Wanderlust drives us to faraway lands, interesting waters. And add them to our travel memoirs
As soon as we finished our lunch at the Stiftsrestaurant Melk, the lovely restaurant in Melk Abbey, we rushed down to the Danube river bank for the cruise. It is a short 10-min walk from the Melk Abbey through the town, and part of the Danube (Wachau) Valley Tour (Read […]
By the time we had walked past Melk Abbey’s rooms, verandah, terrace and courtyard (Read – Melk Abbey Tour), we were starving. We had the choice of walking down to the Melk town 2 minutes away for lunch or dine at the Abbey’s restaurant, Stiftsrestaurant Melk. We chose the latter. […]
The Melk Abbey tour was part of our The Danube, or Wachau, valley tour ( Click the link for a complete information on the Danube/Wachau Valley Tour ). An imposing abbey in the little town of Melk in Lower Austria, with the hills and the Danube River providing a picturesque setting, […]
The Danube, or Wachau, valley tour is a wonderful day trip from Vienna. It starts from Melk, with a tour of the famous Melk Abbey, followed by a ferry ride on the river Danube that take you past lovely countryside, stops by Durnstein, the beautiful town famous for its castle […]
Listing down the best Parsi restaurants in Mumbai is both an easy and a difficult task. Easy, because, the names come immediately to your mind. And difficult, because, you keep hoping you have not missed any good ones…. Mumbai introduced to us the world of Parsi food – hitherto, we, […]
That local food contribute almost 50% to the overall experience in any new country / place is our firm belief. And so, like always, we dug up some of the best restaurants in all the cities we visited on our Austrian holiday. Figlmüeller, in Vienna, was one of them and […]
When in Europe, we usually choose to stay in quaint bed and breakfast lodgings. The reasons are numerous – they offer a peek into the actual life of the residents, they allow you the freedom to choose the best restaurants for lunch/dinner, they are reasonably priced. We like the most […]
The tour of the Schonbrunn Palace doesn’t take a day. Half a day is good enough. The tour of the Palace takes about 2-3 hours depending on your level of interest in its history, and the gardens take another 1-2 hours. We went off for the tour immediately after an […]