India Diaries 2019
The events in this post took place nearly four months ago. It’s been over four weeks of quarantine and I think most of the days… Read More »India Diaries 2019
holidays
Happy New Year 2020!
If you were born in the 80s, raised in the 90s and made it to 2020: You have lived in 4 different decades, 2 different… Read More »Happy New Year 2020!
Living in a Lighthouse – Part II
When it rains… look for Rainbows When it’s dark… look for Stars If there is a Part I, there has to be at least a… Read More »Living in a Lighthouse – Part II
Living in a Lighthouse – Part I
It isn’t often that one gets to live in a lighthouse. Ashwina wanted to find out what it feels like to live in one. So,… Read More »Living in a Lighthouse – Part I
Happy New Year 2019!
Sitting here on the final day of 2018, I’d like to wish all my regular and irregular readers a Happy New Year 2019. Keeping with my long tradition, here’s my life in review post for 2018. Do you agree with Dilbert’s view on resolutions? I know I’ve barely kept mine from last year.
Work
Work takes up a significant portion of our lives, mine included. 2018 was a long year for me at work including a tonne of projects, long hours and quite a bit of travel.
Life
2018 involved quite a bit of travelling for Ashwina and me.
India
We started the year with our annual trip to India. India was slightly different this time around. Since both Dad and Arun were in town, Ashwina and I booked a long stay at the ITC Maratha in Mumbai. Our stay turned out to be fabulous with excellent service, good food and we both got lovely gifts from the hospitality team there.
After Mumbai, we headed off to Mangalore. The first time for me after over 30 years! We toured quite a bit especially visiting a few churches.
Pune followed Mangalore where I managed to get some rest. We also met with Rhea for dinner on one day and Saby on another.
We headed back to Mumbai for a day and then returned to London getting Mom back with us for a few months.
Closing the holiday with Montreal
Montreal was the last part of our two week holiday in September that began in New York and continued in Canada. We decided to drive… Read More »Closing the holiday with Montreal
Niagara Falls 2018
Having spent the first day in Toronto, we set out on Monday to visit Niagara Falls. Niagara Falls is less than a two-hour drive from… Read More »Niagara Falls 2018
Hello Toronto
I posted about New York a few weeks back. And although it has been several months since our visit to Canada, and I’ve been meaning… Read More »Hello Toronto
New York – Views from the Top
I’m back in London and the week has been busier than busy catching up on work. It’s Saturday, so trying to find a time to finish this blog post. My New York diaries continued with meeting Sneha after nearly 10 years. She took me and Ashwina to ABC Kitchen which turned out to have some really good food in well-sized portions. Remains the best food I ate in New York.
After the failed attempt to view New York from Top of the Rock, we decided to try again. It seems like many others also had the same idea as we only got tickets for little over an hour later. We figured out getting some other things out of the way to kill time. Primarily taking a walk down 6th avenue to find our way to Grand Central Station.
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
At Grand Central Station, New York
The hustle and bustle of Grand Central Station, New York
New York calling!
This year has been a relatively eventful one when it comes to holidays… also expensive! I know I haven’t blogged much about personal life, but… Read More »New York calling!