least. In the previous post on Meteora, it was mentioned that we were stopped and booked for speeding. In my defence, it was a new expressway that had practically no vehicles for kilometres at a… Continue Reading “Mysterious Meteora: A Photo Gallery”

In Love with Mysterious Meteora

I’m not able to pinpoint when my fascination with Meteora began, but it would be about right to say that I’ve been wanting to see this mysterious place for myself for the longest time. Especially after two ditched plans to come to Greece. Meteora… Continue Reading “In Love with Mysterious Meteora”

Delphi, the Centre of the World

As considered by ancient Greeks, that is. According to ancient Greek mythology, Zeus released two eagles in opposite directions of east and west, and the place where they met again – Delphi – was denoted to be the centre of the known world, the… Continue Reading “Delphi, the Centre of the World”

This is Home, Truly

And home is where the heart is. Singapore has recently been plagued by weeks of unceasing wet weather. This, combined with Paris’ increasing lack of stamina and us letting the busyness of everyday life overwhelm us, meant that we have not been venturing out much with… Continue Reading “This is Home, Truly”

Why Travel?

Genevieve’s Perspective At some point in any wanderlust bug-bitten traveller’s traipsing life, this dreadfully difficult question is bound to surface – Why on earth do you travel so much? I know my own parents often wonder. I have been pondering over this question the past… Continue Reading “Why Travel?”

My Inexplicably Strange Encounter in Fátima

Our schedule started early in the day, as typical of most guided tours. It didn’t matter that I was sufficiently under the weather to have taken a slow day, or skipped some locations if we were vacationing on our own. A guided tour meant… Continue Reading “My Inexplicably Strange Encounter in Fátima”

Of The Keukenhof & Canals

Contrary to popular belief, not all women are partial to flowers. I am one such exception. Apart from two white flowers – tiger lilies and white cymbidiums – no other flower, however resplendently packaged in a bouquet, catches my eyes. We were therefore expectedly not looking… Continue Reading “Of The Keukenhof & Canals”

Of First Snow

The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be… Continue Reading “Of First Snow”