I looked out of the window, my eyes still a bit heavy with sleep. Mountains on the sides of the road looked gorgeous in their newly acquired gray-white coats. Pine trees were sprinkled with fresh snow. I straightened a bit, fighting off sleep and cursing myself a little for having Read more…
On a cloudy evening, I stepped out of the hostel in Ljubljana for a stroll by the Ljubljanica river. It had become my favorite pastime during my week-long stay in the capital of Slovenia. The sky was overcast and the usually busy place didn’t have much crowd that evening. Smiling Read more…
It’s been 3 years since I traveled to Thailand (end of Dec 2016 – Jan 2017). It was my first ever solo, non-work-related, interantional travel! I’d dreamed of planning my own itinerary and traveling to some dream-like places for years, but had not been able to muster the courage to Read more…
Perhaps it was the streets sans crowds… or the open spaces without too many skyscrapers… or maybe the sheer elegance. I’m not quite sure what it was, but Vienna provided an instant sense of relief from the claustrophobia I had felt in Prague while walking through cluttered, crowded, narrow streets Read more…
We walked through dense forests, surrounded by oak and beech trees. We walked past steep rock walls and unique sandstone formations. We reveled in the gorgeous views of verdant valleys. We walked down to a gorge and sailed in a small boat on a serene river, listening to the commentary Read more…
Something’s definitely wrong with me! I ain’t supposed to feel so miserable in (what’s considered to be) one of the world’s most beautiful cities! Please, oh God, please let me find something about this place that I can like… Something… Anything…Pretty please!! On a cold late-April evening, after spending a Read more…
It was a beautiful evening. Shades of blue and gray dominated the sky, with just a tinge of pink. The sun had disappeared behind clouds but the gleam of its light had painted a very small part of the sky in soft hues of yellow and orange. An occasional light Read more…
Budapest… the city of lights, history and architecture, thermal baths and spas, ruin bars, and so many interesting things! My introduction to the city was through the Bollywood movie Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam almost two decades ago. I remember being awestruck by the grandeur and almost instantly falling in Read more…