Trip to Switzerland: Part 5 – The city of Lucerne (aka Luzern)
Our stay in the city of Interlaken done (and the hotel reservations having run out), we decided to move to our next destination, the…
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Canal cruise in “Venice of north” – Amsterdam
Boarding fast train from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, we reached Amsterdam central station. Amsterdam central station is located at the hub of activities and as…
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Trip to Switzerland: Part 4 – Return from Jungfrau and onto Lake Thun
In a previous post, I had covered our trip to Jungfrau. The return was a bit of an anti-climax, since the line to the…
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Well grounded in high flying Amsterdam
In Amsterdam, one can visit Heineken museum and take a peek in the world of world’s best beer – Heineken, most of which is brewed in Netherlands. This museum has everything about the history of beer making & one can take bottle ride to see the process of beer making from beginning to end. The building in which this museum is housed was used as brewery from 1867 till 1988.
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Stupid Me or .. ?
How will you feel or react when in an unknown country all of a sudden you are singled out and with no fault of…
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Trip to Switzerland: Part 3 – Jungfrau: Top of Europe
After the fairly long journey getting to Jungfrau (3 separate trains is no joke), you reach the underground train station (in fact, a large…
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Trip to Switzerland: Part 2 – Interlaken and trip to Jungfrau
The previous installment of this series covered reaching the small city of Interlaken in Switzerland, and the disappointment of not being able to do…
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We were involved in the daily grind of office, and were really needing a break. The initial plan was to plan a trip to…
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Pitti Palace -The Florentine Grandeur
We thanked the museum staff for the courtesy extended to us. We went to admire the lush green Boboli Gardens, the mid sixteenth century garden style which incorporated longer axial developments, wide gravel avenues, a large amphitheater built of stone and the lavish statuary and fountains.
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Florence – Reminiscence of the Renaissance
So we all went to the Gates of Paradise – the beautiful, descriptive, golden doors of the octagonal baptistery. They were beautiful and were given this name by none other than Michelangelo.
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Sardinia – Sun, Sand, Sizzle
I went to the Italian island of Sardinia for a four day break with 6 friends of mine a couple of months ago. We…
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Beautiful Cornwall (2) – Eden and Heligan
This is in continuation of my previous post on Cornwall, where on the first day we had spent some time exploring and experiencing the…
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