Category: Travel

  • Rachel and cultural fraternity.

    Rachel and cultural fraternity. written, sept 29, 2008 In the winter of 2006, I was visiting a historic place in the eastern coast of United States. A place few hours drive to the north of where I had originally lived for quite some time. To attend a conference where I had been invited to present…

  • The doubly charming.

    There was this short guy from Colorado who wanted to come to Virginia for a change and he narrated his experience in the plane he flew the day before. He had a chat with his fellow passenger and how he was greeted with “you are charming.” “Oh you are a Charmonium” I quipped. He did…

  • Whats so funny about that !!

    This is a story about the glass doors, you have to push hard the horizontal bars and keep on hold to be able to rotate the door and make space for you to exit and if another person is closely preceding you, you cant, won’t, shouldn’t let it go bang on them so you better…

  • The first time I went for a long drive.

    The first time I went for a long drive.

    I had to wait a little longer than usual to get my Driving License. If you know of any precedence where people of considerable drawbacks got one you know how the system works in US. Personal preferences, prejudice, cultural misunderstandings and uptight behavior, day-light saving and strict adherence to rules and what not, but safety.…

  • How I learned driving.

    When I reached Virginia I decided to hire a professional trainer from a driving school. I called up the EZ training in Christians-burg after some deals of research. Some Mr Gerlind was the trainer and we fixed a deal. He would train me for 2 hrs everyday at $50 an hour. He would pick me…