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A Wunderschön called Hallstatt
We were already overwhelmed by the romanticism of Salzburg, and we were really not ready what unfolded before us in the next two days – the beauty of Hallstatt is something we expect to exist only in picture books and fairy-tales. Hallstatt is often described as “the most beautiful lake town in the world” and…
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Hanging Monasteries of Meteora
Located at the northwest tip of the plain of Thessaly in Greek mainland, the region of Meteora is unique. It is a small region where an ancient monastic community and a rare geological phenomenon of huge rock pillars coexist in absolute harmony. Meteora is defined by a series of large pillars of rock, with some…
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Eunoia of Pahalgam
A blue sky and yellow fields of mustards greeted us as soon as we left the city of Srinagar. It was almost noon and the sun shone brilliantly giving the mustard field a beautiful glow with the brown mountains standing at the back as guardians. We landed at Srinagar the previous night as today we…
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Limerence with Nature at Gosau
Think of a long stretch of green valley nestled between cloud crowned mountains with farms and houses dotted up the gently rising slopes backed by tall alpine trees – a small river flowing gently at the middle and at the end of the valley sits a picture perfect lake with a backdrop of a glacier. That’s…
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Manali to Leh via Tsomoriri
It was decided long ago that when we will go to Ladakh, we would do it by the driving on the spectacular Manali-Leh Highway. Our dear friend Indranil da, who is an expert in organizing tours in Ladakh, suggested that we add Tso Moriri to this road trip to which we readily agreed and decided…
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Fulfilling the Istanbul Rüya
It was always a dream (rüya in turkish) to visit this magnificent city. So, when our plane from Athens touched down at Ataturk Airport at noon, our excitement flew high with our dream coming true. We disembarked with an extra smile on our face and as we already had our e-visas, we were outside the…
