L’Ecole Militaire, La Tour Eiffel

It had drizzled that morning and the streets were wet. I had been denied access to the showers of the youth hostel I’d booked until later in the day. In fact, until 16:00 hrs. A metro from Ledru Rollin till Bastille following on to L’Ecole Militaire/La Tour Eiffel. I remember trying to find it, looking all around, and suddenly I saw the apex. It didn’t look too tall. In fact, I thought that it was...

Zaanse Schans

You will recall that I had posted these on my fine-art photo blog. It didn’t fit. So I tore it off. I have now made peace with myself, that, these are perfectly good editorial/travel photos. And that these just didn’t fit amongst all of the fine-art black and white photos. So, here they make their way again, this time, on my travel blog. Here. FIN ...

Amsterdam and Sex, Porn, Erotica and Marijuana

If your are under the age of 18 or 21 or whatever your country says you need to be in order to be considered an adult, you shouldn’t be here. GO! RUN! I have had questions about Amsterdam’s infamous Red Light District, Sex toys, Live Sex Shows etc. And the fact of the matter is that these brothels occupy the ground floors of a respectable neighborhood in the heart of the city. Good families and...

Auberge Internationale des Jeunes

“You can eat at little bakeries. And live in youth hostels. It is manageable”, I remember someone saying. He’d  spent three weeks through Europe earlier in the year. I’d been living in Amsterdam since three weeks. And though I’d been exploring Holland, I’d not ventured out of The Netherlands till then. The return ticket from Amsterdam to Paris cost me € 77 – Eurolines run daily bus services...