Thursday 18 August 2016

Something Gothic in India

Hello my dear dear friends! We are back to India from our trips.  I couldn't stay at parents' place longer this year, nevertheless, enjoyed every moment spent there! My little A turned 2 in July. He was delighted to meet his grandparents again. This visit he was able to really take pleasure in different activities and, simply, in communication with his nana and nani (as maternal grandparents are called in Hindi).
My D organized an amazing trip for his parents and sister this time. They visited St. Petersburg and Moscow, and were stunned by the Russian cultural heritage. I do promise to make a couple of posts to present the places they visited there. I, in turn, preferred going with A straight to my parents so we could spend more time together, while in-laws and D joined us in Kazakhstan later. His parents left after 6 days, and he of course stayed with us till the end of July.
Meanwhile I would like to share with you our latest trip to the hills. It was a long Independence day weekend in India. We left on Saturday morning and headed towards Shimla (113 km away from our city). However our stay was about 10 km before it at Tweet Tweet home stay in Shoghi. We opted for a home stay instead of a hotel so that our little A would be able to have home made food. He has a very frustrating habit - when he is away from home, he stops eating properly. I should say thanks to our hosts because they provided something our A likes - plain ajwain parantha, fried potato and milk.
The day we arrived at our destination, the weather turned a little chilled, wet and foggy - exactly what we wanted it to be! This is a picture of a part of Mall Road in Shimla - the most popular place among visitors. You can see many such European style buildings on this street. There shops, cafes and restaurants on it as well.
But the real treat awaited the next day when we planned to go to the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, located in Shimla. I must say, it was an amazing experience! Just look at this Indo-gothic architecture - the facade, the stairs, the passages, the walls... The stone itself reflects that style, and the way the whole territory was planned back then...Unbelievable! There are more places like this India, many churches of the British Raj era.

Our little A, however, didn't care much about architectural beauty of the place and found his favourite occupation there - throwing pebbles in the water pools! Yey! That was tough to take him away from this interesting job when it started raining cats and dogs. The child was refusing to understand that he would be drained in water if came out of the shelter. But fortunately I had his darling book with me which kept him busy until the rain subsided.
 It felt as we were transferred to England for a couple of hours.
 As the Institute is situated on quite an elevation, we took a cab up, but went down by foot. Little A and his dad enjoying the walk downhill.
I hope to come here again...


 I would also like to say thanks to Ms Misantropia for organizing a giveaway, and giving me an opportunity to win this charming necklace which I received by post a few days ago! I absolutely love it and already wore it many times. Hehe.
 So that's it for now. Hope you are safe and happy wherever you are and watching Olympics.

18 comments:

  1. What a lovely trip and such beautiful pictures! You know, my favourite is the nature one of the yellow leaf resting on the wet stones. I'm glad Little A found lots to amuse him!

    I replied to your last comment with my email address, but here it is again just in case: shewhoseeks@gmail.com

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    1. Thank you Debra... We have such good memories of this place. I do miss such type of houses here in India.

      Oh thanks, I will write to you soon :))

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  2. Looks like a fun trip, and your son is growing so big. What a cutie❣Linda@Wetcreek Blog

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    1. It was a great trip Linda, thanks! Indeed, he grew so fast again, started speaking now more!hehe

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  3. Nice to hear from you after a long time and see your A growing up :) We had been to Shimla when my daughter was similar age. We had food issues as well and home stays weren't popular at that time. But she ate rice and daal and lot of apples. We went in Feb and it was very cold and we had snowfall at nights. We also went to Manali from there which was fully covered in snow. I liked snow only for two days for fun, after that I was irritated seeing it everywhere. Good that your in-laws enjoyed the trip. We had recently been on Australia trip and we had a Russian tour operator who gave us a full day ride. He also told these two places in Russia to visit saying that others are not tourism friendly.

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    1. Nice to hear from you too Preeti. Yes, toddlers have many eating issues, but that's ok. I just try to give him what he likes most of the time, and every time add something what is different.Even if he takes only one bite. Oh well.. I don't mind snow at all. I miss it a lot, this humid sticky weather doesn't good to my health too 9 aand to my whole family's health as well).
      Oh wow, good to know you made a trip so far! Did you like it?
      Well, yea, probably these two cities are most tourist friendly, but there are many which are worth seeing too.

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  4. It looks looks like a great trip, little A is growing so fast! :) xx

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    1. It was a lovely trip Linda, especially the weather :)

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  5. Great to hear from you my friend!! You have been busy! I can't believe your little one is already 2!
    I am in aww of your pictures! Stunning! WOW!! Thanks so much for sharing!
    Gorgeous necklace you won!
    Big Hugs!

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    1. Thank you, I am glad you liked the pictures! Oh yea, He grows and grows...:)
      Hugs to you too!

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  6. It seems we came back from vacation at around the same time, hooray! I'm glad you had fun with your family. That's always such a gift.

    I LOVE the Indo-Gothic look.

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    1. Yes, i also saw your vacation post. loved it! I am also glad your time with family turned out great!

      Aww... I would love to live in that mini-castle!

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  7. Gorgeous photos of your trip.. your boy is growing up fast! ((hugs)), Teresa :-)

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  8. Beautiful photos and congrats on your jewelry win! Your area of India looks breathtaking.

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    1. Thank you Jojo. Yes, I was quite surprised and very excited when I won it.
      It does, but we don't live very close to it, however can make not frequent trips there.

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  9. What a GORGEOUS place!!!!! And, I love seeing your little A. Glad you are doing so well, my internet friend! XOXOX

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  10. Sounds and looks like a very wonderful trip! Thanks for the beautiful photos ♥

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