Praha, Czechia. May, 2023. (This diary entry is a record of four days, presented here as a single blog) DAY 1 The intended visit to...

Praha, Czechia. Tuesday, 16th May 2023. Got out of bed late – after 06:00! Had a good sleep. After tea in the room, just as we were...

Praha, Czechia. Sunday, 14th May 2023. Got out of bed after 06:00. Down to breakfast by 09:15 or so. Left the hotel by 09:45....

Brussels, Belgium. Thursday, 4th May 2023. The day began at 05:30. A good, refreshing sleep. Decided on visiting Ghent, a city 30 minutes...

Leipzig, Deutschland. Tuesday, 9th May 2023. Sleep broke a little after 04:00! The sky was a lovely red. Lazed in bed for an hour and a...

Leipzig, Deutschland. 7th May, 2023. Sleep broke at 04:00. Then, perhaps I fell asleep again and woke up to the alarm at 04:45. Got ready...

Brussels, Belgium. Friday, 5th May, 2023 The weather forecast for the next three days including today is not encouraging! Sure enough,...

Praha, Checia. Saturday, 20th May, 2023. The penultimate day of our trip! Our seventh trip to Europe together! Woke up five minutes...

Praha, Czechia. Monday, 16th May 2022 Woke up at 04:45, before the alarm could sound. Finished everything well before time, went down to...

Dusseldorf, Deutschland. Wednesday, 4th May 2022 Sleep broke at 04:15! Lay awake for a few minutes, the drifted off to sleep again. Woke...

Warsaw, Poland. Monday, 23rd May, 2022. Sleep broke at 04:40 or so hence the alarm had become redundant again. Comfortably finished our...

Krakow, Poland. Saturday, 21st May 2022. Out of bed after 06:00. There was no hurry, no urgency. Got ready, ate breakfast at the rather...

Prague, Czechia. Thursday, 19th May 2022. Had put Urmila's phone on the charger before going to bed the last night, as the battery was...

Praha, Czechia. Wednesday, 18th May, 2022 Remembered that my thread ceremony had taken place at Mumbai on this day, sometime in the...

Prague, Czechia. Tuesday, 17th May 2022 Sleep broke at 04:15! Too early to get out of bed; fell asleep again to wake up at 05:15. Left...

Munich, Deutschland. Friday, 13th May, 2022 Friday the 13th! For the believers! The day dawned cloudy and ominous! The sun tried to peep...

Stuttgart, Deutschland. Wednesday, 11th May 2022. It is 08:47. We are readying to go out, after breakfast. Plan to be in the city today -...

Paris, France. Tuesday, 3rd May 2022 Woke up at 06:00, after a good night's sleep. The fatigue of yesterday had vanished. Readied...

Mumbai, India. Sunday, 1st May, 2022. A proper Sunday in the month of May, after three years! The Covid pandemic had put spokes in our...

Koblenz, Deutschland. Sunday, 8th May 2022 The Rhine Gorge! Popularly known as 'The Romantic Rhine', the gorge is a seductive, 65...