Germany Day 11&12 – Fined on the tram and a PY reunion

Tuesday Sept 11, 2018 – Frankfurt to Seeheim We packed our bags in such a way that we could leave behind two suitcases at the Frankfurt luggage locker. We were meeting Sachin and Mini at Darmstadt and staying over at their house for the night, so didn’t need all our bags. We took the U-bahn … Read more

Germany Day 10 – Walking around Frankfurt

Monday Sept 10, 2018 – Frankfurt Frankfurt airport is a familiar place for us as we have taken our connections from this airport when we went to the US, but this was the first time we were not seeing the airport but touring the city. As we had a restful Sunday, we decided to do … Read more

Germany Day 9 – Adopting the local practise

Sunday, Sept 9, 2018 – Frankfurt In Germany, shops are shut on Sundays. Just the restaurants are open and people are expected to spend time with their family and rest and relax. We decided to follow this good practise and slept in late, ate a relaxed breakfast and took an afternoon siesta even. We went … Read more

Germany Day 8 – Day spent on Trains !

Saturday Sept 8, 2018 – Prague to Frankfurt Posted from onboard the EC117 using the phone’s hotspot as there was no wifi on the train.    While the German rail network (DB) is awesome, strangely, there are no direct connections from Prague to Frankfurt. All the trains I got had a connection from Dresden, so … Read more

Germany Day 6 – Bit by a wasp and Krishnan’s non-verbal skills tested

Thursday Sept 6, 2018 Berlin to Prague We had decided to leave two of our suitcases at the luggage locker in Prague rather than carrying them to the Airbnb that we had booked there. I had accordingly repacked the suitcases. In the morning I quickly made the OPOS Khichadi before packing the induction stove and … Read more

Scotland Day 6 – Hot pursuit of “Nessie”

Wednesday Aug 29th, 2018 – Inverness The tour was to start at 8.30 am, so we called the Taxi by 7.45 am. Had packed a picnic lunch for the day and we ate some cereal and bread for breakfast at Peter’s place. The taxi came as scheduled and we got ourselves a talkative driver. He … Read more

Scotland Day 5 – Learning about the “key box”

Tuesday Aug 28th, 2018 Our train to Inverness from Edinburgh was at 8.34 am and Sriman had to go to work besides dropping off Nikki. So we combined everything and started early at 7.30 am. First we dropped off Nikki and her friend near their school and then Sriman dropped us off at the Waverley … Read more