After a tiring night with Sudha Parimala bouncing on the bed until 2 am (yawn… ), we finally left at 11am. Our destination – The Colosseum and The Forum Romanum, both just minutes away from our hotel. We walked down Fori di Emperiali until we came to the Colosseum. We decided to buy tickets at the Palatine Hill, just around the corner from the Colosseum. Instead of dragging the gogoKidz all around the “corner”, I decided to wait while Guru…
These travels were before I turned the FauxRunner Having “booked” our tickets through viator.com, we reached the Vatican entrances at 9.00am. After a short confusion (I stood in the wrong line for half an hour), we got in the museum bypassing the lines. The Vatican museum, like The Louvre, is best described in pictures. So I am not even going to attempt it. The Raphael Rooms We stayed longer than planned in the Raphael rooms, as that was exactly where…
Tesselated Pavements at Eaglehawk Neck enroute to Port Arthur from Hobart Port Arthur Penal Settlement Model town of 19th century Hobart at Richmond Wineglass bay at Freycinet National Park White sands of Wineglass bay and Hazards Beach Wombat at the Freycinet National Park Kate’s Berry Farm at Swansea with yummy Devonshire teas and Scones Bay of Fires at St. Helenas Dove Lake at Cradle Mountain National Park Cataract Gorge at Launceston One of the wierd signs we saw in Tassie…
One of our most relaxing and enchanting vacations – Fiji was chosen out of necessity rather than choice for our anniversary vacation. I had to go to Atlanta for my fingerprinting by INS and I found an Air Pacific flight that was through Nadi, Fiji and needed a journey of minimum 5 days. Researching on Fiji a little, I discovered that it was a very sought after destination for Australians and a very beautiful country. So Fiji it was. Unfortunately,…
After deliberating on various places to visit for our honeymoon. we selected the beautiful backwaters of Kerala. We stayed in a houseboat in the backwater lake of Kumarkom. Not for nothing is Kerala described as ‘God’s own country’. A must see place for visitors to India.