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Category: Europe

Drive to work and Christmas number one

Posted on January 21, 2017 by Chitra Gopinathan

A foggy day greets me as I start my drive to work. The ice on the windscreen does not take long to clear, but the roads are covered in a Continue Reading →

Posted in England, Europe | Tagged Lifestyle, London, Weather | Leave a reply

My friend Rafia

Posted on January 20, 2017 by Chitra Gopinathan

I spent the day with a good friend of mine. A friend from my college and medical school days. Rafia was the only friend apart from my mother, I used Continue Reading →

Posted in England, Family & Friends | Tagged Friends, London, Weather | Leave a reply

Winter blues and Mona Lisa

Posted on January 15, 2017 by Chitra Gopinathan

Let’s see if I can get rid of these winter blues which seem to have dug it’s claws right in. The snow we were expecting, came but didn’t settle. I Continue Reading →

Posted in Europe, Other stories | Tagged Travel, Weather | Leave a reply

Lakshmi’s first Christmas

Posted on December 25, 2016 by Chitra Gopinathan

I haven’t spent Christmas at my house now for a few years. For the last few years it has been in New York, Kerala, Marbella and now for the second Continue Reading →

Posted in England, Family & Friends, Other stories | Tagged Christmas, Family, Lakshmi | Leave a reply

Steffi Graff and some tennis memories

Posted on December 20, 2016 by Chitra Gopinathan

Stefanie Maria Graf, one of my favourite tennis players from the yesteryears. She burst onto our TV screens like a breath of fresh air at a time when Martina Navratilova Continue Reading →

Posted in England | Tagged Tennis, Wimbledon | Leave a reply

Christmas Market

Posted on December 3, 2016 by Chitra Gopinathan

Winter is officially here and with it the hours of sunshine gets less and less. Soon the shortest day in our calendar year will arrive and the good news is Continue Reading →

Posted in England, Family & Friends, Other stories | Tagged Family, Lakshmi, Weather | Leave a reply

Black Friday

Posted on November 25, 2016 by Chitra Gopinathan

I had to go to the city today and while I was there I thought I should make the most of it and do a bit of Christmas shopping. In Continue Reading →

Posted in England | Tagged Chinatown, Christmas, London, Shopping | Leave a reply

Pollards of Epping forest

Posted on November 18, 2016 by Chitra Gopinathan

On Wednesday I had to drive to Epping to pick up Kavitha and take her to her mandatory life support course and baby sit the little one while she was Continue Reading →

Posted in England | Tagged Autumn, Epping, Kavitha, London | Leave a reply

Fifth of November

Posted on November 5, 2016 by Chitra Gopinathan

‘Remember remember the fifth day of November’ and so the poem goes. Guy Fawkes and his companions plotted to blow up the Houses of Parliament on November 5 1605. It Continue Reading →

Posted in England, Family & Friends | Tagged Family, Friends, Lakshmi, Weddings | Leave a reply

Travelling with babies

Posted on November 4, 2016 by Chitra Gopinathan

Travelling with babies can be quite difficult. You need to work around their routines. When they need a nappy change, feed, change of scenery, it is all, right now. It Continue Reading →

Posted in England, Family & Friends | Tagged Family, Friends, Lakshmi, Travel, Weddings | Leave a reply

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