Category: Travel
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Hong Kong – A City That Leaves a Lasting Impression
Some places are fun when you are there and they are with you still, long after you have come home. I think definitely Hong Kong belongs to the second category. As soon as we got out of the airport and our taxi approached the city it was like the “city is already living in the…
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Full Circle in London: A Journey Marked by Pride and Milestones
The city of London has always functioned as a storytelling space which shows its historical past and cultural heritage together with its enduring attractiveness. The experience of this trip proved to be unlike all previous visits. My son graduated from Regent’s University London and the city presented its colourful energy which we experienced through our…
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A Day in Pisa: More Than Just a Leaning Tower
I’d seen it in photographs, on postcards, and in a thousand travel documentaries. The famous Leaning Tower of Pisa, that rebellious, slightly tipsy building that somehow defies gravity and has become one of Italy’s most recognizable landmarks. But seeing it in person was a whole different experience. We reached Pisa on a bright sunny day,…
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Where the Earth Meets the Sky: A Journey to the Great Rann of Kutch
There are places you travel to, and there are landscapes that subtly change you. One such event was travelling to the enormous and nearly otherworldly Great Rann of Kutch in Gujarat. The Rann initially appears to be an unending white ocean that has been frozen in time. The horizon blurs the line between the sky…
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A Milanese Memoir: graduation joys, local adventures and a lesson in street smarts
Travel is never merely about ticking off locations on a map; it’s about experiences, memories, and even misadventures. Our return to Milan was an opportunity to make new memories and recreate old ones, not a nostalgic homecoming. It was all blended together well. What began as a proud parent’s excursion to witness my child’s graduation became a memorable page that was populated with the city beat and an ageless cautionary tale that I shall never soon forget. Milan a city with modern fashion studios beside centuries old churches and every corner of which seems to vibrate with restraint elegance, has captivated me for years. But, of course, the deeper, more personal reason that we came was to see my son graduate at Domus Academy, a name…
