Ah, Madurai – my favourite city in Tamil Nadu! Madurai was also the halfway point in our tour of South India, and our last stop in Tamil Nadu before we moved into the state of Kerala. We started our day at the glorious Palace of Thirumalai Nayak, with our elegant guide, Meenakshi: The palace is […]
The last stop on our whirlwind tour through India was the city of Delhi. Delhi was recently modernized for the 2010 Commonwealth Games — the city developed new transit, cleaned up the roads, and did tons of building. The taxis are known as “Tuk-Tuks”, and they are powered by Clean Natural Gas (CNG): It was […]
Hi Blog! Thanks for being patient with me as life is a little hectic around here! I’ve got one more India post in the works (Delhi!), and then I can’t wait to catch you up on everything from my gluten-free bread baking classes to ginormous salads to macaron successes (and grand disasters) and summer dinners […]
Mahara Jai Singh built the city of Jaipur, in 1727. In the city, he built the Jantar Mahal, an observatory using astronomical instruments for astrological readings. It’s now a World Heritage site, and I think you can see why: This is a sundial — and it’s really impressive (at about 4 stories high!): And it’s […]
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