Gozo

Maltese Archipelago For the second day of being in Malta (country), I had planned to go to the island of Gozo. A colleague/friend of mine had told me that he found Gozo to be much more nicer than Malta (Malta is both the name of the country and the biggest island of the Maltese archipelago)....

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Malta – Day 1

The good thing about morning flights for short duration trips is that you then have the whole day to explore the destination. But then there’s this challenge of reaching the airport. That's where a friend of mine C, has twice come to my rescue. She lives in a suburb that's like 20 minutes away from...

Malta – How did I go there of all the places?

I sometimes wonder if we end up being somewhere because the traditional gods planned it thus or because the new gods (of the internet) make it so! Let me tell my story and you can decide for yourself what to believe in. Crossing the mountains.. One fine day in February, just a week after I'd...

The Doors of Mdina (Malta)

I cannot believe that I didn't post about Malta up until now. It's been almost four months since I was there, although it seems like such a distant memory. Ah, this illusory concept called Time! Nonetheless, what better way to start than to take you "through the doors"! So, before the Knights Hospitaller (Knights of...

Last night in Sofia

Unlike the accounts of all my other travels, I am writing this time first about what I am feeling on the last night (of the first trip) here in Sofia. It has been a lovely journey for the most part - primarily because of having met really nice and warm people. It felt like India...

Cologne in Pictures

I visited Cologne for the first time this year on Good Friday, after having heard about it since years! It was a lovely sunny day, the warmest Easter time I have seen in Germany in the few years I’ve been here. Here are a few pictures of the wonderful city to give you a glimpse...

Importance of Aachen in European History

Aachen's Rathaus (Townhall) is an interesting building. It is at the same spot where Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, had his palace in around 800 A.D. Over the centuries, the palace that was once the most important center of power and culture in Europe, deteriorated. This side of the palace was facing the Aachen...

Fountains of Aachen

There is something quite charming about water fountains. I remember that in the city in India where I spent a lot of my life growing up, there used to be a huge fountain, at a roundabout in the center of the city, that used to be lit up with colorful lights in the evenings. While...

A deformity that turned into a greeting!

It's quite interesting how certain symbols become the identifying feature of a person, a place, an ideology or a thing in a completely different manner than its original meaning! Take for instance, the swastika, which most of the western world now associates only as the symbol of Nazis. But if you go to India, you...