Euro trip Day 2: Vatican museum, Sistine Chapel and Leaning tower of pisa

Hope the teaser did tease you a bit. You can click here to view the teaser :) Here I am with the second day at Italy and the fun filled day 2 of my Euro tour exploring Vatican museum, Sistine Chapel and Leaning tower of pisa.

All of us had started missing the Colosseum and Trevi fountain. And had to get up before the sun did. We woke up at around 6am, had the tasty and healthy continental food. Filled up the tummy with cake , fresh fruits , quick bread and freshly brewed coffee. Had to load up our luggage back into the bus before we left for Vatican city which was about a couple of hours from our hotel. Took a power nap, till we reached Vatican, the smallest country in the world.

When I opened my eyes, I was given a historic welcoming by the huge boundary walls and people queued up around the structure to enter the Vatican museum.

Euro trip Day 2 Teaser : Vatican meuseum , vatican city and Leaning tower of pisa

Hello Friends.....its been some while since I had posted my Euro trip first day experience with you all. Please read through the article if you haven't gone gone through my explorations of  Exploring Colosseum and Trevi Fountain !!

So enjoying the vacations I thought why not start the second day with a photo article teaser for Vatican museum and Leaning tower of Pisa. Here I am with the teaser :)

Vatican is a landlocked sovereign and historical city-state which consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome. Area of 44 hectares and it has been Pope's residence. 

Leaning Tower of pisa or "Torre pendente di Pisa" in Italian one of the wonders of the world is the campanile, or freestanding bell tower, of the cathedral of the Italian city of Pisa, known all around the world for its tilt.

To start off I couldn't resist pulling this panoramic Vatican St Peter square pic from wikipedia  :

Euro trip starts - Exploring Colosseum and Trevi Fountain !!

Like i promised in my previous post about my Europe trip curtain raiser, here I am to share my experiences in Europe. Check out my previous post if you haven't :)

I had visited to Malaysia and Singapore last year which was my first overseas trip. Exciting enough, I was now visiting Europe, the best ever tourist resorts with some lovely and world famous places like Rome, Pisa , Venice , London etc.

The drizzle outside.....lovely climate

London dreams were about to come true :) Buckle up guys, here we go for the helluva fun.

First destination was Rome and we had to swap airlines as we had a flight via Istanbul. Our flight was due 5:55am @ 06/05/2013.

Shopping , packing and all other stuffs done we left Mumbai at about 6pm in the evening. Reached airport at 12 o clock midnight and we witnessed lot of crowd and long queues to enter the departure. After a couple of more hours of heat and impatient waiting outside, we decide to walk-in the CST interntl' airport at about 2.

Trip of a lifetime, Europe explored !! Curtain Raiser

 Hello there to all my readers and fans. Thanks for showing the continuous love and affection to my Blog "Explore with Achin". It really means a lot to me and within a few months, I have learned a lot and have tried to reach out a lot of audience via my Facebook page and other renovations around my Blog.Time flies like anything.

For many, life is all about the daily locus focus around maintaining a perfect balance between office life and personal life. Many prefer keeping it defensive, many others discover their niche in some of the amazing things unexplored in day to day life and some passionate souls never leaving any stone unturned.

Well its the past which keeps opening your eyes again and again and makes you realize, you still gotta explore a lot in your life !! My second overseas tour (first being Malaysia and Singapore) was the tour to one of the beautiful , historic , chilly cold,  flaunting its fl-aura and fauna , one of the most lovely continent of world, Europe. A couple of weeks and a lot of countries covered by Road. Who could've ever imagined cross country traveling via bus and a view worth watching. This was something special and amazing guys.

And here I am back in India, ready to share my Explorations in Europe. Hop in to witness lovely meadows , ice covered peaks , road trip on worlds best motor-able roads , greenery , landscapes, German cars and yeah nature lovers, hope it takes you more closer to nature.





Come Explore Europe with me !!!        Checkout below the upcoming attraction's precast ->

The Colosseum - Rome

Trivia fountain - Rome

 

Living on the edge - My perfect Road Trip

 When i think of a trip, all it makes me fantasize about is lot of Cars, open roads in worlds best ever locations, could be Colorado or Europe, and yeah ample time to chill.
Ahh sorry friends I was lost fantasizing my dream trip :)  !!

Hmm so a perfect road trip , shouldn't be a planned one. Good things always come unplanned. Till date I have experienced some awesome road trips, and Surprisingly all of them were unplanned ;) Of-course the best people on earth to accompany me, my FRIENDS. My perfect road trip gotta be a special one and once in a lifetime experience. So whats going on in my mind ?

Exotic location to explore, a group of unplanned drivers with their mean machines  , exploring minds with a carefree thought, cool breeze blowing across my Bugatti Veyron convertible windshield , fuel filled up to the capacity and an awesome sunny day and yes couldn't miss out our Ambi-Pur  which would make the trip all fresh all day long. All these are the ingredients to my Perfect Road Trip.

I would love to drive on European roads, Innsbruck to be specific. I had been to Europe and have fell in love with their motor-able roads, driving there would be a glide on cake and a dream come true. So a day before we all friends reunite and pack all the necessary gears and kits and buckle up for the next day which is obviously going to be a weekend(considering IT professionals just have the weekend to enjoy).

We would have an early start with full tank and pressure check following proper car guidelines. You gotta enjoy more if you drive comfortably and tension free. So we start off with my Bugatti , a BMW and a Mercedes to catch up sunrise point, with the sun peaking slowly onto the hills, meadows and other living creatures between the valleys. The yellow light, and yeah wouldn't it be awesome to enjoy this treat with some add on of tea :)
Imagine experiencing the Sun slowing coming up spreading the warmth and the yellow honey colored sunlight with a sip of tea.

 This would be followed by a drag through the broader and plain roads at World's most best commutable roads. Being on a constant drive, I seriously would love the aroma inside with Ambi Pur and I cant imagine having a perfect trip without focusing on minute details of making my drive a deluxe one.

MALSHEJ gHAT Bike trip......

 I am back guys !!! And I start off with my Blog .....with a Bike trip......

It was already 1year since i had last been to Malshej Ghat. Lot of fresh memories and lots of lovely moments spent with my FRIENDS.  Since that time I always had the desire to bike Mashej Ghat yet again. And yes I did , we did it again, with my colleagues and three bikes we went biking on a lovely rainy day. Check out the pics. 

                             My Speedometer .....just before we start the trip

                                   Its all muddy out there in monsoon . Who cares :)