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tomatoes for sale at Girona Food Market
Culture Peeps, Europe, Food Thoughts, Outside India, Photo Essays, Spain, Travel Extras, Trip Photos, World Food

Visiting the Girona Food Market in Spain

Travel is synonymous with food and for me and no trip is complete without sampling the local cuisine. In all […]

October 23, 2025
dali museum exhibit of the sistine chapel
Europe, Outside India, Photo Essays, Spain, Travel Extras, Trip Photos

Visiting the Dali Museum in Figueres in Spain

Exploring the Dali Museum in Figueres is like falling down the rabbit hole in Alice style and entering an enchanted […]

October 23, 2025
one of the wall plasterwork of nasrid palaces
Europe, Outside India, Photo Essays, Spain, Travel Extras, Trip Photos

Secrets of the Nasrid Palaces, the last paradise of the Andalusian Moors

“Dale limosna, mujer. Que no hay en la vida nada como la pena de ser ciego en Granada.” (“Give him alms, […]

October 23, 2025
beautiful ceiling designs in a madrasa in granada
Europe, Outside India, Photo Essays, Spain, Travel Extras, Trip Photos

Grand old Granada is a Moorish dream

Granada is the epitome of Andalusia in my eyes. Everything about it captures the mysterious grandiose Moorish dream…those orange blossoms, […]

October 23, 2025
Tired wedding band members and their horses on the streets of Jaipur
Culture Peeps, Handicrafts, India, Photo Essays, Rajasthan, Travel Extras, Trip Photos, West

Streets and handicrafts of Jaipur: A photo essay from our guided tour

Last year, Akash and I visited Jaipur. It is one of our yearly trips and the occasion was Noni’s birthday. […]

October 23, 2025
East, Expat Life, Growing up in Calcutta, India, Photo Essays, Travel Extras, Trip Photos, West Bengal

Photo essay of Calcutta Rajbaris

According to the dictionary, a Rajbari is a mansion or a palace that was built as a residence for a Hindu […]

October 23, 2025
Photo Essays, Travel Extras, Yearly Highlights

2023 Highlights

I took a three-year gap before posting about my yearly highlights. The reason is that the last three years have […]

October 22, 2025
Delhi, India, North, Photo Essays, Travel Extras, Trip Photos

Qutub Minar, India´s UNESCO World Heritage Site that was sued

We visited Qutub Minar when a lovely, peachy, cloudy dawn was breaking over Delhi. The air was fresh and creamy […]

October 22, 2025
Delhi, India, North, Photo Essays, Travel Extras, Travel Guides, Travel Tips, Trip Photos

Surviving the chaotic, photogenic old Delhi

Old Delhi is chaos. Old Delhi is a challenge. It is a street photographer´s paradise and a travel newbie´s nightmare. […]

October 22, 2025
India, Kashmir, North, Photo Essays, Travel Extras, Trip Photos

Yousmarg finally, Greater Lakes Trek Day 6

The last day of the Greater Lakes Trek was the most difficult. I started at Tosamaidan and the trek ended […]

October 22, 2025
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Svetlana

I am Svetlana, a travel writer, teacher, and mom. This blog is all about my experiences from around the world.   READ MORE

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