Lisbon, Portugal. Colorful and with it’s highs and lows. Exciting in every way, Lisbon reminded me every moment of Goa, the Portuguese colony along coastal India. The tile and cobble work, the use of color, the narrow streets leading to the beautiful waters, the smells- everything took me back to Panjim-except the food. Portuguese cuisine doesn’t […]

Valencia, Spain. Sunday morning in Valencia and the town’s entire old population was out for mass. The young men had partied through the wee hours of the morning and were still in bed. The church bells rang in the background and the bright sun cast a deeper shadow on every corroding stone. History resonated itself […]

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. I’d always heard how beautiful a city Barcelona is-it’s streets, buildings, people. It stands for all that and more. I came back from Barcelona not just overwhelmed by the cityscape, but more so by the spirit of it’s people and it’s culture. Thanks to my friends there, we got a chance to […]