Udaipur

After a 12 hour overnight train, on which I was pretty miserable, we made it to Udaipur. It is stunning. A town built around the “first man-made lake”. Beautiful buildings and amazing palaces. Three of them, the City Palace, Water Palace, and the Monsoon Palace. I loved the city!

Poor Katie got sick on our second day there, really sick. With chills and then the hottest fever I had ever felt. I was terrified of a “Little Women” tragedy (The scene with Beth and Jo). But thankfully she was feeling okay after a few days.

  City Palace Museum

The City palace Museum was one of my favorite places in Udaipur. I went twice and spent hours there. I loved the history of it, the thoughts about the people who had lived there before. The splendor of it. Whole walls covered in mosaics made with semiprecious stones, and windows made of coloured glass, and window seats carved from marble. I loved it.

The Beauty Room

                                                      
      Little Friends

I made some little friends who entertained me for  hours with their silly smiles, 7 english words, and funny little games. I was basically in love with them and so mad at myself for not working harder to learn Hindi…

Octopussy. Seriously?! You gotta love James Bond. How did he get away with those names? Anyways the movie was made in Udaipur (as everyone loves to tell you). Most hotels and many restants show the movie every night. Our last night there Katie and I watched it.

                                     Real Food.

We found this little “french bakery” where they made brown bread and multigrain bread. And a brown bread sandwhich with just tomato, cucumber and chese. Heaven, in other words. It was amazing!

I loved Udaipur