Day 12 started our 3 days’ stay at Interlaken. The first day was spent at Interlaken and Brienz. We had breakfast at Cafe de Paris where we had two plain omelets. Since that was rather filling for us, we skipped lunch. There was really nothing at Interlaken (it was also raining that day) so weContinue reading “23 days Italy, Switzerland and France trip on trains- Switzerland part 2”
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23 days Italy, Switzerland and France trip on trains- Switzerland part 1
Day 8, we finally left rainy Venice for Zurich. Not much to be said for the short flight but somehow we got completely turned around from the tram stop to our hotel, which was only 5 minutes away, and ended up lugging around two checked in luggages plus one hand carry and two backpacks forContinue reading “23 days Italy, Switzerland and France trip on trains- Switzerland part 1”
23 days Italy, Switzerland and France trip on trains- Italy part 3
Day 6, we traveled by train from Florence to Venice. In general, I found Santa Maria Novella much more pleasant compared to Rome Termini. The platform numbers came out about half an hour rather than 20 minutes on the dot and obviously it was smaller so less mad dashing across platforms. Also, by this time,Continue reading “23 days Italy, Switzerland and France trip on trains- Italy part 3”
23 days Italy, Switzerland and France trip on trains- Italy part 2
Day 3, we made our way to Termini from Ottaviano for our journey to Florence and gosh it was dangerous to go on escalators with two checked in luggages plus one hand carry (we did not know that we had to have the luggage besides us on the same step, we were both putting theContinue reading “23 days Italy, Switzerland and France trip on trains- Italy part 2”
The Character based Approach to Story: Moonlake’s Take
The character based approach to story is basically the idea that the character is your story so all you have to do is basically really really inhabit your main character and you are done (if you are writing third person limited or first person. Arguably, it’s useful in omniscient too but there you have toContinue reading “The Character based Approach to Story: Moonlake’s Take”
23 days Italy, Switzerland and France trip by train- Italy part 1
We landed in Rome without mishap albeit with minor delay and straight off I made a mistake: instead of waiting around at the airport for my booked hotel transfer I went to the taxi stand to see whether my driver would be there and got flagged by a black cab. Result: charged 180 Euro insteadContinue reading “23 days Italy, Switzerland and France trip by train- Italy part 1”
Temporary rest from Blogging
I just came back from an almost month-long vacation from Europe hoping to have a long sleep session to catch up with jet lag and recovering from the cold, only to find… that our house has been broken into. As a result, I am calling for rest from blogging for the month of June soContinue reading “Temporary rest from Blogging”
European travel from Australia: currency conversion and travel cards
There are many other resources on these topics and feel free to browse around for a wider range of opinions but what I did was to use S Money to do my currency conversion (I used Travelex for the New Zealand but S Money is offering me a much better conversion rate, S Money isContinue reading “European travel from Australia: currency conversion and travel cards”
Upcoming European trip in May- planning details and resources
This is not a travel blog per se but because I always obsessively plan my trips down to literally minutiae, I might as well collate the various bits of knowledge I’ve gathered for newbies like me. Firstly, for itineraries, I’ve found the following sites very useful as templates and I can adapt them for myContinue reading “Upcoming European trip in May- planning details and resources”
The Reading Experience: has Writing Changed it?
For me, the short answer is no. The long answer is well, writing could have changed it in a theoretical sense. Because, like a mechanic, a totally valid way for learning is to take a piece of writing apart and try to reverse engineer something of your own. In that sense, as a writer, oneContinue reading “The Reading Experience: has Writing Changed it?”
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