Wiesbaden

There is so much that I saw and experienced that I could go on and on, however, my stay comes to an end and I feel sad to say goodbye to my friends here. Being here in Wiesbaden has been an exhilarating time for me; I have seen stunning places, met wonderful people and everyone…

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…

  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…

  It all started as an idea, an idea from my boss Beate Mauder at Indiva Marketing, a terrific PR Agency in Mumbai, India. She suggested that as an overall cultural and learning programme I should go for an exchange programme to Text&Aktion, a PR agency of similar repute in Wiesbaden, Germany. It was definitely…