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๐Ÿ• 2 weeks in Italy & San Marinoย  ๐ŸŒ  Chasing the Northern Lights in Scandinaviaย  ๐ŸŽ„ Christmas Markets of Germany


San Marino – Stumbling upon a hidden fairy-tale country!

Chancing upon San Marino 🇸🇲 Last year, while i was planning my summer trip to Europe – mainly to Italy (since i scored a great round trip flight deal under โ‚น30K), i started getting a...

Discover the world through languages, on European Day Of Languages!

Hallo! Oi! Hola! Hej! Did you know that 26th of September is celebrated globally as European Day of Languages?! (Updated on 26th Sep. 2020. First published on 26th Sep. 2014). As a traveler, i’m...

Exotic Italy: 2 weeks in Rome, Tuscany, Florence & Bologna

When Deepti Kshirsgar did a guest post for me about her love for Florentine sunsets, i honestly and smugly passed it off as naivety – sunsets happen every day, around the world, right?! Wrong!...

Stockholm in 2 Days: Things to Do & See

Although my ‘home’ for the first night in Stockholm was a great find – very close to the central station and complete with a sauna room (and an amazing breakfast), i was looking forward...

An ode to Florentine sunsets…

We had to take the train from Rome to Florence – and we missed it! On the third day of the trip, I was extremely upset on this miss out as I had planned...

Top 6 Things to do in Tallinn, Estonia!

Given how close Tallinn is from Helsinki, I feel that anyone visiting Finland (specifically Helsinki) MUST hop on to a short cruise to the Estonian capital which is just over an hour away by...

Hipster Berlin Trail: 1-day walking tour

That’s right. I actually managed to soak in the essence of uber-cool Berlin in just one day, thanks to a walking tour of the hipster ‘Mitte’, Prenzlauer Berg and Hackescher Hof areas with Henrick...

Roving around in Rovaniemi

In February of 2015, i went exploring Rovaniemi… home to Santa Claus in the Arctic Circle region of Finland. Here are the highlights of my trip! Stay: AirBNB My first AirBNB experience couldn’t have...

Frankly Frankfurt: First impressions of Germany

When you don’t expect something and it still happens, it’s gratifying, humbling and magical at the same time. Especially around a festive time like Christmas! So for a trip that was never supposed to...

Hostel Review: Meininger Hotel Berlin Mitte “Humboldthaus”

A photo posted by Kaushal Karkhanis (@exoticgringo) on Dec 5, 2015 at 10:52am PST My base in Berlin was this bright and cheerful hotel + hostel that was perfect walking distance from everything i...

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