Iceland: Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon We were on to the most defining chapter of the trip – a full-day cross country excursion to the Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoons on the Eastern coast of Iceland. There can be few better sights than that of snow-capped mountains and I have been lucky enough to view the Himalayas and the …
Iceland: Northern Lights and Reykjavik City When the name of a country is Iceland, the perception is that it is in the category which means all ice and no habitation much like maybe Greenland or Antarctica. It could not have been more incorrect.I realized that over the years when the country came into the travelers …
Czech Republic: The Bohemian Experience When one thinks of Czech Republic, the first place that comes to mind is of course Prague or Praha. All other cities of Europe can be clubbed on side and Prague is on the other, such is the character of the city.The cobbled roads, the history, the castle it all …
Copenhagen and Malmo A European city is a tourist’s delight in the gorgeous summer. Most cities have a standard template which is a perfect mix of old and new, of history and modernization. With the sun breathing down your neck under the bright blue skies till the late evening hours, the tourist in you refuse …
Schwarzwald and Stuttgart: A Road-trip to remember Towards Stuttgart Trip: Prague -> Stuttgart -> Bad Schonborn -> Baden Baden -> Mummelsee -> PragueThere are so many places I visited in the past two years, so many flights, bus and train journeys across the length of Europe but the void on my travel CV was a …
Switzerland: Twin trips back to Paradise Trip 1: Prague -> Zurich -> Engelberg (Mt Titlis) -> Geneva -> Zurich -> PragueParents are visiting us in Prague so after conquering Italy, it was time for a mandatory visit to the paradise of Europe – Switzerland. Being a tourist in Europe you certainly cannot afford to give …
Rome Rome as a city looked to be a ‘cousin’ of Delhi. First time in Europe I saw cars honking, buses not parking itself in the stop to pick up passengers opting instead to make the passengers run towards it. At places even pedestrians did not bother to check the signal before crossing. And of …
Venice and Pisa Approaching San Marco It seemed to be season for an Italian holiday for everyone as we entered the month of June. In successive weekends, two of our group of friends had already been there and many more groups were lined up for a grand ‘Roman Holiday’.My parents were here so there was …
Paris: Basking in the Easter Sunshine Arc De Triumph Easter had arrived marking the first long weekend of the long summer ahead of us. Spring was slowly giving way to summer and the nature around us was turning to deeper shades of green. The long weekend is a huge luxury and soon the travel planners …
Keukenhof: Walking through the Tulips Two generations of Indians have grown up listening to the iconic song from Yash Chopra’s Silsila shot in the beautiful Tulip Gardens of Keukenhof near Amsterdam. The sight of Amitabh Bachhan running on the tulip fields and romancing Rekha is part of filmy folklore now. As we set into spring, …
Budapest: Back Where it All Began My travel across Europe turned a full circle as we set-off for Budapest on New Year’s Day 2011. It was here in July 2009 that it all began. While then there was the added incentive to watch F1 cars zooming past, this time it was purely a leisure trip …
Slovakia: A High at the Tatra The mountains beckoned me again. After the great trip of Ladakh, I set my next target as the High Tatras Mountains of Slovakia. It was one of the most prominent mountain ranges of Eastern Europe and is often referred to as the Alps of the east.An added incentive was …
