It was the end of our northern European part of the trip as we headed out to the warm Mediterranean city of Barcelona from Amsterdam. We had an early morning flight and by 0900 hrs we were in hot and sultry Barcelona. From here we were to reach Valencia, which is 300 km away. First the idea was to hire a car and drive along the coast of Spain, but as we came to know, in Spain it is mandatory to have an int'l driving license in addition to your home license which ...

After winning the obstacle race against time Swati, Raj, Sid and me were in the overnight train to Paris from Munich with bhaiyya joining us tomorrow. To our dismay we didn't have a sleeper and the sitting chair were nothing great. In fact the train itself was a misfit in our European trip so far. It was so ordinary it made rajdhani feel luxurious. We had 10 hrs to spend most of which were on the floor of the train! But this was the beginning of our experience of...

The reason for halting at Fussen was, it is the closest town from the beautiful castles of Germany. 'Neuchwanstein' castle is nestled on a small hill surrounded by pine forests and taller mountains. The castle with its many towers and ramparts is the inspiration for the legendary logo of Disneyland, hence also referred to as Disney castle. A weird, nose twitching, commando style dressed lady who was the manger of our Fussen hotel informed us that there are long q...

We woke up groggily after yesterday's super adventure which we had brought upon ourselves. Bhaiyya had already gone for his jog. Raj and I decided to walk around and explore the place. The place was fairy tale like. Next to our hotel was a 'tabela' with innumerable jersey cows and middle aged farmer was attending to the cows giving a feel of a real village. There were many open meadows where the crop had been harvested while some places the crops were still stand...

Bhaiyya's (Varun Chawla) message was already on our WhatsApp group when we got up on our 6th day of trip. His train was running late by 1 hour which gave us enough time to get ready. After two days of cold and clouds we were treated to speckless blue skies with brilliant summer sun. Bhaiyya met us outside the train station as coordinated on WhatsApp. Quickly putting his luggage in the boot of our VW we scooted off to our first destination of the day; the eagles n...