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Our trip to Lyon, France

I never expected to be on another trip so soon after my last trip to Europe in September 2013, but here I am sitting in my sister’s house in New Jersey, trying to complete my travel posts from last year. Well,what can I say… the horizons keep beckoning and I keep following… Now for a …

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World Cup 2014, Brasil… so far

This world cup is proving to be far more exciting and entertaining than usual… I started watching the world cup in 2002, that was when college had just concluded and there wasn’t anything else to do. So as I was switching channels, I came across a game on TV and Brazil were playing and I …

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Villa Maya in Trivandrum…

So last week me and a couple of friends, Shilpa and Anju, happened to stop by Villa Maya for lunch. This place was initially a house for the royal consorts of the Travancore king. The Travancore kingdom was strictly matrilineal, meaning the heirs of the king could not inherit the throne, the throne was passed …

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Baden, Olten and Bern…

An uncle and aunt live in Baden, which is about 3 hours from Geneva, so we (me and Nam) set out to meet them one fine morning. Their house is near the Limmat river and while aunt was cooking up a tasty lunch, Nam and me decided to explore the area.  Went walking along the riverbank… …

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Chamonix, Mont Blanc…

Chamonix (shah-mo-nee) is a mountainous town in France situated at the base of the Alps and barely a two hour drive from Geneva. So one weekend we drove down to this beautiful little town, and at first glance we were in love with this place…  First glimpse as you enter Chamonix… The lovely hotel we stayed at…  …

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Dawn of another year, 2014

So it’s another year…somehow the beginning doesn’t seem as exciting as the ending of a year. Every November I start experiencing a year ending high, and when the new year dawns it’s back to normal life, back to routine. Family members who have come from afar go back to their countries, the holidays come to …

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