Idle musings

FRANCE VISIT ============     From 2-Jul-13 to 5-Jul-13, a lady colleague, my counterpart in our customer's organization and his manager, a lady from New Delhi visited Paris, Bordeaux and Brest on work related reviews. This blog covers the "touristy" (I am sure no such word exists !) aspects of our visit. BUILD-UP (PREPARATION) ----------------------     The preparation started in May, when our visit was planned initially : at that time I had not realized that my passport would expire in October.  I would not have been able to visit France in May, since the passport needs to be valid for 6 months from date of travel. We were supposed to travel in the end of May but since the others also did not get French visa appointments in time, the visit was postponed to 2-Jul-13.     This gave me time to apply for tatkaal passport. The passport issue process went like a well-oiled machine. First, I got a tatkaal appointment in the Koramangala office at around 9:30 a.m. in the end of