Coffee breaks

Who doesn’t like coffee breaks? I just love them. Why?? Because they allow me to sit and observe my surroundings if I am enjoying my cup of cappuccino all by myself. If I am not alone over the coffee break then it allows me to listen to the stories people have to tell or know their perspective.

Years before I wasn’t this observant as I am today. I was sort of party animal, a chatter box, less grateful (yes, I was). Though I loved myself even then 🙂 (yes, I did). I don’t know what changed me now. I am sure its not just the one thing but many factors that have bring this change in me. I love my solitude and can’t trade it with anything. I don’t feel lonely when I am alone. I have learn to enjoy my own company. Though that doesn’t mean that I don’t enjoy the company of my loved ones, my friends and family. Of course I do but to recharge myself I love to be left alone totally undisturbed.

When coffee breaks come as a surprise I love them even more. It happens recently on one busy day. Some days I am just on a skate board ride trying to fix up everything and making space for every chore that is on my to-do list. So after finishing dozen of work by 11am on Sunday morning I left home with my daughter to drop her to her violin class and I was supposed to pick her up in an hour. I made up my mind to steal that one hour from my crazy schedule of the day relaxing at the cafe. And drove straight to this cafe which isn’t so visible but one of our favorite cafes in the city – Guliyano. This one is a small cafe located in sector 3 of Vaishali, Ghaziabad in UP (Uttar Pradesh) state of India.

So that one hour was spent leisurely sipping coffee, observing people doing their work, stray animals wandering on road, group of ladies sitting on the bench knitting sweaters from the colourful and vibrant yarn, laughing and chatting unaware that they are being watched. I love to watch people talking and laughing without knowing that someone is watching them listening to what they are talking. Sometimes I weave a story out of these talks and sometimes they remain with me for a very long time and some are meant to give only a momentary pleasure.

Soon thereafter the coffee was over and so was my recently most cherished coffee break.

I wish all my readers and followers A great 2018. Love yourself enough, motivate yourself to achieve unthinkable and be the inspiration to someone.

Lots of love

A girl with a traveller soul.

Enchanting Gadisar Lake

This beautiful man-made reservoir, known as Gadisar Lake is in the golden city Jaisalmer in the Rajasthan State of India. Surrounded by banks and temples all around, it is a picturesque location. It is one of the main tourist attraction.

Visit this scenic place to spend your evening watching the sun as it goes down,giving its final goodbye kiss to the sky with a promise to return next day and embracing the sky with its orangish streak. The beautiful reflection of the sky make this lake more enchanting. The bells of temples, the calmness of the flowing water and the rustling trees is a sight that one can only feel and the serenity it offers can be describe only by poets in their poems. I will not do the justice even if I try hard to describe it.

There is a boating facility available so you can easily take a tour of the lake in a boat, capturing the beauty of the nature to admire it later and to add in your memories through pictures.

There are no food stalls around but many road side shops. You can get your souvenir  from there. Don’t forget to bargain as there is a lot of scope to do it. The souvenirs are very highly priced.

This beautiful lake was built by the first ruler of the Jaisalmer city, Raja Rawal Jaisal. It was built with an objective to fulfill the water requirement of the city.

Chinatown..a bit of China in London.

The benefits of staying in a cosmopolitan city like London is that you get a chance to learn about many different cultures. One such favourite place of mine in London is China Town. I love to visit this place and I bet you will also fall in love with this place when you will visit here. 

Food, fun and shopping there is lot to do in China Town. The taste of authentic East Asian cuisines in the very heart of London will surely make you a regular visitor of this place. This place is a hub of East Asian community. Apart from Chinese restaurants, you can also visit to the shops to collect your souvenir or many traditional home decor from East Asia.

Apart from food and shopping, you can spend hours in this place as there are various attractions like dragon sculptures, stone lions, a pagoda and of course the Chinese gates which are tourist attractions for their beautiful and traditional decor. The impressive and traditional decoration there will amuse you and you wont be able to give rest to your Camera. 

The food here is not limited to Chinese cuisine only. You can also taste the food from Korean, Malaysian,Japanese and European cuisines, and of course you can get Italian too. So what are you waiting for. Go and get indulge in the authentic East Asian cuisines and get yourself well versed with their culture.  Feel lucky if you can visit this place during the Chinese New Year festival.

The nearby attractions to the Chinatown includes Leicester Square,Theatreland and Soho. 

The nearest underground stations are Leicester Square and Piccadilly Square. 

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