Slovakian Serenity

Landed in Bratislava late on wednesday night.. And the Slovak Police did its best to keep us away from bratislava(capital of slovakia), as long as possible! We had to wait for close to 1 hour for the immigration clearence...and at that time I was really having second thoughts about visiting this country for a 2nd time. Anyhow, we finally entered Bratislava. Its pretty much contraty to its neighbouring capital Prague. While Prague is a typical cosmopolitan..beautiful...full of people...lots of hustle bustle...Bratislava is instead a quite, but nonetheless pretty beautiful city. Life moves at a easy(but definitely not lethargic) pace here. Had a couple of good meetings, before the weekend finally set in. Over this weekend, we travelled to High Tatra mountain ranges... one of the most famous in this part of europe. Its about 4 hours drive from Bratislava. And its just awesome..simply breathtaking natural splendour. I mean.. i really dont have words. Will soon be sharing the pics of this trip..and it'll become more clear then. Infact not only the High Tatra's...the whole 4 hour travel across Slovakia, presented some beautiful views. Large grasslands spread along with the highway...very very beautiful indeed. It was indeed a welcome break frm the frenzied pace of activities, to which we are getting used to.

The trip is in its last leg. We'll be boarding the flight back to prague on tuesday evening..and then have a flight from Prague to Delhi(with stopover in Amsterdam) on 29th morning. In all probabilites, will be reaching delhi around 1 or 2 o'clock in the morning on 30th. The trip has been a mix of varied experiences..both on personal as well as professional front. The best word, which I could find as of now to describe my experience is : Learning. Its indeed been a good learning experience...hopefully it realizes into something materialistic as well...

Probably my last post before I am back in India.
Till then..cau(means bye in Slovak)

Welcome to Prague: The land of Budwiser...Skoda..and Beautiful women

Had a pretty relaxed sunday...got the room @ 2:00 p.m. Unpacked.. freshed up...had a brief nap... and then went on explore little bit of prague. And I must say, I fell in love with the city @ first sight..

Famous things about Czech..Skoda..pretty much evident on the roads...Budwiser...(for the records a can of Budwiser or Pilsner costs you 30 crowns(Czech Currency), while water costs you 35 crowns!! )..and then short skirts!! Well Delhi has its share of modern/happening people...and some of them are indeed bold enough to sport some short skirts..but boy..here it seems like as if short skirts are the national dress for women! However this fact should not undermine the beauty of Czech ladies... simply beyond comparison... ofcos second only to the elegance of their indian counterparts....

The first meeting today, went on pretty decently...lets see how the remaining part of trip shapes up...

Meanwhile, as promised..some glimpses of Prague...

The Journey so far...

Writing this from the hotel lobby in Prague(Czech Republic). Reached prague around at 9:00 a.m... managed to get out of the airport in another 10-15 mintues.. Must say Prague is a beautiful place...infact beautiful looks a little small word to describe the beauty(watever I have seen in my travel frm the airport to the hotel...and I m sure with some sightseeing n all, this belief will get further strengthed. )

How was the Journey?? well...decent..thats it! The Delhi-Amsterdam flight of KLM hardly had nything when it comes to in-flight entertainment. Some real oldies as air-hostesses(no offences meant to the elderly ladies...but i m sure, an airline of KLM's status can look @ little more younger when it comes to their cabin crew!...between, we thought that only Air-India or Indian Airlines has those elderly airhosteses.). Amsterdam-Prague was much better...although it was a short flight, of jst 1 hr. The plane had a good leg space..very much comfortable... and indeed... some lovely ladies ;) .
need to spend some time here n there, to b precies till 2 p.m.; since only then we'll get our room. Plan to go for a couple of drink with our business partner, and then a light lunch. Will rest in the later part of the day.... and hopefully some work in evening...
Have some good snaps clicked..will upload them soon...

As of now..bbye!!

Another first...

The last 14-1 5 months have witnessed many firsts in my life. My first day @ office...my first salary...my first +ve response from a customer...my first year @ office...my first promotion...
And if all goes well...sunday(19th aug) morning at 00:52 a.m., there will be another first in my life-My first foreign travel...my first travel by plane!!

So, how am I feeling ? To be frank, havent actually got time to feel anything. Things have happened thick n fast. And once it was decided that yeah I'll be going...then it was all onto fixing appointments, getting the visa done, getting the tickets done...and all those logisctical things...Nonetheless, many of those associated with me are indeed happy. Namely my parents...some of my close frnds...

Have done some decent hard work for this trip...lets hope..its successful!

For the time being...bbye India!!

Monsoons date with Delhi...

This is what one night of rain resulted into....

It usually takes me anywhere between 45 minutes to 1 hour to reach office.... This day it took me 3 hours 30 minutes.... who says that only mumbai suffers in rains..delhi also gets its share!