Chelsea FC StadiumTour

After so many visits to London I finally got the opportunity to do the tour of Chelsea Football Club’s stadium. Chelsea FC, for those who have been living under a rock, is one of the top teams in England’s Premier League and arguably world's most famous football team. Equally famous is "Stamford Bridge", the home of chelsea FC. If you are in London I highly recommend the Chelsea FC Stadium tour...

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Guinness Museum, Dublin, Ireland

So, I was in Ireland for a couple of days. In between the bouts of bad weather and other whatnots, we still managed to do a lot of city touring. Dublin is a fairly interesting city, and one of the highlights of it is oppurtunity tour the Guinness factory. I am not a huge fan of beer, but I did know that Guinness, one of the famous beer, originated from Dublin. To avoid the long tourist lines we...

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Dublin in 48 hours

We woke up really early at 5:30am to get ready and take the tube to Victoria station so that we could catch the train to Gatwick Airport. We had an 8:30am flight to Dublin.  We decided to not take the Gatwick express as it’s much more expensive than the regular trains that go there, especially when we had decided to fly the cheap Ryan Air to Ireland, as opposed to the  expensive...

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London's Borough Market

The weather in London was fantastic. It was cold, cloudy and rainy, a perfect day to go to the Borough Market. The Borough Market is on Borough High Street across the London Bridge tube station. It is London's oldest food market and in terms of London shopping, it’s a foodie paradise. The market is quite large with buzzing hive of noises, smells, and colors. It was difficult to resist all the...

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Bellagio and around Lake Como,Italy

Lake Como is approximately 30 miles north of Milan. The lake is surrounded by many towns , all of which are popular with tourists. I took a train from Milan Centrale to Varenna-Essino, which is one of the picturesque little towns on the east shore of Lake Como. This is probably the best starting point to explore the lake, as there are plenty of ferries connecting other towns around the lake. Varenna...

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24 hours in Milano, Italy

I was in Italy for 3 days for the F1 Italian Grand Prix at Monza. I arrived in Milan in early morning and got a bus from Malapensa Airport to Milan center. Given a choice I always prefer taking an airport bus to the city rather than a subway train, because you get to see the outside whereas in the subway you are in a dark for the entire ride.The walk from the Central station to the taxi stand was...

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Formula1: Italian Grand Prix' 2008 - Trip Report

Of all the races on the Formula One calendar, the Italian Grand Prix at Monza possibly generates the most buzz, not because of the very energetic and emotional Italian fans (Tifosi) but also due to the heritage and history of the race track itself. The grand prix is held in one of the oldest tracks in Formula 1 on the outskirts of Milan in a small town named Monza . As I had planned on arriving...

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Chicago - The Gotham City

Just saw the newest incarnation of the Batman movie, "The Dark Knight " on IMAX. And Chicago looked absolutely fantastic. The mythical Gotham City, long assumed to be an allegorical Big Apple is unmistakably based on Chicago....Chicago is the Gotham City. Compared to the last Batman movie, the cinematography of Chicago skyline in this one is awesome . I loved how there wasn't just your typical...

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