The Monasteries on the Giant Rocks

The trip that I had planned for the third day was the main reason for me to be in Thessaloniki (before I knew that there were plenty more things to do around!). It so happened that about 4 years ago, I'd met a colleague E who comes from Greece, in my office at a cultural...

Visiting the home of the most famous Macedonians – Philipp and Alexander

Alexander and Voukefalas As an Indian, one of the stories you grow up with is about how a Macedonian - Alexander, made a long journey and came all the way up to India conquering everything in between. But after defeating King Puru (Paurav(Greeks called him Porus) in India, his home-sick troops finally got to him...

Thessaloniki

After a long hiatus, no thanks to Corona, I finally managed to get out of my home this year. People were traveling even during the last two years of the pandemic but I was afraid. I think the threshold of each person is different, about when does one feel “it’s enough, I can’t take this...

Portugal – Day 3

Now during the tour the previous day, I got to know that the tour company also conducts guided tours in a nearby town called Sintra. People in Lisbon who wanted to take that tour, were supposed to meet the guide at the Rossio train station in Lisbon to catch a train at around 8 AM...

Portugal – Day 2 – contd..

After the walking tour, I visited the main church and then went in search of some food! Found a lovely vegetarian place which had the model of taking whatever you want from the buffet and pay by weight. And I also tried the Portuguese wine alongside. Nectar of the Gods After getting refreshed, I decided...

Portugal – Lisbon – Day 2

The second day of exploring Lisbon..

Portugal – First impressions

Portugal on my mind..

Dramatic

It's been quite some time since I could participate in a photo challenge. But today I decided to do that without having to break the continuity of one of my travelogues as I have just finished one and haven't started the next one yet. Drama as the thing without which life would be so excruciatingly...

Malta – Hagar Qim, Mosta and a Dosa!

Now that I had covered most of the places far and near that I wanted to see, I had one full day to explore. So I decided to go to the prehistoric temples similar to the ones on the Gozo island. They were almost across the island from Valletta. It took quite some time to...

Malta – Adventure with Avengers

While in Malta or may be even before reaching there, I'd had the thought that I would go watch the last Avengers movie - Endgame in Malta. So after the walking tour of Mdina and exploring a bit of Rbat, I decided to do that. I'd already checked the location of the cinemas where the...