Karben, Germany

If there is one place where you want to feel deserted or brooding over writing a novel, Karben can just be the destination for you. You can reach this small village after a 30 minute train ride from Frankfurt and I 'd been put up here for almost seven weeks now. 'Village' can be a misnomer, for you may want to assert, its backward in some sense, especially if you are from Asia. However, German villages and I would agree, most in Europe, would break any semblance of this notion. You do have state-of-the-art amenities but see it symbolize languidness, a sense of void, differing from the buzzing city life. The winter is quite harsh and delivers interesting weather patterns all through the week. It rains on a day, shows signs of spring when the sun peeps out the next day and finally cheats you by snowing the following day :(.

All said, I should admit the people in this sparsely populated village are very amicable and you tend to feel stress free and relaxed after a tiring day at work. Karben may not be a tourist spot but definitely a place where you get to spend some quality time with you :D