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In the spring of 2014, I visited Spain for the first time. I chose to fly to Barcelona for a weekend trip as I had has read a lot of this vibrant city, it’s culture and architecture and also it’s museums. On the day I reached, I had no fixed plan so I chose to take a public bus and go around the city and ended up near the National Museum of Art. As I was walking past it, I was drawn towards a beautiful gate and enquired about the place. I was told it is an open-air architectural museum. I bought a ticket andRead More →

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In my last travel story I wrote about my visit to Istanbul during the summer of 2019. It is exactly two years ago on the last weekend of July I visited Istanbul for a short break. During my stay in this beautiful city, I spent an entire day exploring the wonderful sights and ended the day enjoying a performance by Sufi mystics at the Hodjapasha Cultural Centre. I was picked up after breakfast from my hotel, and in this travel story I will share brief details of the sights that I visited along with some photos of each. My tour started off from the Hippodrome.Read More →

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Turkey has always been on my to travel list and though I wanted to visit a lot of places over a long holiday, in the summer of 2019, I decided to start my travel to Turkey by visiting Istanbul over an extended weekend. I took a flight from London Heathrow and landed at the all shiny and bright new Istanbul airport on a hot summer July afternoon. The landing views of Istanbul city, the Bosphorus, the Sea of Marmara and the confluence of Europe and Asia are stunningly beautiful. I was met at the airport by a friend, who I became friends with during myRead More →