21 Dec № ···

✻ Vienna

This was my second trip into Austria. Driving again and for the first time while it was snowing. The temperatures outside were really down the scale during our onward journey,

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04 Dec № ···

✻ The Swiss Trip

It was an odd time to visit this much hyped about place. It was already November and winter had already started showing up its head even up in Stuttgart. But

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15 Nov № ···

✻ While it was snowing...

It snowed in Plochingen last day. I opened the window and lo! there it was like a dream, from a fairy tale. Beautiful! I walked out first with a group

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12 Nov № ···

✻ Three weekends in Hildesheim

1   This was the first time (also the last till date ;) ) I had the chance to travel in Germany’s fastest (and potentially the fastest in the world according to

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31 Oct № ···

✻ J'ai vu Paris!

No one can come back from Europe without visiting the city of Light can they? It was October and probably not the best time to visit, but this was probably

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18 Oct № ···

✻ Mit alles bitte...

I have heard so may horror stories about German food. Even the German lady who took my ‘inter-cultural’ session told me so. But I would have to say it has

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15 Oct № ···

✻ Neuschwanstein

Germany is a land known for castles. But I have not really been to any of them. As you can see I am not really into this castle and palace

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10 Oct № ···

✻ 5 days in Sweden & Norway

This was a trip ‘planned’ right from the day I reached Europe. You will see soon why the word is quoted ;)    [![](http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/7247/p9290024ly7.th.jpg

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19 Sep № ···

✻ Chicken Bonn

[](http://img212.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p9150027pd5.jpg)  I had gone for a trip to

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13 Sep № ···

✻ Driving to Salzburg

[](http://img511.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sal068hl3.jpg)  Finally I got a chance to take

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06 Sep № ···

✻ A 1000 Rupee Haircut

My hair grew too long. Yeah that sort of thing happens in life. But the bad part is hair cuts in Germany are billed in Euros – to be precise 15

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26 Aug № ···

✻ Venice

This time the trip was to Venice – the queen of the Adriatic, a romantic city of canals, gondolas and paper-masks.    [![](http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/2383/ven033iq0.th.jpg "

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14 Aug № ···

✻ Rheinfalls

Rheinfalls is a small attraction in Switzerland just a stone’s throw across the border from Germany (literally). We could travel there by train taking just the Baden-Württemberg state ticket

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03 Aug № ···

✻ GMail Behind the Scenes Video

[](https://mail.google.com/mail/help/gmail_video.html)  The things the folks at Google come

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30 Jul № ···

✻ Nürburgring!

It was a dream come true for me. Ever since I started watching Formula One, since around 10 years ago, I had always wanted to be there.. to watch and

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15 Jul № ···

✻ Walk the talk - Sir Mark Tully

A good informal interview with one of my favourite journalist and author, Sir Mark Tully.  Watch it on ndtv.com. I am currently reading one of his books – India in

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12 Jul № ···

✻ Trekking in Oberstdorf

Oberstdorf is a skiing and hiking resort right at the edge of the southern German border. It was all a quick plan to visit this place and do some trekking

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04 Jul № ···

✻ The Biometric Me

The rules of Germany. Well it does get some “getting used” to. From applying for a residence permit to driving on the roads to walking on the streets for everything

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02 Jul № ···

✻ Black Forest and Europa Park

The story of my first trip in Germany, to the beautiful Black Forest.. Schwarzwald! We began from Stuttgart early in the morning. The train journey was a bit long, but

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23 Jun № ···

✻ Plochingen!

Yup, that’s the name of the town that I’ll be calling ‘home’ for the next 6 months. One week over, and I am already liking this calm, quiet,

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20 May № ···

✻ Sunshine

Saturday morning. My friend and I were determined to see a movie. No tickets for anything else, so we decided to see ‘Sunshine‘. Had no idea what it was all

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19 May № ···

✻ New Wine, Old Bottle

Rusty’s back. Rusty’s now @   Rusty.in  :) Its been nearly a year since something moved here! Lot of things happened, lots of things changed (see, even the URL to

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22 Jun № ···

✻ A day I cannot afford to forget...

Yesterday was officially the longest day in the year… but that was not what made it special for me. Yesterday was my last official act in college, my last exam.

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15 Jun № ···

✻ Clicked the kitten!

[  ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/rustyshack/167669552/)  The newest kitten-in-the-block. It’s called “Poocha-kutty”, which

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03 Jun № ···

✻ The Da Vinci Code

After all the hype and controversies the film finally released yesterday in Trivandrum and I was there to see it first day first show. And… hmm, the book was better!

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