Towards the end of my five-day trip in Copenhagen, I felt like I needed at least two more weeks to see everything I wanted to. I recall sharing with my fellow travellers, ‘Copenhagen is not a city. It is a country,’ while flipping through the Copenhagen Card booklet. Copenhagen Card is an incredible way to…
When travelling abroad, there is always that one thing that connects us back to home. In Seville, the predominant use of cycles was that bond for me. Spain’s fourth largest city, Seville, is evidently flat. When I looked out from my window, there were no ridges and no inclines. The topography contributes to the extensive…
While exploring summer in Switzerland last year, we visited a small town away in Graubünden called Flims. The geography of this town attracts many visitors during summer. Families, hikers, cyclists- all throng here to soak in the summer sun. During our day’s visit to Lake Cauma (or Caumasee), we saw hoards of locals with their picnic baskets…
I pressed my nose at the display window and stared at the chocolatier’s creations. From crusty gateaux to cup-sized sugar-dusted dessert to the dark chocolate truffles, I gawked. Just then I heard my guide, Guglielmo, say, ‘Ah, of course, Torino is the land of chocolates.’ Had I mistakingly walked into paradise? Earlier that morning when…
I’m still reeling from the super exciting journey around Uttarakhand’s Garhwal region with a bunch of travel bloggers from across the country. The first ever Bloggers Bus (or #BloggersBus on social media) went around five districts of the state with seven of us. This post is my account of being a part of this crazy…
Saxony’s capital, Dresden, overwhelmed me. With its Baroque beauty, spectacular museums, interesting cafes and bars, and seamless (but confusing) public transport, I knew I had too less time in the city even before I arrived. Only one-and-half hours by train from Leipzig, Dresden has a beat of its own. After the fire of 1491, Dresden…