August 2007 ~ Travel In Home

Chittorgarh

Chittorgarh - the fort that symbolises Rajput spirit of pride , valour and sacrifice ; where history,mythology and spirituality merge . A tale of kings and queens , heroes and villains.The ruins resonate with the legend of Rani Padmini who immolated herself to avoid being coveted by[...]

by Jour ~ Wednesday, August 29, 2007 0 comments

Off to the Emerald Isle!

So we are off to Ireland tomorrow morning, and we're very excited. We've done a little more planning, but have still left most of the itinerary flexible. This will be our general route around the island (clockwise, heading south from Dubli[...]

by Jour ~ Friday, August 24, 2007 0 comments

Paestum, Italy

My apologies for the lack of posts in awhile - it's been gray and rainy here in England and we've both been busy with work, so we haven't been out sightseeing much.But I'll have something interesting to post about soon, as we are leaving for Ireland tomorrow morning! We will be there for 9 days, returning Sun Sept 2. We are going[...]

by Jour ~ Friday, August 24, 2007 0 comments

Udaipur - a city of palaces

Old photographs always have a tale to tell. They come with memories ,usually laden with mixed emotions. While cleaning my cupboard,I came across several albums which were filled with pictures taken during various trips. Life was basic and analog then , but the special moments were all[...]

by Jour ~ Tuesday, August 21, 2007 0 comments

This is not a travelogue ...

...But a home coming of sorts .It was still dark when the train had come to a grinding halt.Like all early mornings, life was in complete slow motion and in freeze frames .If this was a film, it would have been easy to just capture a montage of shots , add a bit of effects on the editing[...]

by Jour ~ Friday, August 17, 2007 0 comments

Dinner by the river

We don't go out to eat as much as we did when we lived in Oxford proper, which is generally a good thing. But last night we were briefly in town to run errands and thought we'd have a dinner out while we were at it.We headed for one of our favorite old haunts, the Victoria Arms pub on the outskirts of Oxford. An attractive historic[...]

by Jour ~ Friday, August 10, 2007 0 comments

A Rainy Day in Cornwall

On our last full day (Monday July 23rd) in Cornwall, it rained freakishly hard for most of the day. So the pictures are terrible, but we had a really fun and memorable time anyway. And we were very lucky not to be affected by the terrible flooding all around Britain, either on vacation or back at home, so we couldn't complain too[...]

by Jour ~ Thursday, August 2, 2007 0 comments