Ideal 3 Days Vienna Itinerary for the First Time Visitor
Vienna for Newbies! Vienna, the largest city on the River Danube, has been variously called, and quite aptly too, as…
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Top Things to do in Trier Germany
Trier, the Oldest City in Germany Often tourists give the picturesque little town of Trier, in South-West Germany, a miss…
Top Things to do in Chanderi
Chanderi – A Complete Guide First thing that comes to mind when someone mentions Chanderi is the exquisite Chanderi Sarees…
25 Fun Facts on Florida
Florida, the South-Eastern state of the USA, has been on the visitors map even before Disney was born! It was…
Saputara, Gujarat: 18 Amazing Things to do
We knew Gujarat as a land of rivers, forests, few beaches and a vast expanse of white salty desert. But…
Top Things to do in Chita Siberia
Top Things to do in Chita, Siberia?
Let me admit. To me, visiting Russia meant Moscow and St Petersburg. And probably a few smaller towns around them. Nothing more.
Why?
Because everything else was too cold and barren, including Siberia! That’s what we thought, we read, and we heard.
But is it so?
We visited Chita, a lesser
Day Trip to Ayutthaya, the Second Capital of Thailand
Nisha and I have been to Thailand many times before. Doing a day trip to Ayutthaya was on the cards for quite a while but for some reason Ayutthaya had always eluded us. Last time when we got the chance, we grabbed it with both hands. So here is our things to do in Ayutthaya, the historic city, located about 90KM North of Bangkok. Now we can say Thailand holidays are incomplete without a tour of Ayutthaya. So after reading this go ahead and integrate Ayutthaya itinerary into your Thailand itinerary.
Entwined Buddha, Wat Maha That, Ayutthaya
Top Things to do in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
If Jakarta is the capital city; Bali a spiritual town then Yogyakarta is the soul of Indonesia. Unlike Bali or…
Family Vacation in Bangkok, Thailand
Family Trip to Bangkok
More specifically Family Vacation in Bangkok in Part 1 of this series and Pattaya later. You might say, “I understand Family vacation in Bangkok but Pattaya?” Well, hold your horses a little while longer, while we let the cats out of the bag. Here we talk of Family holidays in Bangkok where we look at things kids can do in Bangkok.
Thailand has always been
Exploring Jungfrau Region in Winters
I was in a Swiss Air flight to Zurich, Switzerland. To say I was excited, would be an understatement. I was visiting the country after 18 years! I was to go to Interlaken and then to Jungfrau region for some awesome activities. It was going to be a nostalgic trip for me. A lot would have changed, a lot would have remained the same; these thoughts crisscrossed through my mind. It was for me to see it myself, now. 🙂
I knew it would be cold in December with snow all around, but I have lived in those temperatures and have also visited several countries in winters. So, the weather was not in my mind. It was the reminiscences that made me smile.
We went by road from Zurich to Interlaken. The route was picturesque with inviting mountains standing at a distance. I kept smiling looking out of my window. Next day I would go there.
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.
Touristy Frankfurt – What to See
It is quite often that we touchdown at Frankfurt only to take-off to another destinations because we don’t know what to see in Frankfurt. Frankfurt is perhaps in the middle of the world and offers connectivity to many other parts of the world. It is so much a hub of air travel that I often say jokingly that if you lose your luggage anywhere in the world on an international flight, it will somehow find its way to Frankfurt!
We had heard many a people say
