Monday, August 27, 2007

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)

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