Blog of Garima

We went to Belgium on 25 th of December 2014. On the day of Christmas Eve. Great timing, right? During our visit, we were to stay with our relatives-my elder cousin Nikki and her family-husband, and a few months old daughter. I kinda felt weird at the start, but then I got used to it. DAY 1: Anyways, Belgium is basically on the border of Germany, so we traveled by train and bus. We had to travel to Cologne station by an MRB train, and at 12.05 we got a train to Düsseldorf. After reaching there , we took an IC bus that would take us to Antwerp. Since it was kind of the middle of winter, it started to rain and then later on turned into light flakes of snow. After we reached Antwerp, we soon found ourselves in the middle of a city square. There was a huge house in front of us, and on our right was a small hut, in which people had gathered to see the story of Jesus. DAY 2: We spent the 2 nd day in a museum which featured army equipment, for example: army hats, heavy coat

Berlin view from road It was somewhere between the 1 st and the 2 nd week of September, 2014. We went to Berlin via Köln Hauptbahnhof (in English: Cologne central station). On our way, we saw a huge Cathedral, many buildings, several IC and ICEs. Finally, after hrs of waiting, we reached Berlin. When we were roaming, we saw trams, double-decker buses, shops made of pure Mahogany, timber, and whatnot. There was music playing in restaurants. The Berlin station was made of glass. The buses roof-top was open so we could enjoy the cool wind. Basically I loved the city. Its atmosphere, the people, and practically everything about it. There was this huge building of C&A- the international chain of retail fashion clothing stores. It had over 15 floors. We went in and enjoyed playing games like snakes & ladders, etc. There were games where you get a free voucher of 5 Euros or a small packet of gummy bears. I won a game and also the latter with it. There I got a pair of so

We went to Munich on 29th august 2014. The first thing that we did to reach Munich was to take an IC train from Bonn central station or a.k.a. Bonn Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt, around 10.00 am. Then we changed trains and took an ICE to Munich.       Ø   DAY:1 There were many things in Germany that reminded me of India. For example, the petrol pumps in Munich were just like that in India. Then there was a metro. Ok, although it was way longer than the Delhi metro, it somewhat looked like it. It had a brilliant white colour, etc. The hotel that we were staying in was very beautiful. So was the room. There was a huge painting of a scenery on the wall. There were also numerous shops near the hotel, just like our home was in Pune. The feeling made me very homesick.       Ø   DAY:2 ROAMING ON THE STREETS OF MUNICH CITY The next day we went to a museum (whose name I couldn’t recall), where we took an audio guide for convenience. Then we went to the ‘Dachau Concentratio