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Shot of the Week – Milan Streets


Milan – The Fashion Capital of the World

The Beautiful Picture was clicked on the busy streets of Milan. Indeed a captivating place that definitely turns on the fashion bug in you.

Know More about this place, Check my previous post on Milan has the Largest Gothic Cathedral in the world

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Ultimate Travel Checklist – When You Book Your Travel!


Hi My Lovely Allys,

Welcome to another blog post of #BeingallycaralTuesdaytips 👒 I hope this week is treating you well. This Week I thought of providing a Series of Ultimate Travel Checklist which will includes a series of articles which will be spread over a couple of week to provide you the perfect guide before your next trip.

To begin this week, Let’s start with the What are the things one should keep in mind while booking your trip:

  1. Validity of Passport – Check Your Passport date for validity, ensure that the expiry of the passport is no where close to your travel holiday dates. In case, it is renew the same immediately avoid waiting for last minutes especially when you plan to travel for a long holiday.
  2. Matching of Names – Matching of Names is important, the name on your Passport needs to match with the name on your ticket booked, Several times this creates a lot of confusion at the airport with the officials. So while booking tickets, book it on the name mentioned on your passport.
  3. Know the Weather – This may sound like a general advisory but this is very important especially when do the packing. Knowing the weather helps a lot while packing for example, if you get to know that the place will experience a rainfall, you can pack accordingly carry an umbrella and rainy sandals, if it is the other way round that it will snow then you can pack your winter clothes to keep you warm and safe from the snow.
  4. Get Yourself Vaccinated – This is optional but several times this is very important, vaccination or medication helps to keep your immune system strong and also several times protects you from any viral or sickness.
  5. Keep Yourself Updated with Current Affairs – Read about the place you plan to visit, about the current happenings, see if any warnings or anything has been issued. It’s always better to be aware about such things then going to the place and then regretting.

If you have some travel checklist which needs to be kept in mind before you plan your travel, Comment below. Until next time,Take Care!

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Throwback from the past – Vintage Car, during the Carnival at Goa 🎪🎡🎭
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Hint : The answer is in my previous #BeingAllycaralFridayFeature 👒 Friday post!!!

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Switzerland Salutes Veteran Indian Director Yash Chopra


Hello My Allys,

I’m back this week with another #BeingAllycaralFridayFeature 👒 This week, I thought of sharing with you a memory of Switzerland. A Place which instantly brings  a smile on our faces. It is true, many of us might have not been to Switzerland or some of us have gone there. But I am sure, each of us atleast once in our lifetime visited Switzerland through movies. Switzerland is a home to many hollywood movies to name a few would be Angels and the demons (2009), Star Wars episode III : Revenge of the Sith (2005), Golden Eye (1995) and also Bollywood movies like Dhoom 3 (2013), Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012)  The most famous movie of our times, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995).

So more or less looking at these and many of the innumerable movies which we have seen shot in Switzerland, we definately have an idea of how Switzerland actually looks. Keeping the same vision in mind, when I first traveled to Switzerland, I had the notion I would land on a road covered with ice but well, that wasn’t the story. I landed on a normal grey road!!!

My holiday was in planned in August so to actually get the snowfall during the time I was there was difficult. The season of winter was almost over, but none the less thankfully some places are always covered with snow throughout the year. So that didn’t disappoint me.

Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge Fountain Spot

The place is world famous for two major things one is swiss chocolates & second swiss watches. While, I was going through sightseeing sights in Switzerland, I came across this place called Interlaken, a beautiful place situated right below a hill. As I was exploring this place, I came across a familiar fountain. And well, this wasn’t an ordinary fountain, this was the famous fountain which was seen in the iconic, Yash Chopra’s Movie of Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (DDLJ). This spot is fondly referred to as the DDLJ spot. It was here that the characters of Raj (Played by Mr. Shahrukh Khan) was seen proposing his lady love Simran (Played by Mrs. Kajol) with a rose which she accepted and all what happened was the water from the rose spilled on her face.

Yash Raj Statue installed at Interlaken, Switzerland

While exploring this area on foot, next I came across a Life Size Statue of Veteran Film Director, Late Yash Chopra. Yes, indeed it was a very proud moment to see a statue of an Indian on a foreign land, so much loved and respected for. After Interacting with officials in the place, I got to learn that the statue was installed by the Swiss Tourism board in the year 2006, to acknowledge the Veteran Director, Late Yash Chopra’s contribution towards single-handily boosting popularity of Switzerland among the Indian Tourist – Indeed, Boosting Swiss Tourism as a whole.

HOW TO GET THERE?

It is simple, You get a car drop up to a single point then you have to explore the place on foot. The place is called the Kurssaal Garden in the central Swiss town of Interlaken.

DID YOU KNOW?

  • The Statue is 350 Kg and is a replica of the one in Chopra’s film Studio in Mumbai.
  • The Statue was installed in the year 2006.
  • The same was unveiled by his wife, Pamela Chopra and daughter in law – actress Rani Mukerji.
  • This is one of it’s kind statue in Switzerland in the open space dedicated to a film director who boosted Swiss Tourism.

TIP OF THE DAY:

  • If you plan to visit Switzerland to experience Snowfall visit it in between December to April.
  • Don’t forget to wear comfortable walking shoes as the same is explored best by foot.

#BEINGALLYCARAL With Yash Chopra Statue at Interlaken, Switzerland