It doesn’t really matter in which circumstances one is born. When a person’s talent is recognized, they will be remembered for posterity. Sometimes the talent is recognized in one’s own lifetime, which is perfect. But when this doesn’t happen, then … Continue reading Musings from the French Riviera
Sometimes you see something which makes you laugh, but then when you learn of the backstory, you scratch your head wondering about the strangeness of it! This happened with me last week. So what happened was this. I had seen … Continue reading The Caga Tio
It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost eight years since I went to Brussels. The passing of time is made more evident by the fact that the friend who accompanied me on the trip, has in the meantime, given … Continue reading Looking Back at Brussels: Travel Reflections
Sometimes I don’t understand what is working in my favor and what isn’t. For instance, what is better – getting lost on the way in the morning (a combination of my own confusion, aided by a random person I happened … Continue reading When it Rains in the Mountains
Recently, I visited a little town in Germany named Wetzlar, when I accidentally found a corridor with these very interesting murals (some of them unfortunately vandalized a bit). My curiosity was piqued, to see a character in royal attire, engaged … Continue reading A Fake Emperor
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..
Reflections on the river 