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

Scotland Day 3 & 4 – Swimming, Cycling, Ice Cream and Fireworks!!

Aug 26th (Sun) and Aug 27th (Mon) 2018 – Edinburgh It was completely a chance happening that we chose to come to Edinburgh when Sriman and Kiran had a day off on Monday due to the Bank holiday. So we got to spend good time together on Sunday and Monday. Sunday is the day that … Read more

Germany Day 5 – S-bahn, Bus & Tram in Potsdam

Wednesday Sept 5, 2018 Krishnan and I have now figured out the Berlin “metro” system and we didn’t want to walk 1.3 kms to the Ostkruez station, so unlike the 4th of Sept, we went to the Frankfurter Allee station having decided to take the U5 to Alexanderplatz and then an S-bahn to Hackerscher Markt. … Read more

Germany Day 4 – A long walk through Berlin

Tuesday Sept 4, 2018 We started the day with the OPOS Semiya as I had managed to get the roasted vermicelli and green chillies in the Indian store, Dostana at Hamburg. Its amazing that we are able to cook our own food anywhere in the world with just a light weight induction stove and a … Read more