I thought my time in Paris would be spent alone. Not that I had any prob­lems. With its effi­cient rail and bus sys­tem, Paris is very much geared for tourists and it is dif­fi­cult to get lost. I cov­ered quite a lot of ground in the three days I was there. Includ­ing walk­ing up the Champs-Elysees from Franklin Roo­sevelt sta­tion and the Eif­fel Tower from Tro­cadera Gar­dens sta­tion, just as Jag had sug­gested (thanks Jag!). I espe­cially loved the Lou­vre (where my head started spin­ning after a few hours) and the Moulin Rouge, the Basil­ica of Sacre Coeur and that whole bar­gain shop­ping stretch at Montmarte. 

Time is fly­ing by and it’s already my sec­ond last day here in Lau­sanne. Last evening, we walked by Lake Léman and I caught sight of these spar­rows fly­ing and it reminded me that how­ever far we go, we all have to return home at some point of time… 

Lau­sanne is pic­ture post­card pretty — every­where you turn there is some­thing worth click­ing. Steph picked me up from the air­port and we came home to grab a bite. Bagha was nowhere around (he was prob­a­bly chas­ing a lady some­where, but Steph said he was more likely asleep!). So we had to leave with­out find­ing him.

Lots to write about Barcelona but not much time right now — an absolutely beau­ti­ful city — and it´s no won­der why it rates among the top most liv­able cities in the world. 

The last 3 days went off in a flurry. I guess it was a lit­tle ambi­tious to see Lon­don in 3–4 days, but I still have another 3 days after I come back. 

My jour­ney started off on a slightly scary note when I reach the air­port at 5 am on the 13th morn­ing to find that the Gulf Air flight I am tak­ing to Lon­don via Abu Dhabi is rescheduled. 

Finally, finally!

After much plot­ting and plan­ning, the vaca­tion I’ve been dream­ing of for a while…

My visas has arrived (except for the Swiss one, which I hope will come by tomorrow)! 

How dare you dance in Ban­ga­lore? says enraged Big Brother (BB).

If Big Brother’s been watch­ing over us way­ward cit­i­zens in Ban­ga­lore, can he but not make an appear­ance in Chennai? 

How dare you kiss in Chen­nai? BB is enraged.