FolsomLake – Sacremanto : Awesome lake for a 1 day trip

On 26.May.2007 i visited folsomlake near Roseville, Ca. It was the lake that we found on a detour. We went to the Auburn city with full of small hills and lot of cultivation around for the berries and christmas trees. We were at a place by name SHILOH TREE FARM in Auburn and by the time we went there we were told that the farm is oipened only during the monthof december. The farm owner has kindly let us in to see and stroll the farm a little-bit. But with a little bit of caution that he killed around 2 rattle snakes in the past week and to watch carefully around. That took the party mood out of my peopld and everyone is like….when are we getting into the car and run out of this place. We barely managed to take few snaps and then we hurried to come down the hill.

But the interesting part was that from that hill, we could see the beauty of the lake at a far distance and its was beautiful. I did visit few lakes in Germany and Swiss but i am truly amazed with this one. As i hear there are 3 or 4 entry points to this lake and once you get in…. you can take your own time to move around in the car and park it in a place where you can spend some time alone. There are some places that are really crowded. You have to take your beach ware kind of stuff is you really want to enjoy. They do rent some boats.

We really enjoyed a lot and i woud definately recomment this place.

Germany-Stuttgart : A life time experience

In the initial stages of my career i was working for Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany. I was deputed to germany for almost 3.5 years. As Bosch’s head quarters is in Stuttgart, i had to stay here for all the while. This place has a decent amount of indian colleagues with some Indian and Srilankan restaurants. People who used to come on short term assignments stay at Hotel Domino, Stammheim; Hotel Feuerbach im Biburturm, Feuerbach; and so many other places. Every one used to prefer Hotel Domino as its near to Bosch in Feuerbach.

I was initially staying in the Hotel Domino for a long time and then i moved to an apartment in Nier Steiner Strasse, Gerlingen. Most of us were kind of bachelors and used to really have a radical time . Tipical life is to get up around 7.00am in the morning and smoke, smoke, smoke, no breakfast, go to office by 9.00am, ….start work…smoke, lunch, back to work, back to home by 6.00pm and then got to jogging, dinner, pep-talk with your friends. Honestly for vegitarians, it is a hell there. But still better than USA. A lot better. Atleast you get boiled potatoes, zuchini, carrots or brokkali.

There used to be the Rosen Stein Park near Haupt Bahn Hauf and it used to be really lively and we (myself and Ramakanth) used to go for cycling. You cycle for around 2-3 hours and you feel so nice. Especially there is a beer hub in this park. We used to have a beer and used to peddle back.

There used to be a Fern Zenturm(TV Tower) and it is really nice. It used to be around 200 meters in height and by the time we go up you want to have a coffee or some hot drinks. The view if Stuttgart we get from there is awesome. We used to take trams and go there in the evenings.

Who can forget the Mercedes Benz museum. Wow its a master piece of its own. If you go in, it will take minimum of 2 hours to see all the car models. The kind of key-chains, sovereigns you get there are really cool.

Daimler Benz Stadium is a place of its own to hang out… the foot ball matches that happen there are a worth remember. The kind of cheering that goes on, beer cans smell, the crowd, the music, etc… are worth a million.

The local wine that you get there is really awesome. I gor got some of the names….but Trollinger, Lemberger are some. Neat feuerbach we used to be regular visitors of Wichtel. Its a beer place and nice pizzaaaaaaasssss…. Anyone would have to visit this place.

In the end i would like to goback to Stuttgart for a vacation. Right now i am married and my wife does not speak German. So its better for me to stick to English speaking countries