We got back from France today & we had the longest & the most beautiful holiday ever !
Paris was enchanting with its museums, cathedrals, roadside cafes & cabarets. The city itself is a crash course in the French culture. On the other hand, the holiday along the French riviera was us doing absolutely nothing by day & gambling at the casinos by night. What fun! The best part of the holiday however, was the short stay in Provence where every frame of the countryside landscape looked like a postcard!
I've uploaded a few
shots. Between H & me, we're still soaking in everything we saw & lived in France...
PS: Anisha, thanks for introducing us to
'chaussons aux pommes' :)
The Burj Al Arab is a majestic edifice from the outside and looks brilliant by day. I don’t get why they have that multi-coloured light effect by night though. It makes the structure look ostentatious & just takes away so much from its simple elegance.
I read Vikram Chandra's 'Love & Longing in Bombay' over the Eid break. The book is quite old, but somehow I had never gotten around to reading this collection of five excellent short stories. I was very impressed by each of these stories, all set in the cosmopolitan blend of Mumbai's sophisticated as well as middle class. Each story came with a dose of irony, intellect and ambiguous endings. A book I thoroughly enjoyed reading!
I saw this at the George Pompidou museum. I dont recall now when it was made or by whom. But I thought it was quite a groovy piece. Its made out of a single piece of stone. And it is titled 'The Endless Ribbon'.
