Neha's blog

Bookmarked holidays

Neha — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 09:30:26 -0700

I became an avid traveler at about the same time as I became an avid reader. I sat with my books in one cozy corner and took off to exotic locations. As a six year old I went all over England with a Peter and Jane series prescribed by the school. England was followed by ancient India, which...

It’s a small world

Neha — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:54:12 -0700

It’s a beautiful day in Zagreb. The sun is blazing through with a ferocity I have come to associate only with an Indian summer. But here I am, many miles away, in the same soft white cottons. My balcony door is wide open, bringing in the morning sounds of traffic; horizontal beams of sun come...

Doing nothing in Opatija

Neha — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:12:40 -0700

One of the first recommendations that you receive as an expat in Zagreb is the coastal town of Opatija. Maybe it’s to do with proximity, or may be it’s an initiation ceremony, a detox centre, if you please, to shake off the city rust and begin a new way of life: unhurried and laid back. We...

One wet afternoon in Ljubljana

Neha — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 13:01:49 -0700

We’re sitting in the heart of Ljubljana, at an outdoor café, the only one that has any space left. The weather has taken a sharp turn for the bad and while the Internet promised us sunshine and summer smiles, the city has unleashed on us a cold, watery attack.

Despite the rain, the...

Smiles and stares in Zagreb

Neha — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:35:00 -0700

These are our first few days in Croatia. My husband and I have just relocated to Zagreb and we decide to introduce ourselves to the city that very weekend. We walk its cobbled streets and take in its Baroque styles. We bend with the roads and rise with the church steeples. Every once...