Fly far away, dissolve and quite forget…

These words from John Keats’ Ode to a Nightingale means more to me now than it did when I was studying literature in college. As summer approaches, its time to plan my holidays yet again. I am wondering if I should go to the forests or the hills . Maybe its a good time to plan another trip to Europe. Last year, I was happy to have toured quite a ...

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Travel Tuesday–Padmanabhapuram palace

  I am off down South India to Tirunelveli again this week for personal reasons ; so here is a post on Padmanabhapuram palace that is located near Kanyakumari. This story was published recently on Yahoo in the series on lesser known palaces of South India On a hot sultry afternoon, we have our little tryst with history in a small wooden palace. ...

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The skies have just become affordable again

I have just got off the internet. I am off next week on a quick trip down South Tamil Nadu for some personal reasons and I was quite worried about my last minute bookings. But I was in for a surprise. My flight ticket to Bangalore from Trivandrum costed me almost the same I would pay for a 2AC tatkal train ticket . Yes, it was about Rs 2000/- one ...

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Celebrate Nicolaus Copernicus’ 540th birthday in Torun

In a small little fairy tale town, I am reminded of a legendary fairy tale . I get a whiff of the freshly baked gingerbread and am transported into the tale of the gingerbread man who comes alive from his mould, only to be devoured by a fox. Torun in Poland is a World UNESCO site with loads of history but it is its legendary gingerbread that makes ...

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Skywatch Friday–Jordan is all Greek and Latin to me

I was in Jordan a couple of years ago and we went to Jerash, which was an ancient Greco Roman city called Gerasa. The ancient city was buried under the sands of time, until excavations discovered it less than a century ago. For lovely skies around the world, visit Skywatch every Friday ...

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