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Varsha Seshan

The Duomo in Milan

May 11, 2015 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Torino, the parts of it that we saw from the bus that was not a train, seemed like an interesting city, but not interesting enough for us to change our […]

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Flying Alone

March 22, 2015 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

“Window or aisle?” “Aisle, please.” I took my boarding pass and boarded the flight. No sister with me this time. No one to hold my hand. No one to exchange […]

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Backpacking through Europe

March 15, 2015 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

That year, we went from Salzburg to Munich. We spent a few hours at Munich and then went to Berlin. And from Berlin, northward to Amsterdam. Our night in Amsterdam was […]

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Amsterdam, Austria, backpacking, Berlin, Europe, Florence, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Milan, Munich, Paris, Pisa, Rome, Salzburg, Venice, Vienna

Map-Reading: The Crazy Travelogue Continues

February 19, 2015 by Varsha Seshan 7 Comments

  I invite you to examine the map above. Notice where the ‘Ostello’ is. It’s right between the QT8 metro station and the Lotto metro station. When we got to […]

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The Crazy Travelogue – V

February 18, 2015 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Coping with a new language, staying with people I did not know and attending school with friends who were much better at French than I was was too trying an […]

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: communication, Italy, language, Milan, Milano

The Duomo

April 3, 2013 by Varsha Seshan 2 Comments

‘Duomo’ just means ‘cathedral’, but the duomo in Milan is just something else. The first time we travelled in Europe, we started with Milan. That made it exciting in itself. […]

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