Our weekend in Lucknow included only one complete day in the fabulous city and we made the most of the day. Our first stop on our singular full day, after seeing a movie star and a car chase with police and drinking coffee, was the Residency. It was here many long years ago that the British bunkered down against a siege. The grounds are gorgeous. The atmosphere hushed. The flowers like great huge fireworks against the earthen colors of the ground and ruins. Lovers haunt different nooks and crannies and graves seem to pop up like green living hills around every bend. The grounds seem endless, which they are not, but with two sets of very short legs travel is slow. Here are some pictures of the time. Abe was fascinated by the life size metal statues of soldiers in the museum. My precocious little one could also point out cannonball wounds gouging into the old sieged buildings.
The Entrance Up to the Residency
A Fire Work of Color
Lovers in the Garden of Ghosts
Toddler in the same garden
Of doorways, arches and architecture. Perhaps the Doctor's house,
or the Dining Hall, or.....
Captured on a precipice. Don't miss the yellow tin cup.
If I could put pictures at the top of my blog this would be it!
Chai.
Something seems not quite right with this photo but I
have to leave it as it shows just how lovely wandering around was for the kiddos.
All was quiet, serene and hushed.
The main building of the Residency
"Look Mommy ah caynone ball hall (hole)!"
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