The travelling desi

Norway, part of Scandinavia, a country so gorgeous, it’s a shame it is covered in darkness for majority of the year. It’s like a beautiful lady under veil. Then the summer sun comes along singing “Rukh se zara niqab uthao, mere huzoor” and visitors throng the Nordic region to be enthralled by its hypnotic beauty. Nothing that can be blogged will do justice to the beauty that is Norway. Norway is famous for it’s fjords – narrow inlets of water in land - creating it’s characteristic indented coastline.   But it’s not just the fjords – water is everywhere. While travelling it won’t take more than five minutes to pass some kind of water body – be it a lake, a waterfall, a river or a fjord itself.    Add to that tall mountain cliffs, thick forests with pine trees and you have a screensaver-perfect view.  How the Yash Raj Films location scouters haven’t reached here yet, is a mystery to me! Aargh, I pictured SRK with his arms open wide on that rock! We visite

Austria is beautiful! There’s no better way to put it. When we visited, it was already the beginning of Fall, when the snow had all melted, yet the tall, rocky mountain tops, the green slopes, the crystal clear river that flowed alongside the road, pretty houses (mostly bright yellow) with germaniums hanging out from flower boxes in the balcony, and cows grazing in the meadows  made it all picture perfect. If I had the will and a chiffon saree, I would stride on the slopes singing “Tere mere hoton pe” forever. Travelling - Since we were travelling with kids, which meant ‘not light’ and ‘no fixed schedules’ we decided to rent a car at the airport and drive around for the trip. BMWs and Mercs are available on rent for a reasonable price - definitely works out cheaper than train tickets. Over 6 days we drove a total of 1500 kms and didn’t feel it at all. Plus since we had a car, we had the option of staying wherever we wanted. We stayed in a city hotel in Vienna just for a day and t