Vienna Attractions
One city I fell in love with during my first visit albeit short one in the year 2006 is Vienna the capital city of Austria. I consider myself lucky, for 2009 gave me one more opportunity to visit and see Vienna up close and that too leisurely. So what is it that attracts one to […]
Dachau Concentration Camp
Walk of Shame & a gory glimpse into the past…. I was in Munich when my friend asked me whether I would be interested in visiting the first Nazi concentration camp opened in Germany. While on a vacation one generally tends to visit places and do things that are pleasant; but here I was looking […]
Freetown Christiania – Copenhagen, Denmark
At the entrance of this Freetown you pass through an arch with Christiania written on it in bold. It gives you a feeling of a different world altogether. A hippy culture awaits you with a mixture of colorful yet very anarchic lifestyle. It was very difficult for me to grasp and let the surroundings sink in as the whole place looks like some run down park from a bygone era. A place that was so very different from the city life I was in just a few minutes ago. Interestingly the same arch on the other side as you exit reads as ‘now you are entering EU’!! (European Union)
Welcome to City of Cambridge
Punting on River Cam was a very calming experience as you moved around the university area with guides narrating stories and history of each of the college. These guides (the punter on the boat) in most of the cases are students from these universities themselves probably looking at making some pocket money.
Kolkata, India: A City Holding onto its Past
This is a guest post by Lyndsey Biddle who writes for leather briefcase, a website that offers luxury briefcases direct from the manufacturer. Lyndsey currently resides in Kolkata, India, where she is learning Bengali and Indian cooking. I moved to Kolkata, India a little over a year ago to study Bengali and to learn more […]
Meet Greyfriars Bobby
While taking a city walk in Edinburgh I came across a statue of a dog inviting lot of attention from people who were evidently tourists. Who was this dog? And why was there a statue instituted for it? I was quite intrigued.
Making a mental note to research on it further I made my way back towards the Royal Mile where I had planned to visit the museum of Edinburgh. And guess what I found there? My answer to the dog mystery!
Oresund Bridge (Øresundsbron) – Connecting Denmark and Sweden
With the Copenhagen summit preparations going on in full swing and every news media house piling in with snippets about the country of Denmark & its beautiful capital city Copenhagen, I would like to showcase a sight & two man made marvels – which I saw couple of months back when I was traveling from Copenhagen.
Both the marvels I saw were on my train ride from Copenhagen, Denmark to Malmo in Sweden. One of the most beautiful stretches of travel that had a refreshing touch and an everlasting imprint on my memory.