A Day in the City

Some friends and I decided to see some of the city. We've been saying that we wanted to see more of the city while it was cool weather. We never really got around to it. Unfortuanately, things are beginning to heat up, so we decided to get out while we could still enjoy the weather. It is amazing what all there is to see in this city. It is so full of history.

We began at Humayun's Tomb. It's architecture was the inspiration for the Taj Mahal. You could definately see the similarities. It just wasn't quite as ornate as the Taj.

Here is me at the tomb. Do I look enough like a tourist? lol. Notice also that I have Flat Stanley with me. My cousin sent him in the mail to me, so he traveled around with us today. It made me remember other trips I took with Flat Stanley... good memories. For those of you who don't know about Flat Stanley, he is a project elementary kids all over the U.S. are doing. They send him to people around the world and recieve pictures and postcards from Flat Stanley.

Next we met some other friends at the Mughal Gardens. These gardens are only opened a month or two each year. They are located at the President's home, so security was very high. We weren't allowed to take anything in with us, including cameras. We literally were in the President's backyard. It was beautiful. I did take Flat Stanley around to the front of the Presidents' house for a picture. :)



Next we went to Safdarjung's Tomb. Tombs are quite abundant here. The architecture is very neat, but they are all pretty similar.





I really do love places like this because there are so many great pictures. Here is random fact about me: I love arches and doorways. I have tons of pictures of them. :) We were just having fun taking pictures.





We ended the day at Lodhi Gardens. I've always heard people talk about, but now understand why. It was beautiful. I don't think I've seen that much green since being in America. I was quite impressed.