Romancing the Swiss Alps

Back from 4 awesome days spent in the Swiss Alps (of the Bernese Oberland), can’t wait to share picturesque beauty of this place. Having reached Interlaken from Geneva on day 1, we decided to explore Murren village the same afternoon using mountain trains. How to reach Murren? – Well we took the train from Interlaken OST… Continue reading Romancing the Swiss Alps

Ravishing South-east France – French Riviera et Gorges du Verdon

While thinking of lavish luxurious vacations offshore, Nice does cross one’s mind. So while we weren’t gonna spend ‘lavishly’, sunset on the Mediterranean beach with visible hues of orange, red, yellow, green, blue in the sky sipping on Provence wine was certainly a dream we happened to fulfill recently. So while it wasn’t Nice we… Continue reading Ravishing South-east France – French Riviera et Gorges du Verdon

Cinque Terre – vibrant villages of Italian reviera

Italy – country of vast diversities in landscape. Entering from the city of Milan when we hopped on a train to La Spezia, little did we know that we are going to have the time of our life in Cinque Terre. This is a cluster of five (‘cinque’) villages alongside the coast of Italian Riviera.… Continue reading Cinque Terre – vibrant villages of Italian reviera

Avignon and around in Provence, France

A charming little town with a romantic setting by river Rhone in Provence region of France…it is ‘Avignon‘, It was a 3 hours TGV ride for us from Paris (Gare de Lyon terminus). During our blissful 2 days stay in Avignon, we explored the historical city center where we visited the famous Palais des Papes.… Continue reading Avignon and around in Provence, France

What to see in Paris, France

The City of Light, Paris is not only about architecture and monuments that most visitors explore in awe but much more than that. The real city, it’s art, culture, couture is actually experienced only when you walk deeper into the streets of Paris. Yes, just keep walking! We spent our first day after landing at… Continue reading What to see in Paris, France

People and culture of Rann of Kutch, Gujarat

Most of us always plan holidays to visit exotic hill stations or pristine beaches. The idea of travelling miles into desert expanses of Gujarat taking in dust winds never occurred to us as well until we decided to explore it for a Kalacafe project in Feb 2014. An exhilarating sojourn in Bhuj was all about meeting Kutch’s nomadic tribes,… Continue reading People and culture of Rann of Kutch, Gujarat

Discovering solitude in Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh

While I continued to pester ‘him’ to come with me to Lahaul Spiti on a holiday, I kept flipping through pages of this book I bought from Flipkart and dreamt of how this land would be like for quite a few months. In July 2013 we took a trip to Spiti, tribal belt of Himachal… Continue reading Discovering solitude in Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh

Jog Falls, Gokarna and Palolem beach Goa

Have been thinking of posting about my North Karnataka and South Goa trip for quite some time now.. Here it is! The trip was not a planned one, we knew we were going out of Mumbai or rather Maharashtra during the long weekend from 15th – 20th Aug’12. Although we were thinking of visiting the… Continue reading Jog Falls, Gokarna and Palolem beach Goa