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Travel memories: 5 picturesque day trips from Athens

December 30, 2019

What do you get when you throw together millennia-old ruins, rugged, verdant mountains, fabled monasteries, dreamy coastlines, colourful fishing villages, and techno-pumping party isles? Why, Greece, of course! It is a remarkably diverse country – possibly more diverse than people realise. While the stereotypical image may be of whitewashed domed houses overlooking azure seas, it … More Travel memories: 5 picturesque day trips from Athens

Travel memories: 15 recommended things to see in Athens

December 24, 2019

The Olympian goddess of wisdom, handicrafts and war also happens to be the patroness and protectress of modern-day Greece’s capital. Athena, daughter of Zeus, the sky and thunder god in Greek mythology, is indeed widely believed to have got her name from the city itself, rather than the other way around. I, in fact, like … More Travel memories: 15 recommended things to see in Athens

Travel memories: Colours & street art of London

December 22, 2019

London is sometimes accused of being drab and grey – and it can be, especially when it turns on its notorious grim weather. But delve a little deeper and, even on the bleakest of days, you can find a vibrant palette of trippy street art, quirky sculptures and signage, and curious but striking doorways. I … More Travel memories: Colours & street art of London

Travel memories: Lesser-known & off-beat London

November 23, 2019

‘When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life’, as the saying goes – and it’s hard to argue. The list of main tourist attractions in this city is long enough in itself (see my Classic London post), and these may indeed be all that can be crammed into the itineraries of … More Travel memories: Lesser-known & off-beat London

Travel memories: Classic London

October 20, 2019

I wasn’t quite sure how to go about setting up my ‘travel memories’ blog post on London. Having taken 4 trips there in the 18-month period between 2015 and 2017 (part work, part play), I have a lot of photos and information to share. So I’ve decided to split it into three separate posts: One … More Travel memories: Classic London

Travel memories: 2 days in beautiful Budapest

September 29, 2019

I had been wanting to visit the picturesque Hungarian capital, Budapest, for quite some time. Originally two separate cities bisected by the Danube River – Buda on the western side and Pest on the eastern -, it has been unified since 1873, and is today home to nearly 2 million people. Many tourists tend to … More Travel memories: 2 days in beautiful Budapest

Travel memories: Rome

August 25, 2019

It’s fair to say my trip to Rome didn’t get off to the greatest of starts. The night before, in London, I had started to develop a very sore throat, which progressively morphed into a dribbling nose on the flight to Rome the next day. By the time I got to the hotel that evening, … More Travel memories: Rome

Travel memories: Paris

December 27, 2018

Much like my Prague post, this trip was taken in 2006, so this post will essentially just be a collection of the half-decent images I was able to recover. First, some familiar sights: Then there is the striking neo-Byzantine dome of the Galeries Lafayette department store, designed by master glassmaker Jacques Gruber. Meanwhile, the La … More Travel memories: Paris

Travel memories: Prague

December 26, 2018

Open a life-size fairytale book, step inside and you’ll basically end up in Prague. A vibrant fusion of Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque architecture, cobbled streets, and horse-drawn carriages, it’s the ‘quaint’ European clichée, sure, but it does it so well. I mean look at it: I should point out here that I took this trip … More Travel memories: Prague

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