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Varsha Seshan

Getting back from Olympia

January 30, 2013 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

We managed, somehow, to get to Olympia, thoroughly unprepared. (How do we go to Olympia, please?) We enjoyed ourselves thoroughly there – how could we not? Yet, the whole day out in the sun got to us, eventually. And living on juice, bread and cheese is never a good idea. At Patras, we had an […]

Filed Under: Food, Travel Tagged With: Greece

Peach Juice

January 18, 2013 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

My sister and I coined a beautiful parameter for comparison. “It’s like peach juice” means something special to us. Backpacking in Greece, we did something very smart. We realised that we were constantly thirsty and often in need of energy. So we took to buying large packs of juice, rather than shopping all the time […]

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: backpacking, Greece, language

The FERRY

November 25, 2012 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I had been on a ferry before – to Essel World. I knew all about ferries, I thought. In any case, what was to know? Five hundred people on a boat that could accommodate about three hundred, all carrying fish and other things I did not want to identify. That was what we were prepared […]

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: cruise, ferry, Greece, Italy, ship