Travel is great for learning a lot of things – about history, geography, food, people, traditions and many more things but surprisingly things about your own self! You could be living a perfectly regular life and believe that you are … Continue reading When you travel
The truth is, that I’m beginning to wonder if there is any greater pleasure in life than visiting Granada and it is going back and visiting it again. – Alexandre Dumas It is quite impossible for anyone to be in … Continue reading Granada
There are so many pictures that I collected on my trip to Andalusia that it will take a really long time to sort them out. But for today, it was easy to choose a few because Cee had the color … Continue reading Teals of Andalusia
After the activity filled second day, I took the third day a little slower. It was a beautiful sunny morning when I made my way through a park towards the National Museum in Warsaw, which luckily was open on Easter … Continue reading Warsaw – Day 3
The second day was not over yet. After having a well timed lunch, that also saved me from the rains, I saw that there was still time to explore. So I took a bus to reach a palace, which is a bit far away from the city center. It is the Wilanow Palace, which was used as a summer residence by King Jan III, in the 17th century. It is a very beautiful palace, with a huge garden as one would expect. Since it was Easter time, the palace/museum were closed for visiting, but it was nice to stroll in … Continue reading Warsaw Day 2 – contd..
After the exhaustion of first day (read about it here and here), I was rather sleepy on the morning of the second day. So I didn’t start too early but looked up what walking tours might be possible. Found one … Continue reading Warsaw – Day 2
Now at the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, the tour guide of the walking tour told us that the museum is good but even if one had little time, it would be worth checking out the award-winning … Continue reading Warsaw – Day 1 contd..
On the first day after arrival, I woke up rather early despite having slept very late the previous night after the journey. In part due to the sunlight coming in through the window and in part due to habit. It … Continue reading Warsaw – Day 1
I’m so glad and thankful that I was able to visit Warsaw finally now, after the disappointment of the plans getting quashed in 2020. That year, I’d already made two short work trips and was enjoying my time back home … Continue reading Warsaw – The Journey
In Rome, you will see Stone Pines all over the place and it’s a lovely sight. So seeing Palm Trees outside the Palazzo Barberini was an unexpected but a very interesting change. The cloudy night sky gave it a very mysterious feel! Another place where I was very surprised to see a lone Palm Tree standing in the middle of the road was in Warsaw. And I was not mistaken to find it odd, as I learnt on crossing a few signals at the huge traffic junction to reach the other side. As it happens, it is an art installation … Continue reading Palm Trees at the Oddest of Places
Tips for visiting Warsaw Continue reading Top Tips for visiting Warsaw
Before answering why we write, the question is why did we invent the language and all its complications? The historians and linguists would have their theories but I guess it was to express the emotions that were welling up inside us and at some point we couldn’t control them from coming out – may be first as sounds, then drawings and then words. The feelings of – joy, sorrow, anguish, anger, love, fear – the whole range, whether on being with someone but also when on your own, seeing the marvels of nature, wondering about life and afterlife needed to … Continue reading Why we write..
Reflections on the river 