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Volkswagen makes people slide at Alexanderplatz, Berlin
How so boring, walking down the stairs or standing behind people in escalators. Volkswagen has installed this nice little slide so that those fun loving people could just zip down in style. Watch the video. Looks like the Berliners would just slide down, and run for their trains. Don’t forget to try it out when [...]
Sunset on the Bavarian Alps – A moment to remember..
This is the thousandth time ‘m staring at this pic. I took this pic from aboard an Alpen rail, on my way back from the fairytale-ish Neuschwanstein castle. Whenever I look at the picture, I get reminded of those good days in Germany, the Bavarian alps, the snow, and the petty craving for the ever-elusive [...]
Racism in developed countries – who’s to be blamed?
Who’s to be blamed? Well, we all play the blame game right from our childhood days. Trust me, we are good at it! When I left for Germany, a few years ago for my graduate studies, I heard a lot of negative comments about being a foreigner in Germany. Many of my friends, well wishers [...]
Neuschwanstein castle – Themed pic of the day
We all dream, irrespective of whether we work towards realizing the dream! Ludwig Friedrich Wilhelm II, King of Bavaria, popularly known as the fairy-tale King (der Märchenkönig in German), dreamt of a castle so beautiful that it inspired Walt Disney in the twentieth century. People who’ve been to Disneyland Park would have seen the Sleeping Beauty Castle, which is a reflection of King Ludwig II’s dream castle in Neuschwanstein, Bavaria.
When I reached Neuschwanstein, and looked up at the castle built on a small hill, I was in awe!
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