Belgium is a picturesque country to visit with numerous castles, cathedrals and medieval belfries. The cities flaunt their Renaissance period architecture which incorporates both Flemish and Italian influences. We chose Antwerp and Bruges to visit in Belgium Four of us booked a bus to Antwerpen in Belgium which is 2 and half hrs away from Amsterdam. We arrived on Saturday … Continue reading A weekend trip to Belgium
Follow my blog with Bloglovin The thought that we are going to be struck at a city for the rest of our lives makes us depressed. The idea of it makes us numb and careless about what is at hand. We postpone even the most famous place in town for later because- hell, we are … Continue reading The ups and downs of Short stays
Never have I celebrated Republic day so enthusiastically. Here in Netherlands I found a new way to make it special- by performing a patriotic dance on stage: The Bollywood Amsterdam group which I am a part of planned on performing to the 'ABCD Vande mataram song'. We had 17 days at hand and we managed … Continue reading Republic day performance- Amsterdam
It was my first new year outside India. I wanted it to be crazy. We decided to do the ‘New year dive’ –the dutch tradition of jumping into the icy cold waters of the north sea at New year Jan 1 noon. We signed up for it and went to Zandvoort for it. It did … Continue reading New Years Dive
Amsterdam has a unique way of keeping the spirit high in the winters.When the sun sets down very quick these days there is something to look forward to-The light festival-The festival of light and water illuminating the canals ( Nov 28 2015 to Jan 17 2016 ! ) The streets of Amsterdam are already decorated … Continue reading Light Festival Amsterdam- A Photowalk in Rain
My over enthusiastic friends coaxed me to go ice skating on a chilly cold night in Amsterdam. Ice skating – I was somehow not intrigued by it since I knew it would be cold anyways and why would I want the ice under me. When we left from home it was raining which was not … Continue reading When we went Ice Skating !
How we ended up in Athens-We had a six hour stopover in Athens on our way to Santorini, so we decided to make full use of the time. What went on for five hours seemed like we spent an entire day there 😛 Our Journey : We left for Athens from Amsterdam on Friday morning … Continue reading Acropolis, Athens -The Archaic Remains
What are the touristic places in Santorini? ….The city itself is its own attraction, with houses built of Venetian and Cycladic architecture with blue domes.. In most of the Cycladic islands, houses were painted white to reflect the harsh summer sun. It started for a "bioclimatic" or "ecological" reasons, to make houses a little more … Continue reading Santorini- A break from Reality
The day started with a rather enthusiastic preparation for a photwalk along the canal roads in Amsterdam. We arrived at the spot just to find out the meet up was the next day and we had seen the date wrong. But this did not stop us from seizing the day 😀 Since we had our … Continue reading Visit to Muiden Castle
I was persistant on going to Oktoberfest but did not know the means.Luckily my friend found thi website “oktoberfissa” which organises a bus to and from Munich. It also has a camping option. Me and three other friends booked on the website and left to Munich by a double decker bus on Friday night. We … Continue reading The Okoberfest
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