Lagos Our last leg of the trip was to visit the Algarve region of Portugal. We chose to visit Lagos – a town in the Faro district with a population of just over 30,000 which can fluctuate depending on the season. Lagos is a coastal town very popular with Porto Day 4 – Porto You know that a city is significant to the country when the entire country and Port wine is named after it. Like India was named after the river Indus, Portugal is named after its second largest city – Porto, also known as ‘Cidade Invicta’ Day 3 – Sintra ‘Lo! Cintra’s glorious Eden intervenes, in variegated maze of mount and glen’ – Lord Byron. Fernandified doesn’t like spending too many days in a city. He feels that cities are boring and he is of the opinion that a country is ever truly enjoyed outside Day 2 – Baixa, Lisbon Al Fama survived the 1755 quake, thus making this one of the oldest parts of Lisbon. I have researched Al Fama in-depth and imagined myself walking the polished to almost slippery cobbled streets and its narrow lanes with Portuguese grandmothers looking out of their Portugal “I’m a big believer in winging it. I’m a big believer that you’re never going to find a perfect city travel experience or the perfect meal without a constant willingness to experience a bad one. Letting the happy accident to happen is what a lot of vacation itineraries Day 3 – Vlasina – Surdulica – Leskovac – Kapaonik Have you ever had a day which seemed relatively normal when you wake up but ends up being one of the most important days of your life? Well, today is one of those days for me. Fernandified and I “Why Serbia?” was the reaction I heard from every single person I told about my upcoming trip. I guess something like Amsterdam, Paris, London, Milan would have been less surprising. My now fiancé (more on this later ;)) works with a Serb – Miloš, and while we like to Fernandified decided to take me on a staycation this weekend. After a stressful week of long hours at work, this was just what I needed. Excited and charged we drove from my apartment early afternoon on Friday. The drive, I have to say was the most depressing. As we Franca Sozzani – the iconoclast that was. Many stars vanished in the year 2016. The fashion family too suffered a tremendous loss on December 23rd. Franca Sozzani, the woman who made Vogue Italia what it is today, passed at the age of 66. I moved to Dubai in 2014 and I remember the first time I saw a billboard of Vogue India’s first ever cover. I was in college then and looked at it in awe and devoured the pages from cover to cover. The cover looked glamorous and decidedly apt for the publishing giant synonymous to women empowerment. Three Today my adoptive country, United Arab Emirates celebrates its 45th birthday. What better day than today to launch my website. I grew up in a little town called Imphal in the North-East region of India. Little did I know that I would grow up to have lived in Chennai, DelhiLatest Posts
Portugal Part 5
Portugal Part 4
Portugal Part 3
Portugal Part 2
Portugal Part 1
Republic of Serbia – Part 2
Republic of Serbia – Part 1
Weekend at Bab Al Shams
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Princess Deena Aljuhani Abdulaziz
Happy 45th UAE
