Cover: Big Bend National Park

ABOUT ME

Travel and blogs….

While I have always wanted to write travel blogs from places I visited or lived in, I never had the time to do that when I was in a full-time job as a User Experience Designer. Now as I wind down in that space, I have more time to write and learn about social media. I am thankful to my dear son who has helped me so much with the back end of this website whenever I have had trouble! This blog writing is my fun outlet while re-living the old experiences and creating many more.

The moves…

There is a joy and anticipation when one starts to uncover the nuances of a new country, start to get into its life and rhythm and make it our own. It’s not merely about travel, it is the cultural and social experience of living in a different country. Aspects like finding a house, good school for the kids, new systems, experiencing the same soccer practices but a different way of parent involvement, new music teachers and styles, so on and so forth….. the colors of life so the same and yet so different, as we traverse continents.

I am always thankful for the opportunities to have lived and worked in the United States (home base), Australia, United Kingdom, Portugal and India. The experience of moving away from the familiar is both disruptive and exhilarating. I always wonder, “what’s next”…….One thing I know is to keep “Eyes Wide Open”, so as to not miss the magic out there!

My other likes are music, dance, gym, my coffee just right, photographs and old artifacts, a relaxing outing at any time, specially made better with my dearest friends, trying different vegetarian foods at restaurants, my mother’s cooking, and my father’s palate.

I hope my own travels will make it easy for others to plan their own.

Thank you for your interest and being a supporter of this website! Do leave your comments on the blog pages you read.

— Jyothi Shankar

Jyothi’s on vegetarian restaurants in a local, Collin County, TX magazine:

tinyurl.com/TexMex-Plano Profile-Jyothi

https://tinyurl.com/Thai-Plano-Profile-J-Shankar

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SOCIAL MEDIA COLLABORATOR

Dr. Avantika Hasija, my dear niece, has just completed her post-doc work at the University of Lorraine, Nancy, France after having received her Ph.D in Chemistry in India.

She is set to start her new career in the UK. While doing her research work in France, she started with travels around Europe during weekends and holidays.

She has recently grown her own travel wings and has also made some Youtube and Instagram videos for me. She is also into trying new vegetarian and vegan options as she travels.