2 days in Vancouver – Part II

When in North Vancouver, the must-visit place is Capilano Suspension Bridge. So after a quick check-in and a short nap – what, we had a long drive! – we headed straight out to this bridge. The Grenoble feeling was so much stronger here – driving in the hills, narrow roads, the tall, tall fir trees lining…

2 days in Vancouver – Part I

For our first anniversary, Ajey and I went to California – it was quite an ambitious vacation – San Jose, San Fransisco, LA and then Las Vegas. No, this is not a trip down memory lane – I actually remember very little of the trip – but there is a point to bringing this up…

Planning the summer vacation

What’s summer without a vacation? The last few years have quite spoiled us – after Boracay and Koh Samui, a weekend at Myrtle Beach or Branson – in my snobbiest accent here – “I’ll pass!!” Well, let’s just say that the snobby train doesn’t take you too far from P-town (a.k.a Heart of the Midwest…

A summer well spent

What a scorcher of a day – the second in a row, actually!! A week into September, and the mercury hitting 93, with a heat index of 100 – absolutely unheard of!! Not that I’m complaining, mind you!! Especially with signs of autumn all around – the corn, great golden sheaves (sheafs, sheaves? – hmm,…