The last weekend was a fun filled one, we had a party from the city of Lyon, for all the foreign students in Lyon. Yes, thats true, the city (the local government) here threw a party with DJ, drinks, in a nightclub for the foreign students, even offering us free invites and a complimentary drink.
NOW THATS WHY WE LOVE FRENCH UNIVERSITIES !! :-)
So that was a great start to the weekend... a day of rest on Thursday followed by the party and a 06.20 AM train to Amsterdam.... hehehe... even we didnt know why we did this.
ON our way up North we crossed Belgium where we decided to stopover at Antwerp for a couple of hours and enjoy our first taste of waffles, which ofcourse are a Belgian speciality.
The trip truly began with the visit to Netherlands, and a night in the city of amsterdam. Amongst other things whats most popluar there is the RED LIGHT DISTRICT which we just had a glimpse of. Otherwise the city has some great night life and awesome pub culture. Though again we had to steer clear of the cannabis vending "cafe".
The next day we headed to Belgium again and visited Brussels, getting a quick glimpsse of the Mannekin Pis (yes Pun Intended) which is a 1-1.5 feet bronze statue of a 2-3 year old boy PISSING!!! YES YES
PISSING!!!
and believe me almost every tourist to brussels visits the Mannekin pis to top it all we also heard that they have in the city somewhere a pissing girl and a pissing DOG! however I think I had filled my quota of urinating idols.
The main square was absolutely amazing with great architeture all around us and we also walked past the Royal palace which was shut for the Public.
The rest of the time was spent visiting the area which is a huge shopping district similar to the Champs Elyss in Paris. It was great to see huge brands vying for my wallet (though it didnt have any money) :-P
Next we hoped onto an hour long ride to Bruggs which Is the highlight of pur trip and was easily one of the best cities I have visited on this Euro tour. A small place, a quiet place, great food, canals and Italian restaurants give it a huge Italian flavour. To add to it they have great chocolateries which dressed their windows with the most amazing artwork all made from chocolate ofcourse!
Next day saw us leave early and run to catch the train to Luxemburg and 4 hours later we were there at the GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBURG!
bang in the centre of Luxemburg city, only to know that the whole city and its shops would open at 2 pm.
We checked out the Royal Palace and the Town centre which are great pieces of architecture no doubt. AT 2 on the second, we started barging into the shops, picking up perfumes ( my friend bought many) and I just tested a couple of dozen :-), buying candy and eating at the Oberweiss pastry and chocolate shop. IT has the most amaxing choclaote mousse pastry with a mix of chocolate sauce, chocolate mouse, macroons and biscuits in the centre.. something that I dont mind goingback to Luxemburg for!!
All in all it was a smaller weekend and the cities we covered desrved more time by all means, however I feel I did justice to each city I visited and that the BENELUX countries are surely a great place to spend some quality time with friends and family.
Monday, October 29, 2007
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
The Hills & the SnOw!!
Well this post is a very very special one... reasons are aplenty....
1) Its my dearest brother's Bday today
2) We just completed 1 month in Europe yesterday
3) Had a blast on the swiss trip
and a few more here and tehre.....
Swizerland was always going to be great, i knew, we knew it and I am sure all of you reading would have expected it to be too..
Our trip began early this time, primarily because the French Rail Network was going to be on strike for 2 days. Wednesday evening we took a train to Geneva, missed our connecting train to Zurich only to take a later train and reach the Youth Hostel
Expecting a cold weather was not enough for us and we were surprised by how cold it was. Spending time is Zurich was wonderful and I loved the city. It was a vibrant place with awesome night life, exteremly tempting restaurants and very very nice people.
The swiss francs we used there were also interesting made up of different colours and veery beautiful to see. That gave me one more reason to save on my money :P
Next we headed off to Interlaken which is at the base of the mountain region Jungfrahoch where there is the highest railway station in Europe at a height of 3000 m +
Interlaken was a very very peaceful and quiet town and the best part about it was my visit to HOOTERS. Now anyone who knows about this american chain knows about its concept and the place lived up to its reputation. Had a great meal of Nachos, Qusedillas and Burgers there.
I also caught up with my great friend Ankita and her office colleagues who were vacationing in Switzerland and would like to thank them for carrying all my stuff ffrom home, the homemade theplas were to die for :-)
Nothing compares to mom's cooking, We also went on to Montreaux where we got to visit the Chateau de Chillon which was recently nominated to be one of the 7 wonders of the world. The place was extermely nice with a great tour around the castle. Montreaux as a city was nice and charming situated along the lake and an hour away from Geneva.
The next day we headed up to the hilly regiona on a trip to First which is a place around 2000 m above sea level. It was white and snow was everywhere, the view from there was mindblowing with a point from where we could see the peaks of Jungfrahoch, Mount Titlis, Schilthorn, Etc.
A great and well deserved soup and pasta were the best meal of the day at First. The most exciting was the hour long cable car which took us more than 1000 m above sea level from the sleepy town of Grindelwald.
All in all I missed out on some swiss fondue, primarily cause it was too costly or we were not too hungry to have it. But, I dont mind one more visit to switzerland to try my hand at Fondue and buy chocolates for friends and family on my way back home.
1) Its my dearest brother's Bday today
2) We just completed 1 month in Europe yesterday
3) Had a blast on the swiss trip
and a few more here and tehre.....
Swizerland was always going to be great, i knew, we knew it and I am sure all of you reading would have expected it to be too..
Our trip began early this time, primarily because the French Rail Network was going to be on strike for 2 days. Wednesday evening we took a train to Geneva, missed our connecting train to Zurich only to take a later train and reach the Youth Hostel
Expecting a cold weather was not enough for us and we were surprised by how cold it was. Spending time is Zurich was wonderful and I loved the city. It was a vibrant place with awesome night life, exteremly tempting restaurants and very very nice people.
The swiss francs we used there were also interesting made up of different colours and veery beautiful to see. That gave me one more reason to save on my money :P
Next we headed off to Interlaken which is at the base of the mountain region Jungfrahoch where there is the highest railway station in Europe at a height of 3000 m +
Interlaken was a very very peaceful and quiet town and the best part about it was my visit to HOOTERS. Now anyone who knows about this american chain knows about its concept and the place lived up to its reputation. Had a great meal of Nachos, Qusedillas and Burgers there.
I also caught up with my great friend Ankita and her office colleagues who were vacationing in Switzerland and would like to thank them for carrying all my stuff ffrom home, the homemade theplas were to die for :-)
Nothing compares to mom's cooking, We also went on to Montreaux where we got to visit the Chateau de Chillon which was recently nominated to be one of the 7 wonders of the world. The place was extermely nice with a great tour around the castle. Montreaux as a city was nice and charming situated along the lake and an hour away from Geneva.
The next day we headed up to the hilly regiona on a trip to First which is a place around 2000 m above sea level. It was white and snow was everywhere, the view from there was mindblowing with a point from where we could see the peaks of Jungfrahoch, Mount Titlis, Schilthorn, Etc.
A great and well deserved soup and pasta were the best meal of the day at First. The most exciting was the hour long cable car which took us more than 1000 m above sea level from the sleepy town of Grindelwald.
All in all I missed out on some swiss fondue, primarily cause it was too costly or we were not too hungry to have it. But, I dont mind one more visit to switzerland to try my hand at Fondue and buy chocolates for friends and family on my way back home.
THis weekend we seem to be heading out to Benelux countires (Belgium, Netherlands and Luxemburg) perfumes are surely on the list :-)
As always my pics would be up soon on the link
love you all and Happy Birthday to Vinay (miss u bhai)
Monday, October 15, 2007
At YoUr SeRviCe YOUR MAJESTY !!
This trip was always going to be special and it didnt dissapoint one bit. Completely and 100% more than what I wanted it to be. A great great thanx to Dipti for all the help and company when I was in London.
Yes, London it was.... the land of the queen, a land of dreams and A Land of DESIs!!! SO MANY of them, for a while it almost felt like home.
My first reaction was the conversion rate, as if the euros werent tough enough on me at 1 @ 57 Rupees, the Sterling just kills you with its 1 @ 85 RUPEES conversion rate. I dunno how much the Londoners earn but they must do it pretty well or you sure cant live in that city.
I travelled alone this weekend, taking the scenic, longer and MUCH cheaper route to London by crossing the English Channel on a luxury steamer. The total trip there took me 12 hours and the one back took me 20 with little help provided by the TGVs in France which had no reservations on Sunday.
I was excited from the very beginning, knowing that I would meet 2 people who meant a lot to me. Divya and Vicky, for those who know me well both names are not new and for the others, ill just leave it at this: they are both as important as family.
I reached London on thrusday and put up at the Youth Hostel in Holland park, a gret place the park has a football ground, a small chateau and the huge youth hostel. Its amazing how much greenery London has packed into itself.
It was one of the best youth hostels I have lived at and also the most expensive at 22 Quids. Hoever my stay there was worth it as I met 2 students who were Indian and had just graduated from Oxford completing their MBA and about to start woking in London. Sunil and Gaurav were both were nice, even offering me home made parathas and gave me a youngsters perspective of the city and what I can see and what I can miss
With so much in store in London, you need to first decide what you WONT see, then squeeze in what you wanna see into the time avaialble. I was sure about one thing, no paying to go to any of the OLd Man's attractions.
So my day began Friday with a gr8 breakfast comprising beans, cheese, bread, cereal, juice, yoghurt...easily the best of this trip. Heading straight to the Portobello road street market, I took my time having a look around the entire area with people selling fruits, antiques, chcoloates, clothes, jewellery and a flea market of its own.
After this looong looong walk, I headed straight to her Majesty for the FAMOUS Changing of the guards at Buckingham Palace, which in my opinion could be done simpler :p, just get the next shift on and get them to start working, why all this taam jhaam in the first place :)
After thi I felt my calling were the banks of river Thames, rounding it up with the London eye, the Westminster Abby, BIG BEN (how can we forget that) and London bridge. All of which were as beautiful as they are in the thousands of pictures, though I thought Thames was very dirty and I mean really dirty.
NEXt stop, HARRODS. A visit to Lodnon for me was incomplete without a visit to this GIAnT store, which I felt was heavenly. Every window shoppers dream and parents nightmare... you just wannna buy everything they sell and Believe me when i say it THEY SELL EVERYTHING!!
From a pencil set to a Ferrari, Toys to Food, Clothes to sports goods.... you name it and they would have it. Exteremely beautiful on the interiors and toilets that are Oh la la.....
My trip to Harrods was also empty handed with me choosing to tide over a couple of very very tempting buys.
I then headed back to the hostel and waited so I could meet Divya who was on her way back from Manchester and Dipti at whose place Divya was putting up. We met and headed straight to Rasa Samudra, which I musst say is a a great Indian restaurant and of you ever throw in a visit there do drop in to speak to the owner Mr Das. A great person and a perfect host. He could not be more warm and welcoming. Its one of 8 Indian restaurants the Rasa chain has in London.
After that we headed to Leacester square and trafalgar square to go clubbing and see the night life in London and I personally think that Mumbai tops it all. WE guys really rock and London was slightly disspaointing though I must say , I can hardly say I even checked out the clubbing scene there with just this single visit.
NExt day was spent in running around from one hostel to the other, a great day of roaming around Hyde park, which are old hunting grounds. visits to Starbucks and burger king for great great food as always. Btw the spicy bean burger at Burger king is gr8 and so is the hazelnut Hot chocoloate at Starbucks, Than again to Dipti for introducing me to them :-)
NExt we hit Oxford Circus and the entire Oxford street, picking up some cheap stuff from here and there along the way and topping the trip with a Ben & Jerry's Belagian Waffle alongwith Hot chocolate and whipped cream. That was my dinner :-) During all this our very own Vicky had landed in London and gettin ready to hit the city with all he had
We headed back and met up with Divya who was free and again sat up chatting away tilll late talking about how we were in London and not Lokahandwala.... :-)
next morning saw me leave early to catch up on Vicky and his colleague Soumil who were slughtly lost and a final cup of starbucks hot chocolate and Burger King burger, which was my lunch for the day :-) . It was really nice meeting him like we do back home in Matunga or worli and just hanging around for an hour at the coffee shop. A truly special memory
An AWESOME AWESOME weekend, a gr8 city and gr8 people. A trip which will be hard to top over but lets see... right now I have held my breathe for Switzerland, cause after all have seen and heard about it, its sure to take my breath away...... and welll I am all prepared........... ;-)
My online photo album remains on picassa and you can always login to see the pics I took in London, though most are simply London through my eyes as a majority of the weekend I wasnt carrying my digi with me.
Yes, London it was.... the land of the queen, a land of dreams and A Land of DESIs!!! SO MANY of them, for a while it almost felt like home.
My first reaction was the conversion rate, as if the euros werent tough enough on me at 1 @ 57 Rupees, the Sterling just kills you with its 1 @ 85 RUPEES conversion rate. I dunno how much the Londoners earn but they must do it pretty well or you sure cant live in that city.
I travelled alone this weekend, taking the scenic, longer and MUCH cheaper route to London by crossing the English Channel on a luxury steamer. The total trip there took me 12 hours and the one back took me 20 with little help provided by the TGVs in France which had no reservations on Sunday.
I was excited from the very beginning, knowing that I would meet 2 people who meant a lot to me. Divya and Vicky, for those who know me well both names are not new and for the others, ill just leave it at this: they are both as important as family.
I reached London on thrusday and put up at the Youth Hostel in Holland park, a gret place the park has a football ground, a small chateau and the huge youth hostel. Its amazing how much greenery London has packed into itself.
It was one of the best youth hostels I have lived at and also the most expensive at 22 Quids. Hoever my stay there was worth it as I met 2 students who were Indian and had just graduated from Oxford completing their MBA and about to start woking in London. Sunil and Gaurav were both were nice, even offering me home made parathas and gave me a youngsters perspective of the city and what I can see and what I can miss
With so much in store in London, you need to first decide what you WONT see, then squeeze in what you wanna see into the time avaialble. I was sure about one thing, no paying to go to any of the OLd Man's attractions.
So my day began Friday with a gr8 breakfast comprising beans, cheese, bread, cereal, juice, yoghurt...easily the best of this trip. Heading straight to the Portobello road street market, I took my time having a look around the entire area with people selling fruits, antiques, chcoloates, clothes, jewellery and a flea market of its own.
After this looong looong walk, I headed straight to her Majesty for the FAMOUS Changing of the guards at Buckingham Palace, which in my opinion could be done simpler :p, just get the next shift on and get them to start working, why all this taam jhaam in the first place :)
After thi I felt my calling were the banks of river Thames, rounding it up with the London eye, the Westminster Abby, BIG BEN (how can we forget that) and London bridge. All of which were as beautiful as they are in the thousands of pictures, though I thought Thames was very dirty and I mean really dirty.
NEXt stop, HARRODS. A visit to Lodnon for me was incomplete without a visit to this GIAnT store, which I felt was heavenly. Every window shoppers dream and parents nightmare... you just wannna buy everything they sell and Believe me when i say it THEY SELL EVERYTHING!!
From a pencil set to a Ferrari, Toys to Food, Clothes to sports goods.... you name it and they would have it. Exteremely beautiful on the interiors and toilets that are Oh la la.....
My trip to Harrods was also empty handed with me choosing to tide over a couple of very very tempting buys.
I then headed back to the hostel and waited so I could meet Divya who was on her way back from Manchester and Dipti at whose place Divya was putting up. We met and headed straight to Rasa Samudra, which I musst say is a a great Indian restaurant and of you ever throw in a visit there do drop in to speak to the owner Mr Das. A great person and a perfect host. He could not be more warm and welcoming. Its one of 8 Indian restaurants the Rasa chain has in London.
After that we headed to Leacester square and trafalgar square to go clubbing and see the night life in London and I personally think that Mumbai tops it all. WE guys really rock and London was slightly disspaointing though I must say , I can hardly say I even checked out the clubbing scene there with just this single visit.
NExt day was spent in running around from one hostel to the other, a great day of roaming around Hyde park, which are old hunting grounds. visits to Starbucks and burger king for great great food as always. Btw the spicy bean burger at Burger king is gr8 and so is the hazelnut Hot chocoloate at Starbucks, Than again to Dipti for introducing me to them :-)
NExt we hit Oxford Circus and the entire Oxford street, picking up some cheap stuff from here and there along the way and topping the trip with a Ben & Jerry's Belagian Waffle alongwith Hot chocolate and whipped cream. That was my dinner :-) During all this our very own Vicky had landed in London and gettin ready to hit the city with all he had
We headed back and met up with Divya who was free and again sat up chatting away tilll late talking about how we were in London and not Lokahandwala.... :-)
next morning saw me leave early to catch up on Vicky and his colleague Soumil who were slughtly lost and a final cup of starbucks hot chocolate and Burger King burger, which was my lunch for the day :-) . It was really nice meeting him like we do back home in Matunga or worli and just hanging around for an hour at the coffee shop. A truly special memory
An AWESOME AWESOME weekend, a gr8 city and gr8 people. A trip which will be hard to top over but lets see... right now I have held my breathe for Switzerland, cause after all have seen and heard about it, its sure to take my breath away...... and welll I am all prepared........... ;-)
My online photo album remains on picassa and you can always login to see the pics I took in London, though most are simply London through my eyes as a majority of the weekend I wasnt carrying my digi with me.
Sunday, October 7, 2007
Smile Please
Hi and sorry for putting this up seperately,
my album online is http://picasaweb.google.com/pranav10
logon to view the latest and older pics of the trip as and when they happen
thanz for all the love and wishes
miss u all too
Luv
PrAnAv
PS: Do leave your comments :-)
my album online is http://picasaweb.google.com/pranav10
logon to view the latest and older pics of the trip as and when they happen
thanz for all the love and wishes
miss u all too
Luv
PrAnAv
PS: Do leave your comments :-)
V for Venice or Vienna!! tuff to choose :-)
Another week flies by .... another post comes up :-)
Writing or rather updating my blog is something I look forward to on trips now.. making mental notes of the places I would mention or the sights I would describe..
This weekend saw us take a tour of north Italy and Austria... beginning our trip with a stopover at Milan.. a gr8 city, with nothin much to see except the Duomo which is a huge huge church. What made my trip was the 5 storey FERRARI store. IT was a dream come true especially after last weekend's stopover at the FERRARI showroom and workshop...
A fabulous store with great great stuff and sections dedicated to Kids, Fans and Books amongst others. They had the 2006 F1 car on display, a pic of which shall be up soon.
Worth a mention is the Youth hostel here as it was the bigggest we have seen and one of the best maintained.
After Milan we took a train to Venice which as many would know is the city of canals...the city is really small and that tempted us to save some money and choosing to walk rather than the water buses which are exteremely pricey. Its extermely romantic and we walked all the way across town and back to the Piazaa S. Marco which has a Palce, a church and a huge bell tower.
I bought myself a Mask and a Fan! Dunno who gets those though yet ;-)
We can definitely learn a few things from things, after all not a single NAALA in Mumbai is worth seeing.. though I must admit the NAALA park at Koregaon Park pune is worth a visit :-)
Venice by the way also didnt have any place for us in the Youth Hostel there forcing us to take a night train to Vienna, Austria :-)
This train was a gr8 one as it was similar to our 3 tier AC train and we met a couple of Indians with us making it 5/6 Indians. SO it just felt like Home :-D
the early morning sun brought us into Vienna, a city full of museums, the opera and palaces. The place with performances by Mozart, Beethoven and the likes, AMAZING is the best word I have for the Grand Opera House here. (Once again wait till my album is updated)
Its amazing because of the size, the technology, the art, the theatre they showcase and the sheer scale of things that happen there. A true true Gem of my visit. One that I wont forget for a looo ng time. The guided tour was the perfecct way to see it and for a few moments I felt I should have stayed the night to watch an Opera here.. but tats reserved for Paris now
Another feaure of Vienna was my first visit of starbucks... which lived up to every word I heard about it, because It served the MOST AWESOME CREAMY CHOCOLATE PASTRY!! A touch expensive but awesome!!! worth every penny
Also at Vienna was the Belvedare palace and the Hosburg palace both of which are huge and very well maintained... its a great blend of old architecture with modern technology and all things latest. THe highlight definitely being the Opera house.
Taking an overnight train home was extremely happy to bump into an old freind from pagalguy.com (Maverick for those who know the place and the guy :P) heading into Paris to finally takea train home to Lyon.....
Final word for this trip would deifnitely be that after just 2 weeks France and French already seem familiar and Italian and German in Italy and Austria respectively were just like greek and latin to me and we missed our Bon jour and Merci :-)
Writing or rather updating my blog is something I look forward to on trips now.. making mental notes of the places I would mention or the sights I would describe..
This weekend saw us take a tour of north Italy and Austria... beginning our trip with a stopover at Milan.. a gr8 city, with nothin much to see except the Duomo which is a huge huge church. What made my trip was the 5 storey FERRARI store. IT was a dream come true especially after last weekend's stopover at the FERRARI showroom and workshop...
A fabulous store with great great stuff and sections dedicated to Kids, Fans and Books amongst others. They had the 2006 F1 car on display, a pic of which shall be up soon.
Worth a mention is the Youth hostel here as it was the bigggest we have seen and one of the best maintained.
After Milan we took a train to Venice which as many would know is the city of canals...the city is really small and that tempted us to save some money and choosing to walk rather than the water buses which are exteremely pricey. Its extermely romantic and we walked all the way across town and back to the Piazaa S. Marco which has a Palce, a church and a huge bell tower.
I bought myself a Mask and a Fan! Dunno who gets those though yet ;-)
We can definitely learn a few things from things, after all not a single NAALA in Mumbai is worth seeing.. though I must admit the NAALA park at Koregaon Park pune is worth a visit :-)
Venice by the way also didnt have any place for us in the Youth Hostel there forcing us to take a night train to Vienna, Austria :-)
This train was a gr8 one as it was similar to our 3 tier AC train and we met a couple of Indians with us making it 5/6 Indians. SO it just felt like Home :-D
the early morning sun brought us into Vienna, a city full of museums, the opera and palaces. The place with performances by Mozart, Beethoven and the likes, AMAZING is the best word I have for the Grand Opera House here. (Once again wait till my album is updated)
Its amazing because of the size, the technology, the art, the theatre they showcase and the sheer scale of things that happen there. A true true Gem of my visit. One that I wont forget for a looo ng time. The guided tour was the perfecct way to see it and for a few moments I felt I should have stayed the night to watch an Opera here.. but tats reserved for Paris now
Another feaure of Vienna was my first visit of starbucks... which lived up to every word I heard about it, because It served the MOST AWESOME CREAMY CHOCOLATE PASTRY!! A touch expensive but awesome!!! worth every penny
Also at Vienna was the Belvedare palace and the Hosburg palace both of which are huge and very well maintained... its a great blend of old architecture with modern technology and all things latest. THe highlight definitely being the Opera house.
Taking an overnight train home was extremely happy to bump into an old freind from pagalguy.com (Maverick for those who know the place and the guy :P) heading into Paris to finally takea train home to Lyon.....
Final word for this trip would deifnitely be that after just 2 weeks France and French already seem familiar and Italian and German in Italy and Austria respectively were just like greek and latin to me and we missed our Bon jour and Merci :-)
Monday, October 1, 2007
Ooh La la!! The French Reviera
Back after almost a week.... its been an awesome week... much much better than anticipated.
We got our accomodation arranged by EGIDE (the agency here in France) PS: I love them for the house they gave us.
Its a service apartment with my own Plasma TV, Internet, Bathtub (yes u read right!!) and cooking area complete with Microwave, gas and utensils.... whats more the housekeeping ensures the house is clean and for me when I am back from class...
Last weekend saw us take a trip down south to the Cote d Azur which is known to us all as the French Reviera..... hitting cities of Marsailles, Nice and Cannes plus the country of Monaco!
Marsailles: This is a great city with the hallmark being the Cathedral of Notre Dame which has a huge bronze statue of Mother Mary with baby Jesus perched atop the cathedral which itself is above the city on a hill...
Cannes: It is more than what I expected it to be, extremely classy and coool.. it makes us feel like paupers in the land of the rich... but I was still to see Monaco then...
Monaco: Yes , its the second smalles country after the Vatican... this place takes the cake when it comes to royalty and all things cool and classy.... a beach front lined with golden sand and clear water on one side with casions, hotels and what not on the other....
Visited the royal palace and saw the funny changing of guards ceremony
HOWEVER THE BEST was my visit INSIDE the FERRARI and MASSERATI Workshop there....
yes u read it right the first time, my very first Ferrari showroom and workshop.
The Formula 1 race track was the other high point of the day, cant forget Monaco this lifetime or the next few atleast! Hope to have a yacht there someday ;-)
Nice: I stayed here very little and just the night, but I thought it was a nice (pun intended) city :-)
Am in college now for my first class on services management... its been a good class so far jsust wrote this in the middle of the class
Au revoir!! as they say it here...
We got our accomodation arranged by EGIDE (the agency here in France) PS: I love them for the house they gave us.
Its a service apartment with my own Plasma TV, Internet, Bathtub (yes u read right!!) and cooking area complete with Microwave, gas and utensils.... whats more the housekeeping ensures the house is clean and for me when I am back from class...
Last weekend saw us take a trip down south to the Cote d Azur which is known to us all as the French Reviera..... hitting cities of Marsailles, Nice and Cannes plus the country of Monaco!
Marsailles: This is a great city with the hallmark being the Cathedral of Notre Dame which has a huge bronze statue of Mother Mary with baby Jesus perched atop the cathedral which itself is above the city on a hill...
Cannes: It is more than what I expected it to be, extremely classy and coool.. it makes us feel like paupers in the land of the rich... but I was still to see Monaco then...
Monaco: Yes , its the second smalles country after the Vatican... this place takes the cake when it comes to royalty and all things cool and classy.... a beach front lined with golden sand and clear water on one side with casions, hotels and what not on the other....
Visited the royal palace and saw the funny changing of guards ceremony
HOWEVER THE BEST was my visit INSIDE the FERRARI and MASSERATI Workshop there....
yes u read it right the first time, my very first Ferrari showroom and workshop.
The Formula 1 race track was the other high point of the day, cant forget Monaco this lifetime or the next few atleast! Hope to have a yacht there someday ;-)
Nice: I stayed here very little and just the night, but I thought it was a nice (pun intended) city :-)
Am in college now for my first class on services management... its been a good class so far jsust wrote this in the middle of the class
Au revoir!! as they say it here...
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