Amba Vilas (Mysore): the palace that is said to receive more visits than the Taj Mahal

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Amba Vilas (Mysore): the palace that is said to receive more visits than the Taj Mahal.

Hello everybody and welcome back to my blog!

First of all, HAPPY NEW YEAR! I think I forgot to say it in my previous post... I hope that you all had the best ending of the year and the best beginning, too! I also hope that all your dreams - and New Year's Resolutions - come true!

After such a long time without writing, I am coming back here to tell you a little bit about my plans for this year as well as telling you about my trip to Mysore, in the state of Karnataka (India), which took place in 2016, right after New's Years Eve.

Valletta: baroque architecture in Malta's capital city

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Valletta: baroque architecture in Malta's capital city.

Hello everybody and welcome back to my blog!

This week I'm coming with a new series about a cruise that I went on with my students back in 2015. This was their end-of-year trip and, as their homeroom teacher, it was amazing to be part of it and go on this wonderful trip with them.

The upcoming posts are all going to briefly describe each and every stop of our cruise and they will mainly include pictures of the places we visited. As some of you may know, when you reach a harbour while going on a cruise, you have a very limited amount of time to see your destination, and so the amount of things you can see is also limited. However, I hope you can enjoy these short posts and the pictures they will include and you can get an idea about how wonderful this trip was and how recommendable it is to try to go on a cruise at least once in your life.

What to take and what not to take to India

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What to take and what not to take to India.

Dear all,

Having spent one year and a half living in India, I usually think about the advice that I would have liked to receive before going there, especially in order to make some room in my bag and bring some more souvenirs from the country of colours and spices.

That is why, in order to provide you all with some more valid information about what you should and should not pack before your trip to India, I will make a list of must-take and another one with items that people usually take but need not. If you have any doubts or wish to read about one specific topic, I would love to hear your queries and I will try to give you a proper answer. So, do not hesitate to leave a comment down below and I will do my best to provide you with a relevant, satisfactory answer. Of course, living in India for one year and a half does not make me an expert at Indian traditions, but I might be able to give you an insight into the needs that you might have there, as, not long ago, I was also inexperienced in terms of the dos and don'ts, the what-to-take and what-not-to-take.

Without further ado, let's talk about it!

Being a vegetarian or a vegan in India

Whether you are a vegetarian or a vegan and you are planning on travelling to India, let me tell you that you will have absolutely no problem at all. 

As vegetarians/vegans, one of the things that we worry about before visiting a foreign country is its cuisine and whether there will be many options for us or not. Sadly, in many European countries, their main dishes all have either fish or meat (or both) and we cannot eat many things in regular restaurants without reducing our diet to a basic salad made with lettuce and tomato - sometimes without even a single drop of oil. I have personally faced this problem many times in Spain... going to a mainstream restaurant and finding out that you either eat some undressed lettuce or you go back home with your stomach empty.