Aditi Travels

My 2 day trip to this city was an absolutely life changing, mind-boggling experience. I met the sweetest and the kindest people, had the tastiest food and saw the most emotionally moving or touching places. I am so grateful to have experienced this wonderful place with all of it's history and love. I arrived in Krakow early in the morning and I met a French person on the flight with whom I hit it off. I asked him if it was okay to travel with him and he agreed wholeheartedly. I had to go to my hosts place later that afternoon and she lived in a village accessible by train so it was quite nice to be able to visit the town of Krakow before seeing this tiny hamlet.  My friend had rented a car in advance and so we went and picked up his car and started travelling towards the inside of the town. We visited a bunch of places and I no longer remember any of their names. By the way, Polish is one of the most challenging Latin languages to pronounce and so I remember me trying to say but bu...

A city full of rich and sometimes dark history, this was one of the best places I have ever been to! I loved so much and so many stories made me shit my pants. (not literally) I lived in one of the most vibrant, colourful and dangerous parts of the city. This was a ghetto earlier, separated from the fancy parts with a wall. It is called Raval and it is ALWAYS alive.  It has people at 4 am and 4pm both. I witnessed a fight on the road at 3 am at night. Raval features Indian style fruit and vegetable markets with crazy cheap prices and so many India, Bangladeshi and Pakistani as well as Dominican restaurants.  It is a bit dirty and chaotic but I truly felt at home here. Apart from the tourist part of Barcelona, lies this neglected gem. I would highly recommend walking through Raval if you ever go to the city.  Every shop has a painting of what it features on its doors. Its really cool At night, our guide informed us about the dark past of the quarters of Barcelona. Back in ...