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A twitter handle I follow was discussing privilege today, a concept I spend a lot of time thinking about. So its apt to write about a film festival from a point of view of privilege. Its a privilege, that I live in a world where films are accessible to enthusiasts and I got to attend…
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Read previous posts here (Brussels), here (Brugge), here (Amsterdam) and here (Cologne). Pre-script – words and picture heavy post. Our tent was on the far right notin this picture. We camped below this rock mountain! After an eventful week in Belgium, Netherlands and Germany and recovering from an unwanted twist of turns, we were kind…
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Read previous parts here, here and here.Cologne (or Koln. Very interesting stories about how it got the name btw) was the next pit stop in my journey. Owing to our super health status, we reached there 2 days earlier than planned. As soon as our bus made its final stop, we got down only to…
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I want to take a break from the travel reporting and reflect on my state of my mind, when I am traveling. I like being out. Out in the nature > out with people or in public, crowded spots. I do like taking breaks, reading books, doing nothing. I also like work. The work I…
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Part 1Part 2Part 3So we reached Amsterdam unwell, exhausted and unable to think straight. After getting to the city center from our bus stop (20 minutes ride), we were again back on our foot. Lugging those backpacks and the stroller. Without any physical or mobile maps to help us, we started searching for the hostel…
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Part 1 and Part 2 in case you are interested.‘Maybe that’s what hell is, the entire rest of eternity spent in fucking Bruges.’ – Stupid grumpy Ray from In Bruges (the movie).Of course, for me replace hell by a good idea of heaven, please! I am like the good old romantic Ken from the movie…
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Post 1 about how and why my Europe trip happenedI need to report some drama that happened with us on the journey to Brussels.So we left for Mumbai on 19th afternoon. I had a super important work meeting on the 19th evening where I was supposed to give a presentation (My official vacation was going…
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‘Europe is always a good idea’.Let me begin at the beginning. I have been traveling to the US a lot for work, over the past one year. Paglet moved to Germany last year. Travel planners that she and her husband (N) are, they immediately started asking me to do stopovers in Germany during my trips.…
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Dear (baby) H,I know you will not be a baby forever. One day you will grow up and read this and roll your eyes like your mother* does. And then you will laugh at this Mavshi of yours, an even louder laughter. I also fear you’ll stop visiting me for my soppy attempt at trying…
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6 months being a vegetarian! yay! This was my long term life goal. And I am glad I could embrace it in my early thirties. Slightly inspired by Scott Jurek’s lifestyle change and a lot more about trying to have minimal impact on nature and my surroundings. I know this sounds totally absurd, at least…