London, a bustling metropolis

"When you are tired of London, you are tired of Life" - Samuel Johnson. London, the capital of United Kingdom is a bustling metropolis which offers endless entertainment. With rich history, museums, spectacular landscapes, monuments, endless shopping experience, this city has something to offer for every kind of it's visitor. Dinesh & myself were able...

Cambridge, a University City

Cambridge, as soon as we hear the name, we are reminded of the University and Cambridge Press books. Having studied Science, Dinesh & myself had already a little knowledge about the achievements that were accomplished at this place by the major leaders in science. According to Wikipedia, there are about 120 Nobel prizes affiliated to...

Bletchley Park Visit

Bletchley Park was a secret wartime codebreaking base in Bletchley, England. Around 40 min train ride from London, this is the center where allied code breaking happened, the Enigma was broken, which experts believe to have reduced the Second World War duration by a few years. Featured in the movie 'The Imitation game', Benedict Cumberbatch...

Athens, the birthplace of democracy

Athens, the capital of Greece is a bustling, vibrant city as a center for art, history and culture. Being one of the world's oldest cities, Greece holds pride for it's rich history. Ancient Greece was the cradle of Western civilization. From being the first country to host Olympics to creating famous mathematicians who produced world...

Hydra, a quiet beauty

Hydra is a captivating Greek island which is located just off the Greek mainland. An hour away from Athens, Hydra is a perfect escape from the city where you can hike along the narrow streets and capture those post card perfect  pictures all along the way. Another thing about this pretty island is that no...

Milan, the fashion capital of Italy

Milan is a city in the north eastern Italy which is recognized worldwide as one of the fashion capitals of the world. Besides being famous for fashion, there are many other beautiful things to be explored in Milan. It's famous magnificent Duomo Cathedral, which took around 600 years to complete is almost on every traveler's...

Venice, a floating city!

Venice is a city in north eastern Italy that's built on around a hundred islands! There is an indescribable charm in this floating city with canals as streets. Be it the eye catching gondola rides, Basilica, bridges or just the view of the Grand canal. Their mode of transportation with water bus or Vaporetto together...

Keukenhof Tulip Festival

Keukenhof gardens in the Netherlands attracts more than a million visitors every spring. Keukenhof opens it's doors for the visitors from March end until mid May. Their website is very well updated with information on the events and how to travel from many primary locations in the Netherlands. Dinesh and myself visited the Tulip festival...

The Hague, Netherlands

Hague is a beautiful, peaceful city in the province of South Holland in Netherlands. Internationally, it is often known as 'Judicial capital of the world' because of the presence of the Peace Palace or International Court of Justice. Dinesh and myself visited Hague this Easter (Easter 2019) as a part of our Netherlands visit. It...

A day off to Thrissur

Thrissur is a city in a south Indian state, Kerala. It is well known for it's festival Pooram, where more than 50 decorated elephants are brought together and many events hoisted at the Vadakkunnathan temple. A glimpse of the festival is also showcased in Kochi airport. I am sorry that I am posting a pic...