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SWISS Story - Way to Bernese Alps

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  Switzerland - the best honeymoon destination was my vacation destination before my  - 'called off marriage' 💁  The way to Bernese Alps started from the city, which I always wanted to visit; Zurich. A few years back I wanted to do my Post Grads from ETH university, Zurich, which did not materialize due to unplanned approaches.  Bollywood has a great role to play here; I imagined Zurich as they showed in the famous Hindi movie 'DDLJ' - where Europe tour was the attraction. Zurich was not exactly the same as shown in the movie. But on our way to Bernese Alps we could actually see the cows wearing the Famous Swiss Cow bell, the beautiful valley, the blue sky and Jungfrau Mountain or the Alpine Ranges. Switzerland has an amazing public transport network, be it Swiss Rail, Bus Service, Trams or Boats. It also offers a Swiss Travel Pass for all tourist with an unlimited travel plan for a limited period of time. You can travel through out Switzerland, visit at least 500 mus

14th June - The death day

It was the same day a year back I felt I am dead for a few minutes. Those minutes happened in such a slow motion, that I remember every detail of it till today. The feeling was that of terrible pain which was unbearable and beyond any words.  That was the last day I drove a car, I smiled genuinely and I had planned for the next day. I think that's the beauty of death, you don't know when it will come, I never knew next day might not happen to me at all. Had to attend an invitation in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh ( I guess most people knows about Tirupati because of the famous lord Balaji temple). I am an atheist, so inspite of being quite a regular visitor to Tirupati never went for a 'darshan' at the temple. May be this is what Telugu people call 'papam' - sins. 14 months down the line it's easier to crack a joke on the situation which was unbearable at the real time. Accidents are accidents, you can never define why that happened, but from that fraction of sec