Kaunas was Lithuania's alternative/provisional capital from 1920 to 1940. It's a pleasant hour and a half drive or train ride through the countryside from Vilnius to Kaunas and a 12-minute (4.6 km) cab ride from the Kaunas train station to Old Town. Start your visit…
We rented a car and drove out of Tallinn to explore the rich, green, landscape populated by forests of tall, spindly, pines, birch, and spruce trees. Laheema National Park, 47kms from Tallinn, stretches across 725kms, which includes 250kms of sea. It is home to forests,…
Sitting atop a hill overlooking a verdant valley of olive trees and the shimmering Adriatic Sea beyond, Ostuni sparkles in the morning sunshine. Its white-washed houses huddle together in a nest of intertwined, winding lanes. For us, it's love at first sight! Warm, lyrical, haphazard,…
From the narrow lanes and the Ghats of Old Varanasi, where holy men sit immersed in meditation on the banks the River Ganges; to Dharamshala where Tibetan monks dressed in ruby-red robes are a common sight in the town of McLeod Ganj; to Rajasthan where…
Visitors are drawn to Sedona by its unique energy, which has an invigorating, calming and rejuvenating effect. It is said that Sedona has a 'healing heart.' It is nature's open-air cathedral where a spiritual aura radiates from the towering red rock formations. Meditation centers, spa…
Poise, shades of cerise, and thousands of bangles of every color. Shapura- Rajasthan. An ancient carving outside the Jagdish Temple, offers shade and a space for contemplation. Udaipur-Rajasthan. Basket weaving in the Blue City- Jodhpur- Rajasthan. Listen to that bird singing in the treetop! Agra-…
