The Long Road to Vienna
Almost 40 years ago, when we were posted in Iraq, my father ordered a Volkswagen Golf, a car we had until I was around 13 years old. Though the car itself has so many wonderful memories associated with it, it was my dad's journey by land from Iraq to Vienna and back, along with two other Air Force officers and friends, that he would tell us about.. Wing Commander Dhavle (Retd)) , who travelled with my dad on that trip, documented that entire journey with all its twists and turns, disasters, comic interludes and more in this piece. This is travel writing of a different sort, a grand road trip covering ten days, through Iraq, Turkey, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Austria and back. Parvez near the Sea of Marmara, Turkey. Pic courtesy Wg. Cdr Dhavle In 1981 I was the proud owner of an old Standard Herald car. Those were the years when the Hindustan Ambassador and the Premier Padmini ruled Indian roads. Any other car had to be an imported one. So when I saw a VW Golf car in Co