Travel and Leisure

Ganges River Cities of Bengal With Colonial European Heritage

If Ganga lives, India lives.  If Ganga dies, India dies’-- Dr. Vandana Shivaji, Renowned Environmentalist  It is often said that the entire glimpse of the country can be seen in the bank of river Ganges, locally called as Ganga. The holy river is not only the main river of India, Read More

St. Stephen's Cathedral: The Resplendent Baroque Church of Passau

A majestic House of God sits atop a hill in the Altstadt, “Old City”, of Passau. It overlooks the glistening Danube River and the junction of Ilz, a tributary of the Danube running through the Bavarian Forest. Inside is said to sit the largest organ in Europe, a powerful instrument which Read More

Yukon Territory's Beautiful Color, Vibrancy, and Naked Grandeur

There’s an environment in this world who wants to flourish. She wants, no, desires to have long flowing floral hair and copiously verdant braids. Her terrain begins to grow with a color and vibrancy that belies a lush future and this future you can almost, just, barely…touch, on its hor Read More

Tips and Tricks to Learning European Portuguese

Learning Portuguese, or most foreign languages for that matter, is not the easiest task that one can embark on. There are several challenges, but with the right information and a little dedication, you can learn the language of Portugal. Spelling and Pronunciation The first tip to learning Por Read More

The Flowers of Yosemite

Yosemite was all one glorious flower garden before plows and scythes and trampling, biting horses came to make its wide open spaces look like farmers' pasture fields. Nevertheless, countless flowers still bloom every year in glorious profusion on the grand talus slopes, wall benches and tablets, Read More

Sanremo: Where a Festival of Music and Melody Meets the Sea and Sun

“Smell the Sea and feel the sky, let your soul and spirit fly”, - Van Morrison This is a place where the sky touches the Sea… It was my first feeling when I entered Sanremo- the city of music and the Sun, the city where the world-famous Sanremo Musical Festival is b Read More