A couple of weeks back, I decided it is high time we had a groups for my family. I have never really liked the yahoo groups interface – so I chose google groups. Also, I had am implicit faith in the people who gave us google(the search engine) and gmail. But that was for nought! …
I just watched my daily CNN News headlines and was hoping to catch an update on the blasts in Bangladesh. The strange thing is – it wasn’t even mentioned in the headlines! I thought I had perhaps read the earlier piece wrongly and checked the BBC News site. And its not even in the main …
Do not reinvent the wheel. If someone somewhere has done it well before you, replicate it – that is the present day business mantra. Knowledge management and best practice sharing are accepted norms in businesses these days.And with our high technological and communications capabilities, it is as easily done as said. But here is a …
Someone asked me today if I missed home. I laughed and said, “Its been a decade since I left home. I am used to it”. I don’t know why I always lie when someone asks me that question. Or even to myself, for that matter. My father would fill ink in my crooked Hero pen …
I bet I am not the first foreigner to complain about the Sie – Du nuances of the German language. And I am convinced the only reason it exists is to confuse the hell out of non-Germans. I didn’t realise what a pain it is, till now – I have finally reached a stage where …
FT has an excellent coverage on India’s banking and finance sector. Its great that India’s banking sector is not riddled with as many problems as that of China’s, but we still have a long way to go. Nevertheless, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seems to be quite happy just to be ahead of our next door …
Nimbupani has an interesting post on “are they us“?, which is still having some active and lively discussions. Very many years ago, I used to have a very simplistic exclusive view to what Indian means. “If you live in India, you are an Indian”. period. One fine day, I had to fill in an application …
Summer is a hard time to blog. Its easier to keep yourself in a room with a laptop, when the weather is freezing outside and its dark at 4pm. With lovely sunshine (I got back to Duesseldorf today and was reminded again how summer comes with lots of rain though ) and long days and …
I went down to the Book Store early Saturday morn, to pick up a copy of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. And have ever since been curled up in my sofa with loads of potato chips, cola and an occasional pizza. Talk about heavenly bliss!
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I finally get down to part 3. You can find parts 1 and 2 here and here.
It turned out to be a good idea that we had kept the museum visits for day 3 – because for once, the CNN weather reports were right and Saturday turned out to be a rainy and rather dull day.
Der Naschmarkt
Our first stop was at the Wien Flea Market – the biggest flea market in Europe. It is huge and has a lot of good deals IF you know how to look for good bargains and are good at valuating antiques. There are old paintings, silverware, glasswares, CDs, clothes – practically any sundry you can think of. The second half of the Flea Markt is actually a food and vegetables markt – probably not especially useful for non-residents, except that the pizzas and doners that they sell here seems much much bigger than what you would find elsewhere.