SUNDAY BRIDGES; Branko's Bridge Revisited

Another view of Branko's Bridge, this time through a peephole on its stairs down to the river.

See other bridges on Louis La Vache's SUNDAY BRIDGES.

WEEKEND REFLECTION---Upside down

The clock tower in Kalemegdan, upside down in a puddle!

See other reflections on James' WEEKEND REFLECTION.

And if you're here in my part of the world, don't forget to set your clocks ahead tonight....

SKYWATCH--silhouettes in purple

Taken a bit before I left for India.

See other skies, in all colors, on SKYWATCH.

Egads!

"Egads! Another McDonald's!", or so the art on the wall seems to say....

Cool idea....

How's this for a hidden bar?

La dame en bleu

Back in Belgrade....it's cold....

The sun sets....

The sun sets on yet another trip to India...I hope to return.  This is Delhi's Lotus Temple at sunset. It was completed in 1986 is a house of worship, and has become a prominent attraction, having won numerous architectural awards and featured in scores of newspaper and magazine articles. You can read more about it if you click right here.

Schoolboys

India can either be a photographer’s paradise or nightmare. People LOVE to have their photograph taken, to the point that if you have any sort of visible camera, you’ll be clicking away non-stop.  Couldn’t resist these young schoolboys, who were delighted just to see themselves on my camera’s monitor.  The one with the topknot is undoubtedly a Sikh. Sikhs do not cut their hair and as a form of respect cover it with an elegantly tied turban. To keep one's hair is a commitment to accept the body in the natural form in which it was born, and to get rid of vanity relating to outward appearance.

Leaving tomorrow, sniff, sniff....

With no disrespect....

No disrespect whatsoever to the lovely Audrey Hepburn, who was one of my favorite actresses, but this goat also deserves a magazine cover, I think.  Indians appear to take good care of the animals that bring them livelihood, and this nanny goat is no exception.  'twas a chilly morning when we met.

Do I really need to tell you....

....where this is?

This photo shows what most people think of when they hear "India".  The Taj Mahal was begun in 1630 by Emperor Shan Jahan as a tomb for his beloved wife, who died giving birth to their 14^th child.  He described the construction thus: 

Should guilty seek asylum here,
Like one pardoned, he becomes free from sin.
Should a sinner make his way to this mansion,
All his past sins are to be washed away.
The sight of this mansion creates sorrowing sighs;
And the sun and the moon shed tears from their eyes.
In this world this edifice has been made;
To display thereby the creator's glory.

This is the classic view, but better ones are had from across the river from the other side.  

Hit the road

So far on all my trips to India I have traveled by air, van, tuk-tuk (shown), bus, a short camel ride, inter-city bus, and train. But not by elephant.  I do think it would be kind of fun, though.