Back home now, with some wonderful memories. It was a fantastic experience, and very productive for our project.
Mrs Cavallo in Delhi
Over the next week I will be in Delhi, India, working with teachers from the UK and Afghanistan. I hope to be able to make posts throughout the week, internet access permitting!
Friday, 25 February 2011
Day Six and Seven
Wednesday, 23 February 2011
Day Five
This will probably be my last post from Delhi. Tomorrow we will be in meetings and travelling for most of the day, then we go straight to the airport. The last post will be done when I return to the UK!
Today we spent the day at the British Council. We did some training for staff there, and discussed where our International work is likely to take us in the future. We went to a restaurant that served Southern Indian food for our lunch, and we had to eat with our fingers - there was no cutlery. It was a messy business but actually rather fun! On the way we saw a protest march by a huge number of people. Lots of the roads were closed.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12549050
The traffic here is very busy and very noisy! Our journey to work was not too bad this morning.
The journey home was much busier!
Tuesday, 22 February 2011
Day Four
Monday, 21 February 2011
Day Three
Hard at work!!
Sunday, 20 February 2011
Day Two!
Today we caught the train to Agra. At the station we were met by a driver and tour guide who took us round Agra for the day.
The craftsmen who built and decorated the Taj Mahal 400 years ago have passed the skill of their trade down through their family, from Father to son. These men still have those skills today, and every Friday they go to work on the care and restoration of the Taj Mahal. Our guide took us to meet some of them to see how they work.
We then went to see the Agra Fort. This was an incredible building made from red sandstone that is still found in Agra today.
Our final visit was to Itimad-ud-Daulah's Tomb, which is known as 'The Jewel Box of Marble', or as our guide called it, the baby Taj!
Saturday, 19 February 2011
Day One
Thursday, 17 February 2011
Ready to go!
All packed (I think!). Passport, visa, clothes, and very important - camera! Early start tomorrow - taxi coming at 7.00am. I'm meeting one of the other teachers - George Glass from Inverness - at the airport. We are flying from Terminal 5 at Heathrow so the journey to the airport is quite easy for me. George has to drive from Inverness to Edinburgh, then fly down to Heathrow Terminal 1 and get the bus to Terminal 5. I think he is starting at about midnight tonight - that's not nice - so I expect he will be spending most of the flight sleeping. I have already checked out the inflight entertainment, however, and planned my movie viewing. Should be able to squeeze three in if I am lucky!
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