Wistful Musings

Sunday the 23rd May would be forever etched into my memory. That was the day when I found out what taking risks could mean. We were to go on a hiking trip, nothing much just walk around for 8 miles and come back. Well things don’t go as we plan it to be. For the starters I woke up late, this is the usual me. I was almost forced to go by my colleagues and they gave me just enough time to brush my teeth. In the haste that was caused, my colleague filled my bottle with warm water (I had to bear that torture for the whole day). But ok we got into an extra small car with no leg space for my already hurting leg which cycled for 3 hrs the previous day. Still bearable coz there was supposed to be a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. In this case it was a mountain at the end of the road. So we got out and everybody started walking and talking (in French). I could not get a word that was spoken and could not get why I was walking under the hot Sun on a perfectly fine Sunday. Also after an ho...

Yes I went to Paris last weekend and it would be one weekend which I would remember for a lifetime to come. I know it’s a bit clichéd but I had one of the best times I ever could. And the parts that I would cherish always aren’t the ones where I saw the museums, cathedrals or the churches. They no doubt are worth a trip to Paris anytime but it was the way we went about seeing them that made it more fun. We did not have a place to live in Paris and it was only because of the two girls (Nikky and Surbhi) and Dev that we able to escape spending the night on the footpath. Thanks a lot to you all. Also can anyone guess the room number we got? It was 420, as if God was telling us how to spend the rest of the weekend. The heading is copied from Nikky’s status message. First things first. Eiffel Tower is as beautiful as you have read/heard/imagined it. For it was more than what I could have dreamed for. When on top the entire Paris seemed to be sprawled at my feet. The setting Sun casting shad...