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We lingered and we walked

January 4, 2010 by Lavanya

Visiting Florence was a little strange. I think it always is strange visiting the place that you’ve been most excited to visit. You expect to be overwhelmed by certain things and when you are not, you are left with an annoying nagging sensation accusing you of not trying hard enough. Until you finally do reach a place or experience, that makes being overwhelmed as easy as slipping on a slide in a park. Zwiippp and you are back to feeling […]

Categories: Travel, writing • Tags: Florence, Italy, Rome, walking

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Venice Diary: Favorite Moments

December 7, 2009 by Lavanya

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Categories: Travel, writing • Tags: favorite moments, Italy, Venice Diary

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Venice Diary: Of masks, markets and melt in your mouth food

December 6, 2009 by Lavanya

It is inevitable that one speaks of masks when one talks of Venice. Even though masks seem to be hardly a part of  the current ‘Venice experience’. Yet, they hang at every corner shop or stall, a hangover from a past where they had an undeniable role. The masks in the corner are from a shop near the San Marco square called Max Art Shop. Here, masks are handcrafted by local artisans from either ceramic or papier mache.  So ofcourse I had to […]

Categories: Food/Drink, Picture Memories, Travel • Tags: Food, Italy, masks, restaurant, Venice Diary

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Venice Diary: In which I walked and was whimsical

December 5, 2009 by Lavanya

What can I say about Venice that hasn’t been said before? It is beautiful and romantic and makes you think wonderful things. It weaves gossamer threads around you that bind you to it, forever. It moves through you, making you aware of your most intimate thoughts. It breathes with the slow lapping of its bobbing boats. Its watery breath holds its night and day together, creating an easy interlocking of its sights, sounds and the feelings they evoke. It lives […]

Categories: Picture Memories, Travel, writing • Tags: Italy, Venice Diary

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Bite sized Italy

December 4, 2009 by Lavanya

I’m back from a short but wonderful trip to Venice, Florence and Rome. I have a lot of ‘Italy’ swishing and swirling in my head. My posts in the course of the next couple of weeks are probably going to be full of all the beauty, art, food  and people that I encountered in Italy. You are welcome to stroll by and peek..:) Picture : a lane in Venice near the Cannaregio neighborhood

Categories: Picture Memories, Travel • Tags: Italy, Travel, Venice

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