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Friday, June 14, 2019

Europe Tour

Report on Tour of Members (including their family members) of VNSM to Europe comprising London(England), Paris(France), Zurich,(Switzerland), Innsbruck(Leichtenstein and Austria), Vennice, Florence, Rome and Milan(Italy) from 11.5.2019 to 25.5.2019.

As per the program chalked out by VNSM a Group of 31 persons which included family members of VNSM left IGI Airport in the morning of 11.5.2016 by Kuwait Airlines and reached London same evening. Shri Dinesh Garg was nominated as the Coordinator of the Tour.   Our stay at London was for four days.  In London the group was taken in a cab to places with tourist guide wherever required.  The members visited places like Madame Tussauds Wax Museum, Tower Bridge, City of London, London Eye, Tower of London, Buckingham Palace, Swaminarayan Temple etc. besides visiting parks and other important places in London during our stay at London. 
Kuwait Flight  Ready at Delhi Airport
Heathrow Air Port
Group Members at Heathrow Airport Waiting for Coach
London Eye

Group Members in London Eye Capsule Compartment
 London City's Panormic View from London Eye
Tower Bridge London
Tower of London
 Nelsons Square London


Madame Tussauds Wax Museum, London
Buckingham Palace, London
Change of Guards at Buckingham Palace
Swaminarayan Temple, London
On 14th May the Team moved for Paris(France) by Bus.  However, English Channel was crossed in a Cruise which was provided by the Travel Agent as a special compliment since it was not included in the settled itinerary.    Our stay there was for two nights.  Here also the prominent and popular sights of Paris were visited in the cab exclusively for our group.  Paris City was also explored with a Guide (Hindi Speaking).  Places like place de la Concorde, Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame de Paris, Pyramid, Opera, Champs Elysees Street, Alexander Bridge, Montmatre, Concords Square etc.  There was also an hour journey of Seine River in cruise depicting some of the prominent sights in Paris.  The Paris being the capital of France has panoramic view of most famous monuments.     Later, we went to see Eiffel Tower.  The glimpses of Eiffel Tower one of the eight wonders was one of the sights to remember throughout life.
Up to Port of Dower (Security Check Point) by Coach
 View of Dower Port
 View from Cruise while it left from Dower Port
Palace-de-la-Concorde
Arc-de-Triomphe
 Group Members with Guide at Arc-de-Triomphe

Notre-Dama-De-Paris

Pyramid Opera
Champs Elysees Street

Alexander Bridge

River Seine Cruise Trip
Eiffel Tower
 A view from Eiffel Tower
On 16th May we left for Zurich, Switzerland in the same cab.  On way we saw Rhine Falls which also is known as Mini Niagara falls of Europe.  It is located on Rhine River in Scha hausen.  There is no waterfall in Europe bigger than Rhinefall.  
Rhine Falls
In Switzerland the group was taken to Mount Titlis which is at a height of 10000 ft. covered with ice.  The journey to Mount Titlis was conducted by trolley.  It was an adventurous tour to Mt. Titlis.  Some of the group members went to see glacier cave, ice tunnel, touched Ice Flyer Chair.  Everyone in the group enjoyed this place because in ordinary life such places are not easily explorable.


 Members at Pick-up and Drop Point at the base of Mount Titlis
View from Cable Car

Members waiting for Coach for Pickup at base of Mount Titlis after visit
In the evening we went to see Loin Monument  which is made on a rock  in Lucerne, Switzerland.  There was time slated for shopping in Lucerne, Zurich prominent shopping sights
There was also an option sight visit to Jungfrau on 18th.  Since it also is located at still a very high range of mountains (11782 ft.) covered with ice and temperature being (-15 degree Celsius) and its ticket was around 150 Euros (Rs.12000) only eight members of the group decided to go.  As narrated by them, this was also a life memory sight.  On return they had an orientation tour to Interlaken a shopping city.  Those who did not go, took rest in the hotel and visited the Zurich City on their own.
Jungfrau Visit

 Interlaken City
On 19th we went to Innsbruck, Austria and Leichtenstein.  Liechtenstein is a small country between Switzerland and Austria.  Here we visited Wattens to take the vision of noteworthy collection of world famous Crystals in Swarovski Museum, which besides other jewel mounted figures included Chetak, the favorite horse of Maharana Pratap ornamented with Jewels.  Some of the members made shopping from this Museum.  It was a memorable place.




Next day was kept for orientation tour to Austria’s important places in Innsbruck, Salzburg.  It is a small village town filled with music and other things worth seeing. 
 
On 21st we left for Venice, Italy.  Here we saw Tower of Pisa another wonder.  Some of the journey was also undertaken by ship in the sea. From Venice we went to Florence which is a home to many masterpieces of Renaissance art and architecture.  Important places like Duomo of Florence, Basilica of Santa Croce were among the sight scenes in Florence.  Due to rains some other sights earmarked could not be seen. 



 Leaning Tower of Pisa
On 23rd we left for Rome, Capital of Italy, where we had a guided tour of Rome and Vetican City.  It is an ancient city with monuments of ancient Roman Rulers and Coliseums.  Important Churches, Piazza di Spagna, a boom of Spanish Steps is one of the most famous squares in Rome.  
 
                                       
On 24th we left for Milan our final destination.  Milan is also famous for fashion products and a beautiful city.  In its orientation tour to city, members were left for shopping and exploring the city.

                        
On 25th at 3.00 p.m. we had the flight for returning India by Kuwait Airlines and reached Delhi in the morning of 26th May. 
Members waiting at Kuwait Airport for Flight to Delhi
It was one of the comfortable, memorable and successful tour abroad.  15 days is quite a long period with a group of Senior Citizens.  The efforts of Dinesh Garg are worth appreciating since he not only took care of well-beings of the Group Members but individually also he was found concerned about the health of every member daily basis.  Since I (Bhagwan Dass, General Secretary, VNSM), was also part of the group, rendered every help to Mr. Garg at all levels.  The members included in the group were very cooperative and never made any problem for the Coordinator or any other member in general.  The best part of the tour was that every evening we were provided with Indian Food at one or the other Indian Restaurant in respective city.  So, everyone found home while on tour abroad.  While departing, every member made thanks to VNSM as well as Mr. Dinesh Garg for such a nice opportunity provided to the members of VNSM.  Executive Body  of VNSM is also grateful to Mr. Dinesh Garg for volunteering services to lead the members on such a prolonged tour.   

Report drafted by Shri BD Gera, GS, VSNM
Photo Compilation and Publishing Efforts by Mohinder Kumar

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List of Members who were part of Europe Tour
1.  Shri Dinesh Garg
2.  Smt. Urmila Garg
3.  Shri GC Gupta
4.  Smt. Lata Gupta
5.  Shri Rakesh Datt Sharma
6.  Smt. Alka Sharma
7.  Shri IS Nigam
8.  Smt. Madhu Nigam
9.  Shri AN Nigam
10.Smt. Meena Nigam
11. Shri Mohinder Kumar
12. Smt. Shashi Bala
13. Shri Subhash Goel
13. Smt. Madhu Goel
14. Kumari Nandani Goel
15.Shri Vimal Mittal
16.Smt. Vinay Mittal
17.Shri Bhagwan Das Gera
18.Shri Jagdish  Singh Verma
19.Shri Ajit Singh
20.Shri VS Yadav
21.Shri Suman Yadav
22.Shri SC Bhalla
23.Smt. Vijay Bhalla
24. Smt. Madhu Bhatnagar
25. Smt. Ravinder Paul Kaur
26.Shri Sikandar Sachdeva
27.Shri PN Arora
28.Smt. Veena Arora
29.Shri YR Nagpal
30.Shri Sushant Nagpal
31.Smt. Madhu Bhatnagar