Almost 10 years since the first trip! Flew in to Malpensa and took the bus to Centrale. There are at least two bus companies (including Terravision and Airport Bus Express) offering the same price. There’s a bus about every 15 minutes. If you buy a return that’s the best deal but that means you will have… Continue reading Milan, Spring 2024
United States -> Louisiana + Mississippi Same friends’ same wedding celebration, but the US-home edition, in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, only a couple hours’ drive from New Orleans. I flew in from NY. Took the shuttle to the rental car place. The shuttle driver was so friendly and helpful and cheerful throughout the drive, giving all of these… Continue reading New Orleans (USA), Fall 2023
Went to Spain for the first time (I had one transit in Madrid on the way back from Costa Rica in 2019 prior to this)! Ryanair from (West) London hack: we took a train from Euston to Birmingham International to fly Ryanair to Santander rather than trek to Stansted (which would’ve been coach or train… Continue reading Santander (Spain), Spring 2023
Rented a car for a day to drive from the Cancún Zona Hotelera to Chichén Itzá. I had a refundable booking online which I cancelled after checking that the deal from the hotel was actually better. It was a new and interesting experience for me, to be able to just sign the papers at the concierge… Continue reading Chichén Itzá (Mexico) – October 2022
I went to work for the day. Returned home. Travelled to Gatwick and then took a flight to Porto. Landed past midnight. Took an Uber to the Passenger Hostel thinking I’d spend less than 6 hours there taking the first train out. But. It was too beautiful. So I stayed until after breakfast. And it’s… Continue reading Passenger Hostel, Porto to Pocinho then Pinhão (Portugal) – October 2022
This was my first travel in a long long long time! Not only did I get to explore some of Amman and go to magnificent destinations like Wadi Mujib, Petra and the Dead Sea, I got to experience a Jordanian wedding! Jordan is a well travelled and well documented destination so there is no shortage… Continue reading Jordan – July 2022
This is my current skincare routine. PM: day 1 is exfoliation, day 2 is retinol, day 3/4 are “normal”. AM: days 1 and 4 are after “normal” PM skincare so no washing, just spraying to hydrate and then vit C, followed by hyaluronic and niacinamide formulated serums and then eye cream, moisturiser and then SPF… Continue reading Skincare
Took the Tube to Elephant & Castle and then walked to:
Love this new meme style. Saw this yesterday and remembered the box of fuchka shells that I bought almost a month ago when we hosted Iftar at our’s. Cuz this was supposed to be one of the items, and also cuz that time I failed in making GF shells. But almost a month later –… Continue reading Fuchka aka Gol Gappa aka Pani Puri aka Competition Food
“Sujir” keeps autocorrecting to Sugar, which makes me laugh because it could easily have been called Sugar Halua, it’s the other half of the ingredients. Suji (Semolina), Sugar, Water are the main ingredients, a little bit of ghee/oil, cinnamon (ground and/or sticks), cardamom, cloves optional, but nice. Oxford Languages definition of “Halwa” is “a sweet… Continue reading Sujir Halua (Halwa of Semolina)
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