Travel stories by Travelling Ides of March, a travel blog from India. Amrita Das is a travel blogger and a freelance travel writer based in Kolkata, India.
In the Danish capital, 62 percent of Copenhagers cycle around to work, study or play. There are bike rental docks and repair shops every few metres. Copenhagen has 375 kilometres of cycle tracks and nine out of ten Danes own a bike. It would be criminal not to explore a city so well-designed for cyclists…
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In December last year, Qatar Airways launched direct flights from Doha (Qatar’s hub) to Gothenburg in Sweden. I was a part of their inaugural flight, along with other bloggers, vloggers and media delegates from Asia, Middle East and United Kingdom. I have flown Qatar several times previously, however, this was a special experience. Not only…
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In only 15 seconds my sight shifted from turquoise gradients of the Indian Ocean to deep green forests of Cirque de Mafate. I was taking a helicopter ride above Réunion Island, a 2520 square kilometres French overseas department, and was in disbelief of the beauty it unfolded in front of me. Sandwiched between Madagascar and…
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When I started sketching the itinerary of my travel to Germany’s eastern most state, Saxony, I was overwhelmed with the experiences it encapsulated. Needless to say that capturing the glory of Christmas was my focus, but accommodating all my wishes in a week’s visit was rather hasty. Oldest Christmas market in Germany Striezelmarkt in the…
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On a cold gloomy morning, I arrived at Leipzig, in Germany’s federal state of Saxony, with enthusiasm and anxiety. My weapon against the cold was my warm jacket and fighting my anxiety was a meticulously marked map of Leipzig in my pocket. Augustusplatz was where Leipzig Weihnachtsmarkt (Christmas market) begun for me. Dating back to…
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Last year this time, I was packing my bags to explore the Christmas Markets in Saxony, Germany. My third and last destination within the state was a town called Seiffen. Seiffen sits on the border of Czech and Germany, in the region of Erzgebirgskreis. Historically, Erzgebirge (Ore Mountains) was a silver mining region. Over the…
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