Usha's Odyssey

Our visit to Dubrovnik was a surprise and it took place in the summer of 1989, when our daughter was returning home for her vacation from college to Mumbai. At the same time My husband was invited for a small ECHO meeting along with a doctor from England. So we planned to meet our daughter in Rome where we had good contact with Air India manager. My daughter and I stayed very close to Roman steps for 2 days. And than my husband met us in Rome. At that time, Dubrovnik was sti

In our last European visit we at that time didn’t go to Greece. After spending longer time visiting our respective hospitals in England this time, as we were returning to India we made a short visit to Greece. Often referred to as the cradle of Western civilization, Greece profoundly shaped the modern world in areas like democratic governance, philosophy, theatre, mathematics, and the Olympic Games. Its rich historical tapestry spans the Classical era, the Byzantine Empire, a

My husband had been earlier to Poland. But I could not go. His first trip was very short . Very likely he went to port city of Gdansk. Gdansk Probably he went to Gdansk. Earlier, when we discussed Poland, I mentioned Gdańsk as one of the important places that many visitors see. A few things make Gdańsk special: It is Poland's principal Baltic Sea port. For centuries it was a wealthy trading city connected to merchants from across northern Europe. Its old town is famous for co

For our trip to see Sun at Mid night we joined a tour company named Insight. The tour was through Scandinavian countries. Denmark, Sweden and finally Oslo. We had lot of difficulty in getting Visa - finally a friend in Mumbai helped us to get a visa for Sweden Denmark - Copenhagen From London we first arrived in Copenhagen. Here we stayed at a hotel. My cousin who had lived in London introduced us to one of her friends so we called him and he drove us around Denmark. It was

My main interest in going to any country is basically for NATURAL beauty with unique charactrs and intersting culture in terms of art. As...

Besides Moscow and Saint Petersburg there is much more to Russia – A Journey on Trans Siberian train going to Kamchatka, land of bears...

Going to Tatras mountains was an extension of our visit to Budapest. Our trip to Tatras Mountains was a surprise for me. But my husband...

We decided to go to Budapest / Hungary for a conference as it was a totally a new destination for us. We flew from Mumbai to Frankfurt....

This was one of our several earlier visits to Paris. On our first day in Paris, we decided to take a tour outside Paris. I had heard...