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David by Michelangelo at Galleria dell'Accademia (Florence (Firenze) - Italy)
I sent a message to my possessive man saying 'I met David' and he asked 'Who David?'..... Well, he's the most handsome guy in the whole world. I fell in love with him in my 1st year of college. I don't...
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Galleria dell'Accademia (Florence (Firenze) - Italy)
So where did I meet David??? As I said earlier, he's standing inside Galleria dell'Accademia and I woke up early morning and went to meet him the first thing in the morning at the earliest time slot of...
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Uffizi Gallery (Florence (Firenze) - Italy)
After coming out of Galleria dell'Accademia, I roamed all over the Historic Centre of Florence as I had booked my entry into Uffizi at 11:15, plus since Duomo visit flopped. Since it was prime time,...
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UNESCO Historic Centre of Florence (Firenze) - Italy
I reached Florence by almost night 9:30 and directly went off to the hostel. My actual exploration of Florence started on the next day. I had booked the entry of Galleria dell'Accademia at 8:15AM when...
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Loggia dei Lanzi (Florence (Firenze) - Italy)
The original location of David was in front of this open air museum of Florence called Loggia dei Lanzi also called Loggia della Signoria. It was built between 1376 and 1382 by Benci di Cione and...
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Santa Maria Novella (Florence (Firenze) - Italy)
Since my planned visit to Florence Duomo got flopped, I had quite a bit of time left in Florence to see something else after Uffizi. However I didn't want to go somewhere and get delayed for my bus to...
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Neemrana Bungalow on the Beach Tranquebar - A Review (Nagapattinam - Tamil Nadu)
For anyone who knows about Neemrana Non-Hotel Hotels, it’s a definitely in their wishlist to stay atleast in one of their properties atleast once. Last month, I happened to go on a long weekend, around...
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Tranquebar aka Tharangambadi - Part I (Nagapattinam - Tamil Nadu)
Most of India was a British Colony till we attained Independence in 1947. Smaller portions were under other countries incl Pondicherry with France; Goa with Portugal; Cochin, portions of Chennai with...
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Tranquebar aka Tharangambadi - Part II (Nagapattinam - Tamil Nadu)
Continuing with the Danish Heritage of Tranquebar from the last post. Soon after Zeigenbalg and Plütschau landed, they began propagating their religion.In 1707 the Jerusalem Church was built which...
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Poompuhar - Karaikal Temples & More - Part I (Nagapattinam - Tamil Nadu &...
From Bungalow on the Beach, I wanted to go on both North towards Poompuhar & South towards Karaikal which were filled with so so so many ancient temples!!! I hired a car and set out. Of all the...
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Poompuhar Temples - Part II (Nagapattinam - Tamil Nadu)
Continuing on the last post in detail on the 2 temples that took me by awe!!! The first one that totally took me by awe was the Shiva Temple in Ponsai. I was introduced to Ponsai by Pradeep...
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Treebo Red Lotus Hotel - A Review (Puducherry aka Pondicherry)
If you're a regular reader of my blog, you know that I'm a sucker for heritage hotels or those which have a historical ambiance! The number of times I've been to Puducherry or Pondicherry is oh so...
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Leaning Tower of Pisa (Florence (Firenze) - Italy)
From the Historic City of Florence, after the last stint at Santa Maria Novella, I took the 1 hr journey by bus to reach Pisa. I went directly to the hostel, dropped my bag and went straight to Pisa....
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Pisa Cathedral and Baptistery (Florence (Firenze) - Italy)
After being awe struck at the mere sight of Pisa Tower, I quickly composed myself and headed to the Cathedral. The Cathedral was open till 8 PM and it opened only by 10 AM, so my target was to finish...
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Pisa Camposanto (Florence (Firenze) - Italy)
To begin with I hardly had any time left after seeing the Baptistery and anyways I didn’t expect anything out of the Campasanto other than some tombstones and tablets. I hardly had 1 hr left when I...
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Pisa Town (Florence (Firenze) - Italy)
Apart from the main Pisa Tower complex (incl the Leaning Tower, Cathedral, Baptistery and Camposanto), I didn’t have much plans or time, so I was just roaming about on foot. But yeah, Pisa Town is so...
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Duomo di Milano - Part 1 (Milan - Italy)
Getting out of the intercity train, I headed right to the metro station and got the 1 day pass and headed to Milan Duomo. It’s the largest church in Italy (considering St.Peter’s Basilica is in Vatican...
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Duomo di Milano - Part 2 (Milan - Italy)
Continuing with the marvel of Milan Duomo from the last post. The entire church was filled with so so many sculptures. Esp the exterior is unbelievable. In total, there are more than 4000 sculptures...
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Santa Maria della Grazie (Milan - Italy)
Yet another masterpiece that completely mesmerized me ever since uni days when I studied art history was The Last Supper by Leonardo Da Vinci. Its on the wall of Santa Maria della Grazie in Milan....
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Musings at Italy
Wrapping up Italy posts with some random pics & musings! That’s the wing of the flight and view of the earth from Milan to London and the next is Florence Duomo from the terrace of Uffizi...
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