Day 01 : Arrival Delhi Meeting and Assistance on Arrival at Delhi Airport and transfer to hotel, if time allows enjoy city tour covering – India Gate (War Memorial Arch), Lakshminarayan Temple (a modern Hindu Temple), also drive past President’s House, Parliament street, and Government Secretariat Buildings. Overnight stay in Delhi hotel. Day 02: Delhi…
Day: November 17, 2016
What I ate in Hangzhou! Lou Wai Lou… famous restaurant at West Lake
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The World’s Greatest Artist
Originally posted on Mitch Teemley:
He’s had the longest career of any artist in history, and at a considerably advanced age is still crafting new works. He creates in every medium–sculpture, engraving, painting, even performance art–and the scale of his work runs from the subatomic to the cosmic. Some of his works last for microseconds, others for eons. Have…
“… this old world is a new world”
Originally posted on Zimmerbitch:
Morning, Rahui Beach, Auckland, NZ. Image: Su Leslie, 2016. Sometimes if you repeat the words often enough, the feeling comes. It’s a new dawn I’s a new day It’s a new life, for me And I’m feelin good — Nina Simone Written for the Daily Post Photo Challenge: morning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5Y11hwjMNs
Pizza with a slice of history
Article source: bagnidilucca.wordpress.com Bagni di Lucca and Beyond While walking down Via dei Fossi in Florence yesterday I came upon this pizza restaurant in a gorgeous old building. I have no idea how old it is, but I wonder what the people who built would think now. The beautiful carvings would have taken months to…
Poetry and History
Originally posted on Yesterday and today: Merril's historical musings:
Monday Morning Musings With Susan Weidener at my poetry workshop for her Women’s Writing Circle ? “Prose is words in their best order; poetry is the best words in their best order.” –Samuel Taylor Coleridge “Herodotus says, “Very few things happen at the right time,…
Banned Books Throughout History
Article source and image credit to: readandsurvive.com Read & Survive September 26−October 2, 2016 Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Typically held during the last week of September, it highlights the value of free and open access to information. Banned Books Week brings together the entire book community –librarians,…
History in the Frame
Image credit: suejudd.com
Sit at the Feet of Mountains
Originally posted on snapshotsincursive:
“How glorious a greeting? the sun gives the mountains!”? ~ John Muir?
Singshore Bridge and a Newari Meal
So beautiful pics, image credit: thatmishmash
Wandering around Kathmandu, Nepal
Originally posted on Stories from Europe:
Last year in September, I visited my family in Nepal along with my boyfriend, Stasiek. Since I had started working full-time from March that year, I could take only 16 days off to visit my family. I knew it was ridiculously short but there wasn’t much I could do…
Chandragiri , Nepal
Originally posted on Life as we see it..:
Chandragiri has been a traditional spot for pilgrims as the famous Bhaleswar Mahadev temple is situated atop. Recently, however, the Nepal government has been determined to make it an international tourist destination. Though there are stone stairs right to the top of the hill, a new…
A Great Ocean Walk
Originally posted on Out an' About:
To me being near the ocean is food for the soul and nourishment for the senses. A day of coastal walking, going to sleep after a big dose of sea air and ocean views and waking up to the sound of crashing waves is like heaven on earth. But let’s back track.…