One evening in Tokyo, Alka and I found ourselves wandering the buzzing streets of Akihabara, the heart of manga culture in the city. Her daughter, my niece is fond of manga and Alka wanted to pick something for her. As the neon signs began to glow brighter and the crowds thinned a little, I noticed…
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High Tea at the Rambagh Palace, Jaipur
It turned out to be a long break from blogging! All my breaks are unintentional though. Before I start on my fabulous experience of having a high tea at the Rambagh Palace, Jaipur I need to get two things out of the way, actually three. One I need to make peace with tennis travel as…
Exploring Paris the City of Lights by Paris Metro
Metro or subway is my favorite mode of transport in any city. It is cheap, it is convenient, it is environmentally friendly and it gives you a taste of the local life! When I look for a hotel I try to find it near a metro station. In Paris we stayed at the Hotel Ibis…
Capturing the Magic- Postcards from Paris
It took me a long time to convince my sister Alka to travel with me but we are now two trips old together, as adults. If you would ask me, I loved Budapest but she is completely smitten by Paris. Here are a few postcards from our trip to Paris in 2018! I have already…
To Paris With Love
We are continuing with our Paris saga, this post has been written by my sister Alka. We visited Paris in November 2018. Over to Alka. When my sister asked me, what if we visit Paris this year, my joy knew no bound. Paris always fascinated me. Being a student of history, French Revolution, the fall…
Postcards from Geneva: Snapshots of Serenity by the Lake
Hooping over from Paris to Geneva was my sisters idea! I am the lazy one when it comes to vacations, I like to stay at one place. But she was adamant that we would go for a day trip to Geneva and that was that! I was carrying a new camera on the trip, the…
Crimee- A Charming Little Corner in Paris France
This is a post by Alka, my sister about our recent trip to Paris. My sister bullied me to take a holiday with her last year. We went to Budapest, capital of Hungary. Now we have mutually decided to take a holiday together every year. We kept on discussing various destinations and zeroed in on…
When I Wore a Saree in Paris, France
Alka and I went to Budapest together in November 2017. It was our first trip together as adults! We also left behind our family to take the break. We wanted to make it a yearly affair and I am happy to say that we went to Paris this November! I am keeping my fingers crossed…