Milan was covered under a thick blanket of clouds and as we were about to exit the airport it started to pour heavily. Thankfully the train station which ran the shuttle between airport and city was within the airport premise and we didn't had to get in the rain. Here I got the feel of how costly Europe is gonna be, thanks mostly to our rupee conversion ratio. A 30 min shuttle from airport to city was costing per person 12 euros. My Desi brain did a quick calcula...

It was 0700 hrs in Milan when we got up to the melancholic sound of the church bells ringing and thanks to the 3.5 hrs time difference between Italy and India (which meant it would be 1030 in India) we had rested good. We were famished with yesterdays travel and decided to check out the hotels breakfast without further delay. The breakfast spread was brilliant for a small hotel. Not that it had much variety but sufficied most needs and was arranged beautifully ...

Finally the D day dawned, well factually not 'dawned', cause my alarm screetched at 0500 hrs and it was still dark and if it wouldn't have been for the vacation I would have instinctly snoozed it. Groggily swati and me pulled our selves to getting ready and after an hour were in the car heading to Pune airport driven by our ever gracious Papa. We have booked Air India for the international flight and had a connecting flight to Delhi. I have often come across p...

"And So It Begins" I cant help but recall the famous LOTR dialogue as finally we begin our 21 days European Odyssey! It all began early 2014 when my over adventurous cousin Rajshri Khurana (Raj for the rest of the trip) fleetingly mentioned at a typical chaotic Punjabi family gathering that she would be going alone on a backpacking trip to Europe once she gets relieved from her current job in the month of August. I dont know...