Tag: garden

• Come for a Walk around Kruiskerk

  

  It has been a long winter and the last two weeks have been especially dreary with strong winds and grey skies. Therefore, imagine my delight today as the temperatures turned just a notch higher and the sun played peek a boo. A surge of hope emerged. Finally! Better weather is on its way, one day…

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  27 Mar 2019

  Story

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• Walks around Beatrixpark

  

  I have been enjoying my walks around Beatrixpark. It is a quieter, smaller, and more romantic park than the other ones in Amsterdam. There are secluded sections that allow for solitude, which can in some cases seem perilous if you have been watching one too many murder mysteries. They have an open paddle pool for…

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  28 Sep 2017

  Photography, Story, Travel

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• Wild Things are a Joy Forever

  

  Two years back, on my first visit to New York, my friend from school Shalini recommended a visit to The High Line. We walked there; she stylishly in her boots, and me clumsily dragging my massive backpack. I loved The High Line (thank you Shalini). It not only recycles and repurposes old beautiful things but also provides this…

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  24 Jun 2017

  Audience, Customer Review, Photography, Story, Travel

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• Going away – a visit to NIAS

  

  Our team at work went for an offsite to NIAS in Wassenaar. I wrote a small feature on the outing. I am sharing a snippet (the one which Purab made me read out again): Autumn is an extraordinary season. The trees laden with orange, brown and red, shed their leaves. Ripe with the experiences of the…

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  22 Nov 2014

  Academic, Apoorva, Photography, Story, Travel

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