The Beekeeper Of Aleppo
The Beekeeper of Aleppo tells the story of Syrian refugees Nuri and Afra navigating their traumatic journey to asylum in the UK. How they went from owning apiaries to becoming refugees. Do read.
London
Wi-Fi across London
I had posted my earlier blog from the train station at Oxenholme, Lake District. Am writing this post from the same place using the “virgintrainswifi”. We reached Kendal yesterday and had hoped to see Windermere and Grasmere in the Lake District in the morning today before taking our train to Edinburgh at 6 pm. Unfortunately … Read more
London Day 7 – Koh-i-Noor
Aug 22, 2018 We had planned on doing the Tower of London walk on Sunday (19th), but couldn’t as we decided to enjoy a lazy Sunday morning with Piyank and his family. The walk happens on Wednesdays as well so we decided to do it on the 22nd. The tour guide was Brian again (he … Read more
London Day 6 – Meeting PM Modi
August 21, 2018 This was a typical touristy day in London. We caught the two most important tourist attractions – Madame Tussauds and London Eye. In Madame Tussauds our sole interest was of course to click a picture with ModiJi as we are fans. What we realised as we neared his wax statue is that … Read more
London Day 5 – Calling on the Queen
Aug 20, 2018 – Monday We started really early to catch the Queen at Buckingham Palace. We were still late ! There were hordes of people outside the gates by 10.15 to watch the change of guard. We walked around a bit trying to find a good spot but they were hard to come by. … Read more
London Day 4 – With Knights and Nuns
Aug 19, 2018 – Sunday We initially planned on doing the Tower of London walk on Sunday at 11 am but didn’t feel like rushing for it from Piyank’s place. So we did a lazy Sunday morning with roti and chana made by Tua. Then I made the variation of bread chana which everyone liked … Read more
London Day 2 – A walk with Dickens
Day 2, Aug 17 2018. August 17th has a special significance in Krishnan and my life. On Aug 17, 1987 – I landed in Hyderabad to start the second year of my college education. I met Vidya during college and like her sister Padma said to her on meeting me “now you have a friend” … Read more
And our vacation begins !
This trip to the UK is dedicated to my father … we were planning to visit London in 2008 and we couldn’t because he had his cerebral haemorrhage in Aug of 2008 and passed away in Dec, the same year. For the next ten years we didn’t think about a visit as we were busy … Read more