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21.06.11

An Indian feast

The first day of my second week in Wiesbaden, Angelika and Brigit decided to take me to Eltville am Rhein, which is well known as “the city of wine, Sekt (sparkling wine) and roses”. It is picturesquely situated amid vineyards and the River Rhine. You walk along these cobble street paths and these typical German…

We had decided to do the Apfelwein tour, but after reading some not so good reviews about the tour  I decided against it. Instead, I asked Miriam to show me around some of her favourite things to do in Frankfurt. We walked to Saint Bartholomeus’s Cathedral, which is a Gothic building constructed in the 14th…

  I also visited the Kurhaus, now hosting a casino and a restaurant. Beyond the Kurhaus is this lush green park with a fountain right in the centre. I love walking, it is one of my favourite pastimes, in Mumbai, however one cannot walk much due to the lack of open spaces and infrastructure, which…

The street on which my home and office were situated is a ten minute walk from Wiesbaden main station. It is located in an area with various restaurants offering cuisines from all over the world such as Greek, Vietnamese and Turkish etc, along with a lot of convenient stores close by. One day we walked…

I reached Wiesbaden, which is a beautiful, picturesque town. Most of the buildings are still in original form and survived the war. My work place and place of residence for the next two weeks was this wonderful old building with high ceilings and large open spaces similar to the old colonial buildings that you see…