Travelogues
Our Travel Tales from around the world ..
Autumn in Amsterdam
‘How much?’ ‘50 Euros’ ‘How long?’ ‘20 to 30 minutes’ ‘50 Euros is too high’ ‘Why not?’ ...Silence... A conversation recounted between a tall brown guy and a pale, strikingly pretty girl in flowery blue two piece clothing across a glass door in the red light area...
On the Beaches of North Goa
Our first trip to Goa was more about getting to know what was to be seen and experienced than doing it actually. So within less than a month, we ended up making another trip, this time for an extended holiday. So during the last weekend of this September, 10 of us...
Fun, Feni, Goa! – The Prequel
I would refer to this short trip to Goa as the precursor of my coming trips of the beautiful place, more because it only made me knowledgeable of the places I had to visit in future. Nevertheless, it was great fun and a much needed break from work. It so happened that...
Cologne, Bonn and Königswinter – A memoir
A memorable journey: We were on the Autobahn driving at 140 kilometres an hour. We were chasing the setting sun at a feverish pace and it was playing hide and seek with us. Laura was telling us about her stay in the US. She had stayed with a “host” family for nearly...
Dachau: A chilling remnant of what man is capable of!
The corpse which had just been removed stared in at me with glazed eyes. Two hours before I had spoken to that man. Now I continued sipping my soup. Viktor Frankl wrote Man's search for meaning, a book (originally published as Trotzdem Ja Zum Leben Sagen: Ein...
A poetic sojourn in the Alsacian capital
July 14, 9.45 PM – I alighted from the tram at the station Etoile Polygone and searched for a place offering vegetarian fare. 10.30 PM – I quickly settled the bill for a drink and a plate of noodles and rushed out to witness an extraordinary sight. Some 500 people had...