Usha's Odyssey

In our first 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,

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 Earlier, when I mentioned that most probably my husband went to Gdańsk on his first visit we realised that it 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

For our trip to see Sun at Mid night we joined a tour company named Insight. The tour was through Scandinavian countries. Denmark, Sweden, Finland 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 DENMARK 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 aro

We were in Jabalpur for a Cardiology meeting. We stayed with a family who knew my husband. It is generally accepted that the game of snooker originated in Jabalpur. The game of snooker was invented in 1875 at the Officers' Mess in the Nerbudda Club in Jubbulpore (now Jabalpur), India. The game was conceived by Colonel Sir Neville Chamberlain, a British Army officer. While stationed in Jabalpur, he began experimenting with a popular cue game called "black pool" by adding colo

On our very first visit to Maizuru, Dr. Tadashi invited us to his home in Kyoto. Since we were not so familiar to all places, a lady student who spoke good English came with us on the train. When we reached halfway through our journey we disembarked . We crossed the rail track and reached a river flowing along. From here we travelled by a boat till we reached close to Kyoto. On getting down we walked along a Bamboo forest with lovely breeze and somewhat musical sound in the