Tag: travel

  • Longing to Travel? 

    Longing to Travel? 

    Longing to Travel? A peek into a place most people overlook.    We are frequent travellers. My husband and I take our kids to a new destination, every school holiday longer than a weekend. Typically we flock to the mountains and the backwaters to hear the sound of silence. We arm ourselves with anti-malarial tablets;…

  • a video for your next coffee break…

      If thinking is the enemy of creativity then spontaneity could be a useful partner…? here’s a video for your midweek coffee break . Some impressions of a place far far away from your desktop.    

  • 7 European countries in 10 days! Plus tips to cope

    7 European countries in 10 days! Plus tips to cope

    Many holiday goers look to cover several cities and countries too, in a single holiday. Europe is a great destination to quench such wanderlust, especially for the skimming travelers. (I call them skimming travelers because such visitors expect to touch and go swiftly, have brief local encounters and experiences and then take off for the…

  • Adeus 2011, Boas-vindas 2012!

    Adeus 2011, Boas-vindas 2012!

    It is my fourth Pastéis de Nata and I’m washing it down with some port wine and watching one of the last sunsets of 2011 from the banks of the Tagus river. The place, the food and the drink seem to set the mood to post a new year greeting although the more time I…