Hey everyone, I’ve just moved into a student dorm in Jakobsplan and need to get some blinds or curtains for these windows.
Looking for something cheap, decent quality and preferably without drilling. Mainly need it for privacy and to block out some light at night.
If anyone has similar ones, what did you use and where did you buy it?
Hey guys, my brother lives in Kaiserslautern and I’m in Weimar. We both have the Deutschland-Ticket but the problem is that going only by regional trains takes almost 8 hours😭
ICE is obviously much faster, but its pretty expensive for us as students.
Is there any way to combine the Deutschland-Ticket with an ICE for just part of the journey and make it cheaper? Or is there any other route that you guys would recommend?
Would really appreciate any tips from people who travel between these cities.
Took these in Lahaul and Spiti and honestly… photos don’t do this place justice.
Just snow, mountains, clouds and a road disappearing into nowhere.
Had to stop every few minutes just to take it all in.
Himachal is something else.
Took these in Lahaul and Spiti and honestly… photos don’t do this place justice.
Just snow, mountains, clouds and a road disappearing into nowhere.
Had to stop every few minutes just to take it all in.
Himachal is something else.
3 days, one backpack, and absolutely no idea what I was doing.
I’d been wanting to do a solo trip for a while. One day I just packed a bag, left Shimla and figured I’d work out the rest on the way.
Took a night bus to Bhuntar and reached at 4 AM. Waited till 6, caught the first bus to Kasol, rented a scooty for 3 days and that was it — trip officially started.
Manikaran → Kalga → Kheerganga → Tosh → Pulga → Tulga
Spent the first day around Manikaran and then headed to Kalga. Stayed at Indra Inn by Hope, which turned out to be the perfect little place to slow down for a bit. Quiet, trees everywhere and basically just mountains around you.
And then there was the brownie incident💀
Had a brownie in Kalga and, let’s just say, it hit harder than expected. I spent a good part of the evening completely fascinated by everything around me and making some questionable decisions.
Next morning: Kheerganga.
The trek was no joke. Started in the morning, reached around noon, took a bath up there and then decided — for some reason — to walk all the way back down the same day.
Being from Shimla definitely helped. I’m pretty used to walking uphill and downhill, but ~20 km in one day still had my legs questioning every decision I’d made.
The last day was just me and the scooty. No rush, no checklist. Rode around Tosh, Pulga and Tulga, stopped whenever I liked the view, wandered around and basically let the day decide what happened next.
Eventually reached Kullu, caught a bus back to Shimla and that was the end of it.
No group. No fixed schedule. No “where are we going next?”
Just one backpack, a scooty and three days of winging it.
Would 100% do it again.
Manikaran → Kalga → Kheerganga → Tosh → Pulga → Tulga
Manikaran → Kalga → Kheerganga → Tosh → Pulga → Tulga
Manikaran → Kalga → Kheerganga → Tosh → Pulga → Tulga
Had a destination in mind.
Ended up stopping every few kilometres anyway 😂
Can’t really blame me though.
I’m from Shimla, and honestly, I think the place gets misunderstood a little.
People usually come here with a checklist — Mall Road, Ridge, Kufri, a few photos, maybe some food, and then back home.
But that’s not really the Shimla I know.
Shimla is more about staying than sightseeing.
Stay a little longer. Wake up late. Go for a random walk. Find a quiet spot, sit with a chai, watch the clouds move through the hills, let the weather do whatever it wants. Some evenings you don’t even need a plan.
That’s when the place starts making sense.
These were taken on one random evening — it rained, the clouds came in, there was a rainbow, then this sunset happened and eventually the whole town lit up.
Maybe I’m biased because it’s home, but I genuinely think Shimla is best experienced slowly.
For anyone who’s been here — did you actually slow down and experience Shimla, or were you mostly ticking off the tourist spots?