More .... and a Bear in Bath

I completely forgot to put up this one picture I had showing a fairly quiet road lined with columns. Since I’ve been seeing the first season of ‘Rome’, this looked like it could have been an actual road way back then.



There was also this lovely park right across the Bath Abbey with people soaking up the sun and lounging in these comfy looking beach chairs. I found out the parks department make a different animal every year with the hedge that's there. This year it was the bear.

A revolution against Revolution

P.S. The 'Revolution' bar/restaurant in Bath sucks. I think there is only one in Bath, but this one was on George Street. The cup I got for my tea was stained and dirty and they don't serve any beverages not on the menu, especially when they have a well stocked display of liquor. It doesn't stop at that but this was just a sad experience for us and I'll guarantee you we WON'T be going there again.

Blah Blah Blah and .... Bath

I’ve unfortunately been extremely busy with work or something else which is why I haven’t been very prompt in putting up new stuff. I’ve decided to take the first step in amending this by putting something up today.

This weekend was surprisingly beautiful, sunny and believe it or not HOT. The weather forecast on Friday for the weekend was rain rain and more rain, however it turned out to be picture perfect. On Saturday we went to one of my wife’s friends wedding in Bath. As the name implies, this is where the Romans built baths probably around the 3rd century due to the naturally occurring hot springs in that area. It was interesting not because it was the first wedding I’ve ever attended but it was the first traditional British wedding I’ve attended. A beautiful day, a beautiful wedding followed by a great reception and good food. Can’t ask for more on such a lovely day.

Since it was our first time in Bath, we went there a few hours before the wedding so we can look around the city. I was taken aback as I never expected to see such a beautiful city. Although there were quite a lot of tourists, we were still able to see a good portion of it. The city has retained it’s old charm and you can just sit out in one of the plethora of cafés and just soak up the environment around you. It’s just one of those cities you have to go and see for yourself. It was a shame we didn’t get to spend more time since we had to run to the wedding. However, we certainly plan on heading back there and discovering it in greater detail. We also didn’t get to see the Roman baths, but did get a few snaps of the building façade from the outside.

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

I thought I'd start out with a title of a movie which happens to be one of my favorites but also had relevance to the actual content. Two weekends ago I had the distinct pleasure of trying something not many people get to try. Clay Pigeon shooting! You would have never guessed this but it was something I could have never imagined myself doing in some other countries I’ve lived in. This made me appreciate the UK more. Since this was my first time holding a real 12 gauge shotgun, I was enthused. I sincerely enjoyed firing away at clays and decided I have to do it again. I also wasn’t a bad shot. The only thing is, my shoulder started hurting a bit after some time. Well I highly recommend this to anyone who hasn’t tried it already, it can be very addictive.

Day out in London

Beautiful day in London (surprisingly)

I’ve been meaning to put this up some time ago but work keeps coming in the way. ;) Anyways, we had a day out in London (a few weeks ago) and visited a few museums. It was such a nice bright and sunny beautiful day without any rain (no honest). It was so nice that I decided to take a few pictures to show you how nice it really was.

Anyways we went to the Tate Modern, which is OK if you like that kinda stuff but it doesn’t impress me. I ended up getting bored after 10 minutes. I guess I’m just not the type to appreciate art as one would expect. Anyways, the best part of the day was visiting the Imperial War Museum. Given I’m such a big history buff (especially when it comes to wars), it was no wonder I thoroughly enjoyed this museum. It really is a fabulous place to visit and it’s so much bigger than it appears. I'm not gonna go into details of everything you have there because it's just so much. If you have kids, they'll also enjoy it alot. My two year old didn't even care if we existed as she just kept running off to see different things. You really need to spend the whole day there (ideally without a kid so you can see everything in peace). I definitely plan on heading back there to see it properly and in peace. It’s about a leisurely 5 minute walk from the Lambeth North tube station and just look out for the two huge naval cannons on the front lawn.

Red Bull: A lot of bull

I decided to get a can of Red Bull yesterday with my Boots meal deal, thinking I never tried this and I wanted it to 'give me wings' as per the ad. Well..... it certainly did give me wings, but these wings were not a result of drinking Red Bull; they sprouted wanting to fly to the nearest garbage bin to get this can of Red Bull into it as quickly as possible. I don't know what it is about it, but the taste sucks and the worse part was after taking two sips, my lips started to itch. God knows what chemicals they put in it. I found out from wiki they put a synthetically produced version of 'Taurine', which is a naturally occurring amino acid in the human body. Some people told me the taste grows on you. I think it's alot like marmite, you either love it or you hate it. Well, that's my two cents on this.

From Bangalore with love

I know the title is very 'Bond' esque but I've always wanted to use it. It's been two and a half weeks since I went on vacation and I'm nearing the end of it. I've been meaning to put a few posts since I got here but I just haven't had the time. So much to tell and so little time. I guess I'll just have to save it for when I get back. In the mean time I thought I'd put something up. Though Bangalore has been developing at an incredible pace and I'm sure many of you have seen pictures of the fancy ritzy parts of B'lore, I thought I'd post a pic of the following showing some of the older times of Bangalore.



It's become a rarity to find cows walking about. You might be wondering why this is so great, but it just brings back some memories of old bangalore. The air was cleaner and there was a distinct fragrance in the air which was a combination of the clean air, flowers and nature. It's also quite sad because there was alot of land allocated for grazing but due to greediness and people illegally acquiring such lands, many animals that used to have a place to graze and left to wandering the roads. This was taken on the outer ring road by Nagarbhavi.

Brownsea Island

Well, two more days till we head away for three nice weeks to India via Dubai. I'm so looking forward to it, I can't wait. It's good incentive to work hard to try and wrap everything up before leaving. Anyways as promised earlier, here go some pictures from Brownsea Island. By the way for those Boy Scouts among you, this is where Lord Baden-Powell took his first set of 'scouts' and hence there is a scout stone to commemorate this. For more details about Brownsea, go here.




The scout stone commemorating the first scout camp

Lovely Easter weekend.

Well, it was a nice long easter weekend. Although we got Friday and Monday off giving us a total of four days, it still went by too fast. We ended up going down to Bournemouth again to visit my wife's cousin. This time we went to Brownsea Island which is a nature reserve and part of the National Trust. Unfortunately, I haven't downloaded all the pictures from my camera, but I shall do it soon and put them up. I'm actually looking forward to my vacation in a couple of days. I'm off to sunny, hot India via Dubai. Stay tuned for more pictures.

Windsor Castle

Although we had gone to see Windsor Castle towards the end of last year, I thought I should put up some pics of it now and describe how nice it was to see the place. I'm not a huge fan of visiting things associated to the 'monarchy' as it reflects (to me) the days of imperialism and subsequently plundering of the respective countries resources. I'm divulging here, so I'll stop my ranting.

On the upside, we got a chance to view some of the stately rooms inside and were able to find out the history behind it, which is what I found to be interesting. The rooms were beautifully done and I couldn't imagine how amazing it would be to live in such a place. Oh by the way, it's an official residence of the Queen and the largest occupied castle in the world. Apart from seeing the castle, we strolled around the high street and around Windsor castle. It's seemed like a nice town to live in, however I don't think I would ever want to live there. I'm a big city person and don't think I can do with such a small town feeling. On the upside, it is very close to London which kinda makes up for it. Anyways, I do recommend visiting this place as it does have alot of interesting history and you get to see where the Queen stays.

P.S. The views from the castle is amazing as you can see the remaining parts of Windsor and Eton College.