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Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Travelogue: Scandinavia, Russia


The Book on Travel to Scandinavia and Russia

Authors Dr Kalpana Bhatawdekar and Shyam Bhatawdekar of this travelogue (titled "Travelogue: Scandinavia, Russia")  had been traveling extensively on business in their capacity of top notch business executives, highly sought after business and management consultants, eminent management gurus, authentic human behavior experts and prolific authors.

Yet they felt that traveling and seeing different places as a part of their business driven journeys was not as complete an experience of the visited places, as they would have liked it to be. That realization gave a kick-start to their additional journeys purely as dedicated tourists.

Simultaneously, they started journalizing their various travel and sightseeing experiences. Now they have decided to bring their travelogues in open in order to share these with all. This book narrates their journey to Scandinavian countries and Russia.

Decision to Travel

The authors write in their book, "When we get set in the routine, we start getting bored.  It is said that travel is a powerful antidote to routines and habits. So, Shyam- my husband and co-author of this travelogue and I decided to go out and see the world. This kind of a venture requires resources. We needed to check up on it. And we did a detailed check up. Luckily we arrived at the conclusion that perhaps we could manage it as we went along. Now that we were somewhat assured of mustering the required resources it was possible for us to explore the different parts of the world.

In our various travels we were looking forward to gaining the worldly experience in addition to doing sightseeing, amusement and holidaying. It's great to be more focused on experiences.  We feel more youthful and enthusiastic about life than ever when we see the world that way. We learn a lot about the ways of the world and try to understand different ways of dealing with life. As we move around we gain new perspectives about our inter-connectedness with rest of the world. All of this was important to us.

So we started out. Gradually we travelled many continents and many countries. We documented a good portion of our travels in detail. The travelogue presented here pertains to our trip to Scandinavia and Russia.

I am narrating the travelogue the way I experienced it along with Shyam."

The Itinerary of Scandinavia-Russia trip
  1. Copenhagen
  2. Oslo and Bergen
  3. Stockholm
  4. Helsinki
  5. Saint Petersburg
  6. Moscow 
The trip involved travel by air, ship, train and bus. 

It also included cruise in the famous fjord of Norway and the most scenic journey by Flam rail.

Read More in the Book........ you can own your copy of the book from: Nuubuu (eBook) http://nbuu.co/bF or Amazon (eBook and printed book) online.

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Coffee, Coffee, Coffee

Often times a good number of tourists may feel confused about the selection of right kind of coffee for themselves from the coffee dispensers/vending machines or from the manned coffee counters. The main reason being the large coffee type availability.

To help them take the right decision on which coffee type to order, given below are some explanation of the types of coffee as well as types of milk.

Coffee Types

Espresso is the base of various coffee types. It is prepared by forcing hot water under high pressure through finely ground compacted coffee. Using espresso as the base, following types of coffee are prepared:

Short Black: Black espresso

Long Black: Two shots of espresso or one with a small amount of water added

Flat White: Espresso with slightly foamy milk

Americano: Espresso with lots of water

Macchiato: Espresso with a splash of milk

Mochaccino: Chocolate mixed into coffee

Cappuccino: Espresso with a bit of milk, foam and chocolate/cinnamon topping

Latte: Espresso with lots of milk.

Milk Types

As far as milk is concerned mostly there are two types available:

Regular

Trim (non-fat milk)

Soy milk

Rice milk