Mumbai, the Vibrant Heart of Today’s India
The heavily visited cities of the Golden Triangle – Delhi, Jaipur, Agra – highlight the glories of India’s past with their forts, mausoleums and other centuries-old monuments. However, for a real sense of today’s India, head to Mumbai. Mumbai is the commercial and entertainment capital of India. This metropolitan area of about 21 million…
Antigua and Barbuda, land of the 365 beaches!
Antigua and Barbuda. Read our previous country posting: “Angola, wealth, poverty and a King!” COUNTRY ROLL No 6 : Antigua and Barbuda, land of the 365 beaches and of Mount Obama! Read our related posting: “Best of Antigua and Barbuda food: Fungee and Pepperpot!” Read our next country posting: “Argentina, land of contrasts!”…
A Royal Welcome at the Taj Nadesar Palace !
Nadesar Palace. The Taj Nadesar Palace Hotel is a property owned by the maharajah of Varanasi and managed by Taj Hotels. There are only ten suites in this luxurious hotel. Ours happens to be the Queen Elizabeth Suite, so named because that is where Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip stayed on February 25th and…
Mlynec Prague – The art of gastronomy in the Old Town!
With a prime location in the heart of the old town district of Prague, Mlynec is a large, trendy, happening restaurant in a city which loves to marry old traditions with new techniques. Part of the Zatisi family of fine restaurants, Mlynec takes its name from the “water mill” which once operated in front of…