So after yesterday’s late night, we came down for breakfast on the third day in Paris. I was cured of my nutella cravings after this breakfast… I always wondered how it would be to have more nutella than necessary and I scooped in a few spoonfuls to eat with that walnuts.raisins.cranberries mixture, the first few …
Our second day in Paris and we know it is going to be a packed one, like yesterday. We had breakfast at the hotel then walked to the closest metro station, Marie de Montrogue, which is about ten minutes from the ibis hotel and booked a day pass for 7.50 euros per head, which is …
So we set out on our drive to Paris on a Monday morning at around 8:30 am, we had booked tickets to the Lourve museum at 3pm, and since Paris is just a five hour drive from Geneva we hoped to reach in time for that. We stopped at a petrol bunk to fill up …
It was a Sunday when Jude arrived, so after picking him up at the airport we went to church… A really interesting tree in church… look at the limbs, it’s like they’re dancing. After church we went to this place, Vicolo 39 located in Carouge, for brunch… Flowers outside the restaurant Wine to start with… The …
So the Italian guy we bought ravioli from was raving about Chexbres, that’s how we decided to drive to Chexbres (which is about an hour from Geneva) on a fine Saturday morning. On the way we came across this Beautiful port side town… Then stopped in Nyon for a few minutes… Where Nam took this …
There’s this beautiful chapel near my brother’s place that I always visit when I am here, it is architecturally captivating. So one morning, we went for a walk and spent a few minutes at the St. Marie chapel… This is one of the prettiest chapels I’ve seen… natural light through openings in the roof fall …
This was breakfast most days, Nam showed us how to make them and they are really easy to put together. Avocado on toast with either smoked salmon or ham. Buy really ripe avocados, that have a blackish brown hue and are soft to the touch. Half them, discard the seed inside and scoop out the …
Went to old town the next day… almost every place here in Europe, has an old town… where medieval architecture and history is kept alive. These old towns have a charming vibe to them, cobblestone paths, small winding roads… the whole feel of the place takes you back to another era. sights on the way… …
Back home in Madras, Sunday is always magical and that’s primarily because of the choir in St. Theresa’s church and Lourdes church. The choir in St. Theresa’s (in the mass that I attend) is without a doubt the best I’ve heard in all the churches I’ve been to. These choirs tend to give you a …
I miss reading The Hindu here… I miss the smell of it. Waking up and not seeing the paper, not waiting to read it… feels strange. Anyway, the day after we landed it was pouring non-stop and we had to pick up some stuff from Ikea, so after the rains stopped we got ready and …