tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29780945972336426072024-02-21T08:40:15.228+01:00Travel RealizationsA travel blogChirasree Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009171224620189555noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978094597233642607.post-11614769308331806912016-04-15T10:09:00.001+02:002016-05-19T22:31:44.148+02:00A Rendezvous with Charlie Chaplin in Vevey, Switzerland
Over the horizon the floating white clouds were meeting yet shying away without touching. A relentless march of colors everywhere. Sweet fragrance filling the air. Sun shining warm and wind blowing cold. Yes, spring has sprung, I murmured that day. Indeed spring is a carnival of nature, I felt. I wanted to make that day special, so fixed up a rendezvous with our beloved little tramp, Chirasree Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009171224620189555noreply@blogger.com2Vevey, Switzerland46.4628333 6.841919200000006646.4409598 6.8015787000000065 46.4847068 6.8822597000000068tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978094597233642607.post-81001761478565897492016-03-16T13:04:00.002+01:002016-04-19T14:43:26.749+02:00Cannes - A city in the French Riviera that rolls out the red carpet to glitz and glamour every year
Moments were floating like a cloud in the mind, and when they bumped into the right cord, drizzling started, followed by a heavy shower. Slowly, silently and undeviatingly, I got soaked in the drizzle; a drizzle of glimpses of that afternoon and evening; our laughter; our words. And then I was completely drenched; drenched in the shower of memories.
I hurriedly took my external hard-disc (my Chirasree Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009171224620189555noreply@blogger.com1Cannes, France43.552847 7.017369000000030643.46076 6.8560075000000307 43.644934 7.1787305000000305tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978094597233642607.post-17197261504169986432016-03-02T10:25:00.002+01:002016-03-02T11:47:00.079+01:00Heroes Square in Budapest, Hungary - A world heritage site!
I simply love walking through the squares of European cities. Architectures, sculptures, fountain, cafes, people, discussions, demonstrations, open shows, street performances etc, are often part of such squares. A vibrant atmosphere which can instantly energize any soul. Painters, musicians, dancers, stunt men add an extra charm to such esplanades. One can feel the beating heart of the city Chirasree Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009171224620189555noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978094597233642607.post-58367996184842088332015-12-23T22:14:00.000+01:002015-12-23T22:14:04.516+01:00A mountain Christmas Village in Caux, Switzerland!
Festivals are interesting! We all celebrate our respective festivals every year. Perhaps most of us enjoy festivals with some set conventions and rules. I had seen in our culture, any deviations from tradition produce anxiety and fear of nameless consequences. In my early age, I never questioned those traditions, but now I do. Now I celebrate in my own little way.
On every 25th Chirasree Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009171224620189555noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978094597233642607.post-39018652220655279082015-12-14T11:43:00.002+01:002015-12-17T19:58:54.426+01:00Chirantana - Existence Forever!
This is a personal post for my readers who all love reading my blog.
I am glad to announce the birth of our daughter, our first child, Chirantana on the 18th of November, 2015 in Switzerland.
Chirantana means existence forever or immortal.
It is not easy to pen down the feelings of becoming a mother. So many emotions merge into one.
It was a long awaited dream yet it was a Chirasree Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009171224620189555noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978094597233642607.post-32486571853976636552015-10-25T20:36:00.001+01:002015-10-26T03:45:58.636+01:00Conquering the darkness - Geneva Festival Fireworks in Switzerland!
Imagine a still dark night, you, a candle and solitude! Did you realize the solitude too was melting along with the candle? Did you notice that when you were focussing on the flickering flame, your solitude was filling itself with those untamed thoughts? Did you feel that the single melting candle defied both the darkness and the solitude?
Such is the power of fire that lightens Chirasree Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009171224620189555noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978094597233642607.post-62516159924707318492015-07-04T20:04:00.001+02:002015-07-04T21:23:23.609+02:00"The Ultimate Driving Machine" - The BMW Museum in Munich, Germany!!
The experience of visiting the BMW Museum in Munich, Germany was the first of its kind. Though later in my life, I got opportunities to experience the Mercedes-Benz Museum and the Geneva Motor show in Switzerland, but the first exposure to the world of luxury cars remains special.
It was an August afternoon. The bright and beautiful day was melting into a Chirasree Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009171224620189555noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978094597233642607.post-58594479516854501422015-06-14T10:13:00.003+02:002015-06-14T10:29:55.705+02:00A night in glittering Las Vegas, USA - The Casino capital!
After spending an exciting night in Hualapai Ranch in Grand Canyon, we started for Las Vegas the next day afternoon. We reached Las Vegas by evening. After relaxing for a couple of hours in our hotel (Excalibur), we were ready to explore the charming and glittering night in Vegas.
Our adventure started from the ground floor of our hotel. Hundreds Chirasree Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009171224620189555noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978094597233642607.post-67811163883145054852015-06-04T22:25:00.002+02:002016-04-23T06:57:13.919+02:00The concentration camp in Auschwitz, Poland - A vast factory of murder! (Part 2)
As promised in my previous post, today I will try to gather some courage to write about the inexplicable journey of thousands of prisoners through the tragic road of death in Auschwitz Concentration Camp under the leadership of Adolf Hitler.
Before entering the road of death which leads to the gas chamber where mercy and justice had been murdered million times, we came across this note!
Chirasree Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009171224620189555noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978094597233642607.post-71840813785602142262015-05-22T10:58:00.000+02:002016-04-23T06:56:32.564+02:00The concentration camp in Auschwitz, Poland - A vast factory of murder! (Part1)
8th May, 2015 marked the 70th anniversary of the end of world war II. 70 years have passed, but the word "war" is omnipresent. Now, we have more technically advanced weapons to destroy humans and humanity! Did we progress? Before we answer this question to ourselves, let's remember the famous quote by George Santayana "The one who does not remember history is bound to live through it again"Chirasree Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009171224620189555noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978094597233642607.post-41645428628120703132015-03-14T20:16:00.000+01:002015-03-14T20:16:45.332+01:00The Tomb of Napoleon Bonaparte - a winner of many battles, in Paris, France!
Business magnets, actors, artists, doctors, engineers, scientists, common men, poor men, etc all receive a gift of peace and silence from death! No partiality at all though our society has always been partial to previledged ones during life and after death. Perhaps we all have seen a king's palace in any tourist destination and rarely that of a farmer's house or a carpenter's Chirasree Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009171224620189555noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978094597233642607.post-25860963358066816442015-02-15T00:22:00.000+01:002015-02-16T21:03:15.135+01:00The imprints of time at "Wat Maha That" in Ayutthaya, Thailand!
The Time always has a profound influence on my thoughts which eventually proliferates through my writings. I feel, when time walks with us, everything blooms and when it leaves us, we see the ruins.
Today I will take you all to Wat Maha That at Ayutthaya in Thailand - a place which was once an important center of global diplomacy and commerce, but now an Chirasree Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009171224620189555noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978094597233642607.post-61954042363331367052014-12-31T16:33:00.001+01:002014-12-31T16:36:19.529+01:00The Library of Strahov Monastery in Prague, Czech Republic - One of the world's most beautiful libraries!
It is time to say "Bye 2014" and embrace 2015 with new challenges, resolutions and dreams. I hope that we will reflect on the modern values of society- Liberty, Fraternity and Equality with care and love in this new year and years to come, irrespective of any culture, country or race.
I always begin any journey with my books - the safest and the most secure pal. I Chirasree Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009171224620189555noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978094597233642607.post-76762422001981685122014-12-24T20:40:00.001+01:002016-04-23T07:12:04.038+02:00Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy!
In the early morning of 25th December, 2010, we caught a train from Florence towards Pisa - a city famous for its leaning tower.
While enjoying the golden sunlight, heavenly sky, sweet fresh air and merry bell, I was thinking about the Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Indeed, the true meaning of Christmas lies in the understanding of the fact that the cardinal values of this Chirasree Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009171224620189555noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978094597233642607.post-51789711873645927132014-12-14T14:05:00.001+01:002014-12-14T14:05:30.781+01:00Spirit Museum in Stockholm, Sweden! Cheers!!
Few more days to Christmas! It is celebration time now. I am completely in festive mood and I am sure so are you. Let me take this opportunity to take you to a unique destination called Spirit Museum, in Stockholm. Cheers to everybody!!
It was a rainy afternoon and was our last day of travel in Stockholm. We were waiting for the rain to stop and were looking at the tourist map and Chirasree Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009171224620189555noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978094597233642607.post-57006846865419511602014-11-09T23:36:00.000+01:002014-11-09T23:36:11.333+01:00The Berlin Wall
Today 9th November, 2014 marks the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall - which endured as the symbol of conflict between the Communist and non-Communist worlds for almost thirty long years! Freedom was the triumphant winner on 9th November, 1989 (twenty five years back) with the fall of the wall. This calls for celebration and jubilation since freedom is the most Chirasree Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009171224620189555noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978094597233642607.post-82169010877145126592014-10-18T21:35:00.000+02:002014-10-18T21:35:40.522+02:00Villars-sur-Ollon - A beautiful swiss village!
hushhhhhhhh!! Don't speak, forget all uncertainties, keep aside all your problems for the moment. Come, I will take you to a place where peace is the only comfort amidst the silence that breaks occasionally when the soft breeze flows in between the green leaves. Perhaps, appreciation and mesmerizing glance are the only things that we can give back to this beautiful land. It claims nothing Chirasree Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009171224620189555noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978094597233642607.post-20270570489780936492014-09-22T10:43:00.001+02:002014-11-21T00:32:18.451+01:00The Broken Chair - A symbol of peace in Geneva, Switzerland!
When by chance our fingers come across fire, our reflex comes into play. We take off our fingers. I often wonder, why there is no such reflex for our conscience!! When we see any unjust happening around, most of us tend to let it go and remain unaffected. I dream of a world where our reflex will work for our conscience as well. That will be true progress; progress of humanity and upliftmentChirasree Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009171224620189555noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978094597233642607.post-9193697770264005212014-08-31T14:11:00.000+02:002014-08-31T20:25:37.125+02:00Einstein House in Bern, Switzerland!
Be it the internet, our cell phones, TV, digital cameras or MRI body scanners and many such revolutionary things, we all owe it to Albert Einstein - the most influential scientist of the 20th century. He spent a substantial amount of his life in Switzerland. He studied, worked and met his first wife while living in Switzerland.
Back in 2011, I visited Einstein House in Bern and Chirasree Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009171224620189555noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978094597233642607.post-71666306449834830362014-07-06T08:48:00.000+02:002014-07-06T08:48:55.600+02:00Camp Nou Stadium - The home of Football Club Barcelona!
Welcome to a virtual tour of Camp Nou in Barcelona, the largest stadium in Europe with 96,336 seats, which belongs to FCB through my eyes. The fascinating stadium has it all - glitz, glamour and grandeur! One Significant difference lies in between the Real Madrid Club & Football Club Barcelona. Real Madrid was started by the aristocrats of the society while Football Club Barcelona Chirasree Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009171224620189555noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978094597233642607.post-67476227989788625772014-07-03T09:18:00.000+02:002014-07-03T09:18:18.305+02:00Football Club Barcelona - More than a club!
When Messi and Neymar's magic has started spreading its charm on football fans for their performances in World Cup 2014, let's look inside the club FC Barcelona - the club where both Messi and Neymar play! (For those of you who prefer soccer, FC stands for Football club!)
It was during the European Championships in 2012, I felt the enthusiasm of Europeans for football. I have seen Chirasree Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009171224620189555noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978094597233642607.post-91670724739026988122014-06-28T10:15:00.001+02:002016-04-19T15:02:57.498+02:00Santiago Bernabeu Stadium - The home of Real Madrid!
The Estadio Santiago Bernabeu is one of the world's most famous and prestigious football venues, owned by the Real Madrid Club. I did the stadium tour in 2012, when I visited Madrid in Spain. The tour can be divided into two sections. One is the football museum where one gets to know about the history of the Real Madrid Club and the other section is all about the football ground, Chirasree Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009171224620189555noreply@blogger.com18Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain42.8782132 -8.544844499999953842.8782132 -8.5448444999999538 42.8782132 -8.5448444999999538tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978094597233642607.post-48476775509944614402014-06-23T11:14:00.003+02:002016-04-19T15:14:02.609+02:00 The Real Madrid Club in Madrid, Spain!
Almost the whole world is enjoying a football bash now with the beginning of the 20th FIFA (The Federation Internationale de Football Association) World Cup! I am not a very big fan of football, but I enjoy the celebratory mood of the people from all over the world. Some people support Brazil, some like Argentina or some choose their own specific countries. Lot of advertisements in allChirasree Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009171224620189555noreply@blogger.com12Madrid, Madrid, Spain40.4167754 -3.703790199999957640.4167754 -3.7037901999999576 40.4167754 -3.7037901999999576tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978094597233642607.post-61774626327873868682014-06-14T11:51:00.001+02:002014-06-14T11:51:05.366+02:00Solstice and Luminescence of Life
I started blogging on 14th June, 2013 and am continuing so far. Today on 14th June, 2014 (after one year), when I look back, I feel good, happy and content. I never knew before that writing and expressing one's mind can work as therapy amidst a busy life. This blog has truly become my friend. It fulfills my constructive and creative spirit. All appreciations and comments that I get Chirasree Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009171224620189555noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978094597233642607.post-23682326410626732052014-06-10T10:27:00.000+02:002014-06-10T10:27:05.260+02:00An unusual love story between the sky and the cloud!
Sun drenched mornings that bask in the golden sunshine, walking with the tweeting and chirping birds, adorned with a shimmering blue sky above, filled with fragrances from rose, jasmine, violet and that of lily and the soothing breeze caressing it with tender touch, are indeed invigorating and exquisite. But did you ever feel the loneliness of the sky in such mornings? It shimmers yet remains Chirasree Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009171224620189555noreply@blogger.com8