Travel stories by Travelling Ides of March, a travel blog from India. Amrita Das is a travel blogger and a freelance travel writer based in Kolkata, India.
When travelling abroad, there is always that one thing that connects us back to home. In Seville, the predominant use of cycles was that bond for me. Spain’s fourth largest city, Seville, is evidently flat. When I looked out from my window, there were no ridges and no inclines. The topography contributes to the extensive…
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I drove a short 40 kilometres away from Kolkata, towards Joka, into the rustic Bengal villages. The narrow roads lined with coconut trees, the chaotic market junctions and clear ponds made the drive scenic. My destination was the 265-year old Rajbari Bawali. Rajbari or palatial homes of Zamindars have been a part of Bengal’s history….
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While exploring summer in Switzerland last year, we visited a small town away in Graubünden called Flims. The geography of this town attracts many visitors during summer. Families, hikers, cyclists- all throng here to soak in the summer sun. During our day’s visit to Lake Cauma (or Caumasee), we saw hoards of locals with their picnic baskets…
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I pressed my nose at the display window and stared at the chocolatier’s creations. From crusty gateaux to cup-sized sugar-dusted dessert to the dark chocolate truffles, I gawked. Just then I heard my guide, Guglielmo, say, ‘Ah, of course, Torino is the land of chocolates.’ Had I mistakingly walked into paradise? Earlier that morning when…
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No matter how far we go, there are a few sights that give our life a direction. They become a part of our memory and sometimes, our waking dream. I’ll call my dream, Binsar. This was my second time in Uttarakhand’s Kumaon mountain town of Binsar but it felt like a first time. It was…
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I’m still reeling from the super exciting journey around Uttarakhand’s Garhwal region with a bunch of travel bloggers from across the country. The first ever Bloggers Bus (or #BloggersBus on social media) went around five districts of the state with seven of us. This post is my account of being a part of this crazy…
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