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Month: November 2016

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India Travels

Exploring Pune: Mumbai’s lesser known cousin

by Vrushali Deshmukhupdated on January 13, 2021November 9, 2016Leave a Comment on Exploring Pune: Mumbai’s lesser known cousin

India is undoubtedly a very interesting country to explore but I never knew I could use that word to describe Pune, the city of my birth. As a yearly pilgrimage, I had always been visiting Pune to catch up with my relatives but apart from that, the city held no interest for me. However, my …

  • (𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡)

𝑼𝒏𝒐 𝒅𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒐𝒔 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒔 'Casa Julio' en Malasaña, ha estado cerrado desde que ha empezado la pandemia 😥
Pero el día que se abre, espero que podáis ir allí para darla vuestro cariño.
Y si estoy alrededor, pues, quedamos?

¿𝐂𝐮á𝐥 𝐞𝐬 𝐯𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐞𝐜𝐡á𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐬?

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' 𝑪𝒂𝒔𝒂 𝑱𝒖𝒍𝒊𝒐' 𝒊𝒏 𝑴𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒂ñ𝒂 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 favourite places to eat croquetas, but it hasn't opened since the pandemic started 😥
If it opens in the near future, go in for me and show your support- you most certainly won't be disappointed! And if I'm in nearby, maybe I'll join you 😊

𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨?
  • (𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡)

𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒐𝒔 '𝑨𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒂 𝑯𝒖𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓í𝒂' 𝒆𝒏 Calle de San Vicente Ferrer (Malasaña). Su fachada bonita de azulejos antiguos está protegida por el ayuntamiento de Madrid, y totalmente lo merece, no?

𝑬𝒔 𝒖𝒏 𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒂 𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒅𝒆 siglo XX como una de las hueverías más conocidas del barrio, per ahora se ha convertido en un restaurante. La última vez que comprobé, estaba cerrado- espero que sea temporalmente.

𝐇𝐚𝐛é𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐝𝐨 𝐩𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨?

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𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒍𝒍, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 '𝑨𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒂 𝑯𝒖𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓í𝒂' (old egg- store- how cute!), located on Calle de San Vicente Ferrer in the heart of Malasaña. Dating back to the 20th century, its beautiful tiled facade is officially protected by the Madrid City Council.

𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒂 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒆𝒈𝒈- 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒆 back in the day; one with the biggest eggs in the neighbourhood, in fact. It now functions as a restaurant, although the last time I checked, it was closed :(

𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐠𝐠- 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞? 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞?
  • (𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡)

𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒅𝒆 𝑺𝒂𝒏 𝑰𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒓𝒐 𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒂 𝒅𝒆 mi barrio con su lago congelado ❄️☃️. Se queda aún más bonito 😍

𝑺𝒂𝒏 𝑰𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒓𝒐 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒕𝒐 my neighbourhood is even more beautiful with snow ❄️⛄...look how pretty the lake looks being frozen! 😍

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂 𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒄 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒏! The last time it snowed in the city was in 2009, and the last time there was heavy snowfall was in 1970! Gracias Madrid 😘

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫?
  • (𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡)

𝐀𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐬í 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐞 𝐦𝐢 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐨🤩😁. Eso fue el primer día después de la borrasca Filomena, con cielos claros y mucho sol. Podía ver la gente disfrutando con sus snowboards.🏂🏽

𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝 🤩😁. It was the first day after the snowstorm Filomena had passed over us, leaving behind beautifully powdered fresh snow 🌨️ & clear conditions ☀️. One could even see some people trying to snowboard 🏂🏽.

𝐈𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞? 𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 😂?
  • (𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡)

𝑪𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒅𝒆 𝒍𝒂 𝑨𝒍𝒎𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒂 𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆 el segundo día de la nieve. No se puede ver tanta nieve allí en las fotos, aunque sí que nevó un montón ese día. 
𝑬𝒔 𝒍𝒂 𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒂𝒍 𝒅𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒅 𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒎𝒃𝒊é𝒏 sirve como la catedral real.
𝑻𝒐𝒎𝒂 𝒔𝒖 𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒃𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒍 á𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒆'al-mudayna', que significa 'ciudadela'y de hecho está en el sitio de una mezquita antigua.
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𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒍𝒎𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒂 𝑪𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 2nd day of snowstorm 'Filomena'. The photos don't look that dramatically full of snow, but I guess 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏 (as well as the royal) cathedral, the ice melting machines were probably at work, as the other parts of Madrid were a completely different story!
𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒄 'Al-mudayna', which means a fortress. On its site originally was an old mosque built before the Catholic rulers.
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