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Reichstag: The Crown Jewel of Germany's Democracy
As soon as we decided to visit Berlin in 2024, a guided tour of the Reichstag became top priority - and for good reason. With its...

Rakesh Saha
Aug 298 min read
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Whisking by Warsaw
Is it possible to explore a city in one and a half days? That might never be enough, but if given a choice between seeing and not seeing...

Rakesh Saha
Aug 110 min read
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Troubles That Make Us: Part II
August 2022. We are travelling internationally after three long and mostly locked-down years. We have planned everything to a tee - there...

Tupur Chakrabarty
Jul 47 min read
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The Disgustingest Bingo Ever!
Pick a box! The first contains fermented Greenland shark meat, the second has dry-roasted dung beetles, and in the third you'll find a...

ShNaajh
Jun 67 min read
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A City Imbued with Stories: Day 3
Time visited: September 2022 Time spent: Three nights Day 3 We have no shame in admitting that our third and final day in Tallinn also...

Tupur Chakrabarty
Jan 174 min read
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A City Imbued with Stories: Day 2
Our second day in the Estonian capital...

Tupur Chakrabarty
Dec 20, 20246 min read
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A City Imbued with Stories: Day 1
The sights seen on the first day of our three-day stay in Tallinn, Estonia.

Tupur Chakrabarty
Nov 22, 20246 min read
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Zoom-zoom Zurich
Switzerland has a reputation for being one of the most expensive countries in the world. This is definitely true, but it is also one of...

Harsh
Oct 11, 20245 min read
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'Helsinki in One Day' Challenge!
Time visited: August 2022 Time spent: Eight hours After watching numerous videos, reading countless blogs and browsing through Visit...

Tupur Chakrabarty
Sep 27, 20246 min read
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May Marvels at Ancient Armenian Monasteries
Prologue It was time to bid farewell to Georgia and journey to one of the most ancient countries in the world – Armenia. Envoy Hostel...

May Ha Li
Sep 13, 202411 min read
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Porvoo: A Must-Visit?
Time visited: September 2022 Time spent: 4 hours Since we were in Helsinki for eight nights, there was time to explore one or two other...

Tupur Chakrabarty
Aug 2, 20244 min read
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Regaling Tales of Riga
Five whole days in Latvia and three of them in Riga ! We couldn't contain our excitement! A lot of tho ught and research had gone into...

May Ha Li
May 24, 202414 min read
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Birthday Bash in Venice: Mum & I Take on the Floating City!
Living down under in Australia, jetting off anywhere usually means shelling out big bucks. Venice seems as far away as Mars. But during...

Tatiana Slezak
Apr 26, 20244 min read
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Feeling 'at home' in an Airbnb
Do you remember this Airbnb advertisement from 2021 - strangers aren't that strange? When we first saw it, in 2022, our hearts melted. By...

Tupur Chakrabarty
Apr 6, 20244 min read
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Troubles That Make Us!
And there have been a few! But we're learning to embrace the bad and the ugly along with the good! Here are some of our top troubles...

Tupur Chakrabarty
Mar 8, 20246 min read
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Memories: The Mad, the Mindful, the Moreish, the Magical and the Marvellous
Helsinki: You and Whose Army? We were only hoping to have lovely hot chocolate topped with whipped cream, a nice little Nutella croissant...

ShNaajh
Jan 12, 20248 min read
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In the Land of Fire and Ice
Iceland is a country of extremes. Widely known as 'the land of fire and ice', Iceland is home to some of the largest glaciers and the...

Mathieu Boulay
Dec 29, 202310 min read
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The Spell of Extremadura
Time visited: September 2023 Time spent: Four nights There is a region of Spain in the south-west and bordering Portugal that few know...

Louis Booth
Nov 3, 20238 min read
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The Island Fortress of Helsinki
Time visited: September 2022 Time spent: 5 hours If you Google 'top attractions in Helsinki', or 'one place you must visit in Helsinki',...

Tupur Chakrabarty
Sep 22, 20234 min read
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We didn't like Paris until we left the city!
Time visited: July 2018 Time spent: Four nights That's probably not what anyone wants to read when they're planning a trip there, but our...

Tupur Chakrabarty
Aug 25, 20238 min read
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