CROSS ATLANTIC ADVENTURES: UK AND US, SEP-OCT 2025 Wednesday, Sep 10. 2025: Leaving Bombay… I left my flat at Rashmi building by Uber which came and picked me up on schedule at 12 midnight. Lack of traffic caused swift delivery to the Bombay International Airport at just 12. 30 pm. To my astonishment, there was…
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Meeting an Old Friend, Finishing a Work Assignment and A Wonderfully Enjoyable Saturday Dinner at Home with Friends
Saturday, September 7, 2024 Woodbridge, Ontario Meeting an Old Friend, Finishing a Work Assignment and A Wonderfully Enjoyable Saturday Dinner at Home with Friends Today was a very relaxed days compared to the recent ones we’ve been having. For the most part, we stayed put at our friend Sylvia’s home in Woodbridge. After breakfast, I…
A Day Spent at Niagara Falls: Slap-Up Italian Lunch, Lucky Stint in Falls View Casino, Long Stroll to the Falls, Wine-Tasting at Colaneri Winery and a Delectable Dinner in Whitby.
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Thursday, September 5, 2024 Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada A Day Spent at Niagara Falls: Slap-Up Italian Lunch, Lucky Stint in Falls View Casino, Long Stroll to the Falls, Wine-Tasting at Colaneri Winery and a Delectable Dinner in Whitby. We had the most eventful and adventurous day today. It was probably one of the highlights of…
A Long Layover in London and A Comfortable Flight Stateside
London-Los Angeles: Thursday, August 8, 2024 A Long Layover in London and A Comfortable Flight Stateside When we first took stock of our itinerary, I had seriously considered the idea of leaving Heathrow airport and wandering around Hounslow High Street as we had seven full hours to kill on a layover in London before it…
A Day Spent at Heathrow Airport, London
Wednesday, August 30, 2023 London, UK A Day Spent at Heathrow Airport My Virgin Atlantic Airlines flight from New York arrived at London’s Heathrow airport at 11.00 am local time. I was excited as I thought that although I was landing at Terminal 4, I could make my way to Terminal 5 which is far…
My Last Day in London! Full English Breakfast at the Regency Café, Touring the Victoria and Albert Museum and Getting an Upgrade at the Airport
London, Thursday, August 3, 2023 I cannot believe I have arrived at my last day in London. Where did the week go? And yet when I think of the amount I have covered in the last seven days, the museums I visited the places I went to and the people I met, I think I…
London Lures Me Back! Haircut in Chelsea, Fabulous Fitzrovia Chapel, Lebanese Lunch in Mayfair, in Liberty of London, Viewing the Renovated National Portrait Gallery, Theater Show at the West End
Wednesday, Aug 2, 2023 London Lures Me Back! Haircut in Chelsea, Fabulous Fitzrovia Chapel, Lebanese Lunch in Mayfair, in Liberty of London, Viewing the Renovated National Portrait Gallery, Theater Show at the West End It was another stunning day in London, weather-wise, and I made the most of it (there have not been too many…
On The Isle of Sheppey in Kent, Ravishing Rochester, Viewing the Dulwich Picture Gallery
Tuesday, Aug 1, 2023 Visiting my Cousin on The Isle of Sheppey in Kent, Stopping off at Rochester, Viewing the Dulwich Picture Gallery Getting to the Isle of Sheppey: Today was earmarked for a long drive into the Kentish countryside to the farthest corner of England called The Isle of Sheppey and then on to…
Another Weepy Day in London: Perfect for Seeing ‘The Rosettis’ at the Tate Britain; Wren at the Guildhall Art Gallery and the ‘Treasures of the British Library’ at 50!
Monday, Jul 31, 2023 Another Weepy Day in London: Perfect for Seeing ‘The Rosettis’ at the Tate Britain; Wren at the Guildhall Art Gallery and the ‘Treasures of the British Library’ at 50! I am still on Bombay time and still waking up at about 4.30 am. The house is quiet, Battersea is still asleep,…
A Much Less Frenetic Sunday: Church, an Iconic Indian Restaurant (The India Club), Tour of Benjamin Franklin’s House, Damien Hirst Exhibition at Phillips Gallery
A Much Less Frenetic Sunday: Church, an Iconic Indian Restaurant (The India Club), Tour of Benjamin Franklin’s House, Damien Hirst Exhibition at Phillips Gallery Sunday, July 30, 2023 London It was a real soaker of a day! After two blissfully sunshiny ones, I guess one ought to expect this sort of weather in London! Not…