A Complete Guide to Eurail Passes by Rail Europe
Updated on 21-11-2019 Whew! We have completed our 100+ days extended tour of the Europe, which we named #NiVaEuro. There…
Vasudevan R
10 Magical Sound of Music Movie Locations in Salzburg
The Sound of Music Tour, Salzburg
Panorama of Salzburg city from the top of Mönchsberg. On the right is the Salzburg fortress and on the hill on the left is the Capuchin Monastery
This post has been updated with latest content in July, 2023
Only the night before we watched the epic movie The Sound of Music one more time. There were two reasons. One was to get into the mood of the movie & remember the lyrics and the second was to get an answer to my age-old question “where was The Sound of Music filmed?” and make note of various movie locations and try to track them in real life during our Sound of Music Tour.
It was several decades back when it was first released in India and it left a lasting impression, not the story but the music. (The other musical that impressed me was My Fair Lady, around the same time). Soon after, an LP record was duly acquired and played endlessly till it became scratchy.
At that age (I was just a small kid), Nazis and WW2 did not mean a thing. It was only later while reading history I could connect the dots. That was the time I promised myself that someday in my life I would go to those very places where the movie was shot.
Unveiling the Awesome Meissen Porcelain – Dresden’s White Gold
Story of Meissen(Meißen) Porcelain, the White Gold of Dresden
Augustus II the Strong, the Elector Prince of Saxony and the King of Poland was an avid patron of arts and decided that Dresden would be the cultural center. He also had a great liking for gold, real yellow ones. His great love, bordering on avarice, resulted in him recruiting a young alchemist work on the Goldmacher Tinktur or the Gold making formula to convert base metals to gold.
This post has been updated with latest content in July, 2023
You may say, oh not another of those stories but hold your horses. .
Come Summer, go to Hong Kong!
I remember the time when we used to travel with our kid in tow. He neither enjoyed the intricate Sistine chapel paintings in the Vatican nor did he marvel at the famous Mona Lisa. These attractions are for grownups only.
We know that when we travel with kids we would have to balance. So, when we travelled to Hong Kong earlier, we made it a point to find out about things that would be interesting as a wholesome vacation for the family. So we present here, the specially curated things-to-do in Hong Kong as a family.
5 top Biblical Cities, Ports and Places that Still Exist
The Bible, although a religious book, is also perhaps, one of the original historical treatise and a travel guide to…
Getting lost in Harbour City!
Have you ever got lost in a mall? How about spending a couple of days or weeks or even months in a mall, without seeing the outside world. Something akin to The Terminal movie but in a positive way.
Harbour City in Hong Kong‘s Victoria Harbour area, is such a place. What were originally shipping and cargo docks and warehouses, is now the largest mall in whole of Hong Kong! With hundreds of lifestyle shops, numerous eating places, millions of square feet of property, this is perhaps the biggest ever mall we have ever been to. If you are in the neighbourhood of Tsim Sha Tsui then Harbour City is the place to be in.
If you are looking for a detailed Hong Kong – Macau itinerary, read here.
The whole shopping city,
Epic 2 days in Jerusalem itinerary – Top Things to do
Why Israel? Isn’t it dangerous? What are you going to eat? Are you going to Jerusalem also? Are you on…
Lukla to Monjo, EBC Trek
Day 1 Part 2 … Lukla to Phakding, no… Monjo! Continuing from …. Day 1 of EBC Trek The trail…
Evocative Balinese Crafts & Arts
One of the aspects of our short but interesting tour of Indonesia, which is forever etched in my mind, is the many types of handicrafts in vogue there. The crafty carvers of Bali have indeed carved a place in our hearts. From painting to sculpture to other forms, the craft magic was enchanting and wove us into its spell. I will talk about some of them here.
Evocative Balinese Arts & Crafts
1. Stone Carving
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