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Piya's diary, KOLKATA (2025)

12/01/2025

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21/06/2023

Hi. I was silent for quite some time. Simply because I was busy with a lot more that I can handle. But the main one was the Schengen visa. It is either there are no dates or they are taking time to process. For the first few days we kept on trying to get a date for a Croatian visa but in vain. No tourist visa appointment. So, we opted for a private visa. One appointment a day, huge amount of papers, long queue, stood there for 4 hours . Ultimately I could deposit papers for my Croatian visa. Thank god. Now, another ordeal began. No one is getting a visa, visa obtained after the journey date, people are getting deported, no visa at all etc etc. Though I was going to Croatia for a personal engagement which was extremely important, but who cares.
Each day our tension and irritation was increasing. To pack or not to pack, to buy or not to buy dilemma continues.
At last yesterday I got my visa . Tomorrow I am flying. But few of my travel mates are yet to receive visas. Through my eyes I would like to show you the culture, food, flora fauna , tradition as much as I can. So, please follow my page , sit back and enjoy a place which is the country of Balkan.

26/04/2023

4.waiting is painful. Standing for more than 4 hours is much more painful. Being hungry and thirsty and feeling physically low is intolerable.
But feeling helpless is the worst kind of suffering.
Today i am going to share my experience at the VFS office. I was scheduled for the submission of papers and biometrics at 11 am. Forgot to tell you that I will be visiting Croatia in June.
I arrived at the VFS office at 10.30am.After a brief checking of papers I was given a token at 10.50.Now the ordeal starts. 2hours passed but my number was not called. I know patience is learnt through waiting. But I was hungry, tired and had no place to sit. 2 hours of standing I thought should be over when they ultimately called my name. The paper submission took another half an hour and I was told to sit till the checking of papers complete. This time I was lucky to get a seat. After about 20minutes, the counter chap called my name and handed over my file and politely asked me to wait for my turn for biometric. I realised my seat is gone. There was non musical chair going on. Once you leave the chair, you can never get it.
i stood another 2hours to get a call for biometrics. Imagine, 4 hours of standing just to submit visa papers. No coffee, no water bottle, nothing is available inside .It doesn't give you any guarantee of obtaining a visa though. Anyway, when this exercise was over, I could just see only Starbucks in front of me. I went straight inside and ate something first. Seriously I was thirsty and feeling giddy. I knew I would have to drive back. When feeling a little better, I click this snap. They should seriously consider the facilities. This is inhuman.My suggestion to all my friends, in a similar situation, please carry a few sweets, wet wipes and earpods.please share your experience of waiting. , travel .

22/04/2023

3.what would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?
I got an able partner immediately and just spread the word amongst friends and relatives that I would like to take them to Goa. And 16travel buddies were happy to come along.
We had a memorable trip to Goa. I was slowly gaining confidence. Not only did my travel buddies enjoy it, I enjoyed it much more than them. Journey started. Far and near I travelled with my travel buddies. I started believing that nothing is predestined. The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings. To continue....

19/04/2023

2.while coming back from Scandinavia, I felt I will be able to cope up. I was feeling happy. But as I entered an empty house in the middle of the night, my emotions were back. I was feeling empty, restless. No one ever told me that grief felt so much like fear.
I ventured out in a very short time to another 21 day trip with my didi again to East Europe.
Poland, Hungary, Romania, Austria, Czechoslovakia. Museums, palaces, Danube cruises, Prague. I was enjoying every bit again. This time I felt I was doing better than last time.
That fear was not there any more. I realised I need to travel around and I need to get more travel buddies to stand on my feet again. I started planning in my mind. I returned back home with plans in my head to start a group who are interested in travelling with me.
After all confidence has no competition. To continue..

17/04/2023

Piya's diary is just a thought. Life has shown many faces to me. Sometimes stormy, sometimes being calm.
As they say, happiness and sadness coexist with each other. Accepting one without the other is not real life.
It all started on Noboborsho 2015,when i was
Suddenly left alone. The Hands that held me tight, disappeared suddenly. It took 6 months to accept the fact that even the strongest hands can lose their grip, the greatest of minds can get cloudy and the biggest of hearts can break.
After a while I realised that I need to get back to my own life. Brooding won't help me for long.
My closest neighbour and didi held my hand and with all her physical difficulties wanted to be my travel buddy.
We both went on a 21 day trip to Scandinavia and Russia with few more smiling faces.
Berlin, copenhagen, Norway, Sweden, Denmark I was floating on a dream ship.

17/04/2023

Piya's diary is just a thought. Life has shown many faces to me. Sometimes stormy, sometimes being calm.
As they say, happiness and sadness coexist with each other. Accepting one without the other is not real life.
It all started on Noboborsho 2015,when i was
Suddenly left alone. The Hands that held me tight, disappeared suddenly. It took 6 months to accept the fact that even the strongest hands can lose their grip, the greatest of minds can get cloudy and the biggest of hearts can break.
After a while I realised that I need to get back to my own life. Brooding won't help me for long.
My closest neighbour and didi held my hand and with all her physical difficulties wanted to be my travel buddy.
We both went on a 21 day trip to Scandinavia and Russia with few more smiling faces.
Berlin, copenhagen, Norway, Sweden, Denmark I was floating on a dream ship. To continue...

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