Charming Allershausen-Germany

 Allershausen-a charming little village just outside Munich ,Germany-in Freising district of upper Bavaria.A short drive(about 20 Min's) by taxi from the airport and we (hubby & I)are in this lovely village close to A9 motorway.

I went to Munich during Oktoberfest and as hotel room rates had doubled due to the fest and most were booked,we,hubby & I settled on a hotel in Allershausen.I had not

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Hello everyone.

Today I'm in Sweden.I have been traveling so much these past weeks,and it has been wonderful...but very tiring as well.It has been difficult to travel and blog,I intended to post often ,but either there was no internet,especially so in Tuscany,we stayed in a charming stone mansion,out in the country- then sometimes,I was busy traveling OR just tired at the end of the day.However, this has been a

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TREE TOP WALK-BAVARIA-PICTURES

These pictures are from the Bavarian forest Germany,taken during our tree top walk.Though there are other tree top walks in some countries,this is the LONGEST one,1300 meters.The views of the forest and surrounding villages are marvelous!It really was a long ride to get to this walk and I have more pictures to show,but that is tomorrow.I do have internet access now,but little time to blog,it's

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Hello everyone

Today I"m in Florence ,Italy.I"m SORRY I couldn"t blog sooner as I was traveling through small towns ,most had no WiFi. My travels so far have been wonderful,lots of photos coming up just as soon as I reach a hotel with WiFi.Oktober fest was super.

More later ok.

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IN KUMARAKOM-KERALA

Earlier this year we went on a short holiday to Kumarakom,Kerala,in south India.We stayed at waterscapes resort close to the bird santuary there.The surroundings were beautiful and taking a walk in the bird santuary was fun.Though,we saw more lovers than birds there!Lol
 The river as we come into Kumarakom.

 Aview of the lake from the resort.


As I said,we couldn't find many birds that day,

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Hello everyone!

I will be traveling again!
This Saturday I'll  travel to Europe and spend time in France-my first stop will be Munich.Oktoberfest   has began already and it attracts people from all over the world-It's the famous beer fest.But hubby and I will not be drinking.There's more to Munich and we hope to do some sightseeing in Bavaria. I will be blogging during my travels and before I leave you can

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TRIP TO JIM CORBETT NATIONAL PARK

The river that sustains the forest.
In the heat of summer we(hubby & I along with friends) set out to see  Jim Corbett national park in Uttarakhand, north India.This is not the best time to go ,but we are lucky,it's not too hot this time. India's first tiger reserve,set up under the project tiger scheme-As India's tiger population is dwindling,only about 1300 or so tigers remain,of which about

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SPICE GARDEN TOUR -KERALA

Earlier this year we went on a tour of Kerala ,south India and in a town called Iduki we stopped to visit a spice garden.It was an educational trip- we saw first hand how spice is grown and realized there was so much we didn't know about spice.The whole garden had a  spicy fragrance,well,that was expected!For a small fee a guide takes us around the garden and explains the different spices,how

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LUCKNOW ATTRACTIONS-CLOCK TOWER.

One of the attractions of Lucknow is the CLOCK TOWER.
This towering structure was built between 1880-1887-it stands 67 meters tall and has a red brick exterior.A huge clock with a pendulum of about 14feet is fixed on the tower.This grand edifice is in Hussainabad near Chota imambara.Near by is the picture gallery that has life size portraits of the nawabs(rulers) of Lucknow.The city was once

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Hello everyone!

(Check out my post after this!)I know it's been along time since I blogged here.Real sorry about that.Well,I was rather upset with some folks copying my stuff and then I had house guests and got caught up with work.But those of you who follow my blogs,know I love art and travel and I can't stay away too long.Well I have loads of travel stories to share and will post all that soon.

I'll also be

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Farmers Market- India

Fresh fruits at the weekly market in our area,held every Sunday.
Please click on any photo to enlarge
The farmers market challenge is hosted by Judy from the blog The road to here 
Thank you Judy for this event that lets us see markets all over the world.





Fresh vegetables-Bitter gourd,beans,pumpkin,egg plant...


Pav bhaji-A bread based snack with a vegetarian filling.
This event 

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MY VISIT TO FERNHILL PALACE OOTY (WITH PICTURES)

Fernhill palace

Fernhill palace was once the summer residence of the Maharajah of Mysore and still remains the property of the royal family of Mysore,a city in Karnataka,south India. The first building was built on 50 acres of land in 1844 AD by captain F cotton who was with the engineers regiment in Madras(Renamed chennai now) ,later it was bought by the Maharajah(ruler) of Mysore and improved

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SUMMER FUN IN AND AROUND LUCKNOW-CHINHAT,KUKRAIL,ANANDI PARK

It's summer time , the kids are on vacation ,the heat punishing and you just can't zip across the country for a holiday.Maybe you can't take a break from work or perhaps you just can't afford a holiday right now.Don't despair! What to do around Lucknow?There are fun things you can do in & around Lucknow,True you can't escape the heat,but that doesn't mean you've got to stay indoors and watch TV.

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16 SUMMER DESTINATIONS IN INDIA TO VACATION IN

My list of places to go this summer.Places you can head to and escape the heat...almost. Places  filled with natural beauty.Wouldn't it be nice to stroll through orchards,walk through  pine forests,go rock climbing,boating,roll in the snow or just relax under a tree far-away from the crowds and so close to nature?
In this post are vacation spots across India.Check out these summer destinations

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SKYWATCH IN KERALA

I recently went on a houseboat cruise in Kerala ,south India and these pictures were taken from within the houseboat.These are photos of the changing sky ,taken as we travelled along lake Vembanad-If you like you can see more of my cruise in my previous posts.Thanks to the skywatch team for this fun meme,for more pictures of skies from around the world go to  http://skyley.blogspot.com/
Thank you

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KUMARAKOM TO ALLEPPEY KERALA BY HOUSEBOAT part 2

As the sun sets on lake Vembanad I capture these images from  within the houseboat.We've been cruising since afternoon and now the boat is docked at Alleppey for the night-there's only a few...maybe four or five boats docked at this strip and everyone stays on board,so it's pretty lonely out here, the beautiful sunset soon fades and darkness covers the lake,only the dim lights  from the

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A HOUSEBOAT CRUISE - KUMARAKOM KERALA

FROM KUMARAKOM-ALLEPPEY (Part-1) with photos.


We started our cruise down  lake vembanad from Kumarakom,a fishing village near Kottayam in the state of Kerala, south India.The resort we stayed in made the arrangements and at 12 noon  we boarded our cruise at the back of the resort.....the backwaters of lake vembanad.Houseboat or kettuvallom in malayalam, the language spoken in Kerala-was a way

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I'M BACK!

Hello everyone,
I'm back! I went for a long tour of the south of India and just came back a week ago.Boy, was I exhausted!Sorry for not informing y'all before I set out,you see it was to be only for a week-but I was having such a good time travelling that I kept going.Internet access was real hard to come by and as a rule I never use public wi-fi to open my blogs,all I had was internet via my

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