Arts...Travels...Writing

For Flashback Friday, sharing here some snaps taken two summers ago in Paris. Sacre Coeur Urban sprawl - view from Sacre Coeur  the much talked about Seine River with a boatful of tourists! This side of Notre Dame - it celebrated its 800th year in 2013 when this was taken Somewhere in Saint Germain  My favourite bookstore. Kilometre 0 for Bibliophiles By chance, we stumbled into this interesting courtyard at Palais Royale One of those quiet gardens nearby The ticking of the clock at Musee D'Orsay Musee D'Orsay View from Musee D'Orsay Long queue at the Louvre...good thing I bought our tickets from the basement ticket vendor where there was no queue #Paris #Louvre #MuseeDorsay #NotreDame #SacreCoeur #ShakespeareAndCompany #Seine

Inspired by the black and white challenge on Facebook, I thought I'd put together some of my favourite black and white photos and share them here: Looking out into the Indian Ocean - Bali From inside a temple in Chail, a hill station near the Indian Himalayas Truly a great wonder - Taj Mahal, Agra in India This could be anywhere...but it is actually in front of the Jim Thompson House, Bangkok It mentions the Philippines? The facade of a hotel near La Rambla, Barcelona The serrated mountains of Montserrat, Spain Barcelona Winter Somewhere in Shanghai...why am I not surprised ;-) A man passing by a church (?)  in Shanghai Sun-salute in Maldives On the shores of Maldives...I could spend the rest of my days here...with a good book of course Windows along Madison Avenue -out here they seem to close shop early -it was not that late in the afternoon when I took this photo..or maybe I'm just used to the loooong hours in Asia ...