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Been there ... Done that  St. Goar , Rhine Valley Chimes from across the Rhine Valley  It was on this solo - soul searching trip across Europe in that summer of 2006.   On that warm summer afternoon at   Munich’s central  Marienplatz square,  I watched the  Glockenspiel   – chime and dance to the tunes for the royal wedding and the ritualistic dance at the stroke of midday.   It was grand. It was intriguing . But most importantly it was a classic piece of mechanical engineering. The industry of making  mechanical Cuckoo clocks and their many variants like the dancing dolls  with soldiers marching was a thriving industry in the 18 th century and traces of that industrious art continues even today across regions of Switzerland and Germany. .       I fell in love with the charm of the old world mechanical clocks and the art and science that...

Been there ... done that N - Musings along   The New York Skyline From far across the Staten Island I am about to embark on the most touristy thing that one does when in the US of A. I am going through the security check. In a few minutes I would board the ferry that would take us across to Staten Island.  From afar, the lady in Green beckons us and everyone in the ferry is clicking away on their DSLR and mobiles phones. It feels surreal.  (That is when you realize that selfie sticks are the best thing that happened since sliced bread. One shudders to think how civilizations of the previous era managed without something as primitive as a selfie stick)  The icon that symbolizes what America stands for. Over many centuries since Christopher Columbus accidentally discovered that promised Land, millions have arrived on her shores to make their dreams comes true in the land of milk of honey. Rags to riches stories of many immigrants ...