Amsterdam

Our journey has taken us to Amsterdam. We took a three and half train ride from Paris to AMS last night. WOW is all I can say about this place. So many South Asians, I am starting to wonder why? Sri keeps saying its because of the large Tech presence here.. Our hotel lobby is all Indian people sitting around! Its like being back in the Bay Area!

Today we spent walking around the city center of Ams.. We saw canals, and several cool little shopping stores, had lunch and now are resting before going back to grab some dinner and enjoy a night here AMS.

Bye for now!

xoxoxoxoxo


Sri & Anju

An evening in Paris :)

So today we went and saw the Mona Lisa at the Museum de Louvre! that place is huge and amazing! We just could not get through the entire thing, I mean there is so much to see there! We did what we could. So many people there!

Afterwards we wandered the streets of Paris, had some coffee and decided to head back to our hotel to rest for a bit and dry off! It's been raining here..

After we rested up we got ready to head over to the Eiffel Tower :) amazing! We went to the top, saw the views, took some pictures and froze our heads off! I got some video of the glittering tower, which happens at the top of each hour! So pretty!

We are the move again tomorrow. I will update more details tomorrow!

Time to get some sleep.

Xoxoxo

Sri & Anju

Sent from my iPhone

Happy Birthday Sharlene!!

Sorry we missed it, this year, but dont worry when we get back we will have a marathon, Reddy, Balasubramanian POW WOW! We miss you guys!!!

Here is a picture of some Swiss Chocolates for you, since we can not be there to celebrate with your CAKE!

Happy Birthday again! Make all your dreams come true!

Hi Harsha and Arjun :)

See you soon!

xoxoxoxo

Sri & Anju

C'est la vie!

Cafes, crepes, Notre Dame, pasteries, the Eiffel Tower, Sein River,
the list goes on and on. There are so many amazing sites here in
Paris! Sri and I walked the city today and saw so many things! It is
raining here but still so beauitful. I took a picture of the amazing
Eiffel Tower with my iPhone, but we got some cool pictures with our
camera!

There is so much to see and do here! Tomorrow we are going to the
Musee du Louvre, Arc de Triomphe, and some other historic sites here!
We are going to go to a fancy French dinner as well :)

Sri is attemping his luck with the French language, it's great! He
asks questions in French and then gets a response in French and then
sits there and has no idea what the person said to him, pretty amusing
to watch :)

We are resting in our hotel room for a bit and then off to shop a
little, grab some dinner and see the city of lights at night!

Ciao :)

Xoxoxoxo

Sri & Anju

Paris

We are in Paris, France! We took a Five and half hour train ride from Switzerland. we went on a high speed train that travels around 330 KPH, which is around 134 MPH.. It was really cool, Sri was really fascinated by it! There are tons of things to do in Paris, so tomorrow we are going to get up early and start our journey :) My first impression of Paris, tons of people of everywhere and a lot of old buildings! Cant wait to see the cool stuff here!

OK time to go. Just updating our location, hopefully tomorrow we will have some pretty pics to upload!

See ya!

xxoxoxo

Sri & Anju

Top of Europe!

Today turned out to be an amazing day! Sri and I decided last night, that we wanted to see the Swiss Alps, so it was just a matter of picking which form of transportation we were willing to pay for. There is a tram that goes to the top from one small town here in Switzerland, and there is a train, that literally climbs the mountain to the summit 11,000 Feet. I said to Sri since we are already here might as well go all the way to the top. We asked the tourism office and the lady told, if it is cloudy up there, there is not much to see and she is not sure if paying so much would be worth it... Sri and I decided cloudy or not, we were going to take the train ride up!

So this morning we got up at 5 AM, took a train from Bern, Switzerland to Interlaken, Switzerland. Interlaken is just like a town in Tahoe. All the shops are here just to cater to the tourists... They have a Hooters! here, haha! So the hour train ride to Interlaken, was fun and once we got to Interlaken, Sri and I dropped our bags off at our hotel and continued our journey to the Top of Europe.

Three train rides and two and half hours later, is what it would take to get to the top of this mountain. I mean literally these trains go to the top of a HUGE mountain. The Swiss started to build this train line in 1896 and it took 16 years to finish the entire route. I can not tell you how amazing this is for people. We can now go from 1000 Feet to 11,000 Feet in a heated, comfortable journey in two hours, and once we arrive in the top, there is a restaurant, store, heated views, and of course the amazing beautiful out doors! I think if you are ever in Switzerland, this is something you HAVE to do, amazing!

Once at the top of the mountain, Sri and I went to find the summit outdoors, and boy were we in for a surprise. We had on the most clothes we thought was needed, but we did not bring our ski clothes or gloves, bad move ;) We could literally only stand outside for two minutes, because the temp was at -10' C and the wind was blowing at 41 mph! I mean COLD! I have never felt COLD like this before and I was wearing my ski jacket! We took some video and I have uploaded these pics for a quick view of what we experienced!



I wish we had our ski clothes, we would have skied the Alps but the journey to the top of the Mountain took a total of six hours! There was a huge crowd of skiers and snow boarders, all doing some amazing trails! So much mountain and white powder! It also started to snow, I have not seen snow fall in I dont even know how long! Just a great experience! It was worth every penny and Sri and I decided we are coming back to Ski these slopes one day!

So we have done just about everything we want to in Switzerland and are thinking of moving onto our next country, FRANCE! I can't wait!!

TIme to eat some Mexican Food, so bye for now!

xoxoxoxo

Sri & Anju

Vienna to Bern

So we made it to Bern, Switzerland! It was a 11 hour train ride, but
great to see the country! Also met a very cool canadian lady traveling
the same route with her kids! She was really nice!

We only spent a day in Vienna. We walked around, saw the local
shopping street, catherdals(picture below), castles and of course
starbucks! We had very yummy gelato and then basically decided to move
on to our next country.

Hence we are in Bern! This place is beautiful! The Swiss Alps as our
background, the buildings, train system, all are so cool!

Today we did a city walkig tour, which went through local history,
Einstein's house and the Einstein museum! It's rainy and cold here,
but very crisp clean air, loving it!

Tomorrow Sri and I are going to go into the Alps, top of the mountain,
11,000 feet via tram :) really excited to see that view!

More tmr! We are deciding now what o do for dinner as we sip a warm
latte and enjoy our Internet break @ starbucks! :)

Xoxoxoxoxo

Sri & Anju