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Traveling with my mom

She keeps all the pictures.

Arpi1 min read · warm

Like my grandma, my mom is now my biggest fan, and she keeps all the pictures. Since I turned 30 and realized she won't be around forever, I've made a point of traveling the world with her whenever we can.

A smiling man and his mother taking a selfie in a busy covered bazaar in Istanbul, with rows of red Turkish flags hanging overhead
My mom and me in Istanbul, Turkey.
A smiling man with sunglasses on his head and his mother taking a selfie in front of a bright orange three-story pagoda in Kyoto
My mom and me in Kyoto.
A man and his mother taking a selfie in front of a window with the Tokyo skyline glittering at night behind them
My mom and me in Tokyo, at night.
A man making a peace sign and his mother taking a selfie in front of a large white gate with blue tiled roofs on a wide plaza in Taipei
My mom and me in Taipei.
A smiling man and his mother wearing matching dark sun visors, taking a selfie among lush green tropical plants
More Taipei with my mom, matching visors and all.
A smiling man and his mother taking a selfie in front of the Parthenon in Athens under a deep blue sky
My mom and me in Athens.
A man in yellow glasses and his mother taking a selfie on a train platform beside a lake, with mountains in the evening light behind them
My mom and me, on the way to Santorini.
A man in yellow glasses and a blue shirt and his mother taking a selfie among whitewashed buildings and blue domes above the sea in Santorini
Santorini, for my mom's 70th birthday.
A man in a cap and glasses, a smiling woman and an older man taking a selfie in front of the massive stone towers of a medieval fortress gate in Rhodes
Rhodes, right after COVID.
My mom and me taking a selfie under a giant chain swing ride tower in Vienna
My mom and me in Vienna.
My mom at a hotel window at night with the New York skyline behind her
My mom in New York.

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