Endless affection coupled with wisdom Unbelievable intuition of weaved in notion Of Brilliant reinvention at every stage of life Of Learning the ropes and beating all strife Instilling in me the power of being nice Cooling me down when full of spice Being an audience no matter the dance Seeing that we were all given…

If there is one place where the rural wins over the urban its got to be in England. The countryside is beautiful. We experienced driving through the country-side, with our first stop at the Stonehenge. The ancient monument of blue-stones has a lot of mystery that surrounds it. Its actually nothing one may say, they…

Of the Queen and Crown is London Town. As an English Literature buff its real easy and smooth to get along with London, its just as described by Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle and countless others who have based their writing on this charming, warm and storybook city. London does not have a…

Swiss are but a little bit French and a little bit German. The two collide, corride and compromise in just the right amounts, in a background so beautiful, in a way so effortless whilst adding a generous touch of themselves in a measure so delightful. So lucid is their being in the city called Lucerne.…

On Top of the World youre sure to feel dizzy but on Top of Europe its just a wee bit tizzy. Going by the hordes of people visiting atop the peak each year, its moderately assumable to find chaos and a mess created by over-population. But stunningly its not so, not so at all. From…

In continum of the Swiss-Bliss series brings me to write about the crisp and picturesque city of Interlaken, a very well-known municipality of the tourist-loved Berne Oberland. One look at the town and you know why every tourist’s heart melts here. Its so very wonderland like. The open parks, the central fields, not lonely, not…

“If you dont mind, it doesnt matter,” goes a wise saying. Apart from the deep truth it holds, its a key to a life of less worry, no stress and great satisfaction. The line could very well be a jest for life in Switzerland. The Alps are the prettiest mountain ranges ever and the terrain…

The most wondrous and the greatest Italian city  is by far Rome. It was certainly not built in a day, not commissioned by one emperor and certainly not envisioned by one architect. All roads lead to Rome the say, it’s hard to imagine why not. Our road led to Rome as I sat transfixed taking in the architecture piece…

The Gleaming Leaning Tower of Pisa enrobed in white Carrara marble stands inclined on the town that is about a 100 kms from Florence. The drive through the Italian state of Tuscany is just as described by Frances Mayes in her book Under the Tuscan Sun. The town is just short of being sleepy! With…

Vegetable Florentine was my favorite dish as a young girl. I feel nostalgic now to reminisence of the restaurant Palace Heights where it was once made of an impeccable standard. What I didnt quite know then was how it was made or where it came from. Many years later I discovered the cheesy creamy spinach…