Chennai

Vanakkan!

Another flashback, until August this time, for two weeks spent in Chennai on a business trip, but also enjoying the Indian food and the historical sites thanks to my colleagues.

The first day of the weekend was spent travelling to Mahabalipuram. The history of this town goes back to the 1st century, but the most famous part, the monolithic sanctuaries carved out of rock, appeared in the 7th century. Temples and open-air reliefs, portraying events described in the Mahabharata, show the magnificence of the ancient capital of the Pallava dynasty.

On our way back to Chennai, we stop at a village where the architecture and traditions of the different parts of South India are represented, for the tourists.

On Sunday, no need to drive away from Chennai, the temples of the city deserve hours of visits.

First, Kapaleeshwar Temple, with the best guides possible ;-)

Then Ramakrishna Temple:

and Iscon temple

And then a very nice Thai restaurant, in order to recover from the incredible heat and conclude this awesome weekend

Thanks a lot Christopher, Madhu, Mahi, Krishna, Dharam and Raajesh for those great moments, that I will never forget. Take care!

Milan - June 2015

Buongiorno !

Yes, I know, I am a little bit late in the blog, but better late than never. :-)

Let's move back until June, in order to spend a weekend in Milan, visiting the Expo. I had always wanted to know what it looked like, and never had the oppotunity to go to Hamburg or Sevilla, time to do it now.

In just a few hours, you can travel all aroung the world, visiting China, Nepal, Turkey, US, Finland or Japan, tasting the food of all those countries, without even needing a visa.

 

 

The only problem (apart from the 40°C temperature, without any shadow) is that there is no way you can try all the tasty specialties in one weekend, so you have to restrict yourself to enjoy the smells...

And because there is no way I can go to Milan without paying a visit to the cathedral, I spent once more a few hours in front of the Duomo, watching the colour change with the sun race.