New Delhi

On Sunday we attempted to stay on our work schedule hours, so we woke up early (4am EST which was 1:30pm India time) to go sightseeing in New Delhi.
We hired a hotel car, I forgot to mention that the hotel cars are fully loaded BMWs, that comes with a English speaking driver who also provided us info like a tour guide would. It was too cool.
The first place we went to was Qutab Minar, which is the tallest brick minaret in the world. At the foot of Qutab Minar is the Quwwat-ul-Islam Masjid, which is the first mosque to be built in India.
Every place we visited had such an amazing story and so much history to it and was very interesting.
However, the locals were very interested in me, the random light skinned light haired female. At first I thought I had my zipper down or something embarassing because people would be staring at me, mostly the females, and they'd have a huge grin on their faces.
Here is a picture where two young girls and a boy asked if they could take a photo with me, I told them of course as long as I could get one as well!

The next place we drove to was the India Gate. On the drive there we stopped by the India Presidential Palace and I also got a picture with the guards, they were not happy...no huge smiling grins there.





We visited the India Gate, which is the national monument of India known as the "All India War Memorial" that was constructed for the 90,000 soldiers who sacrificed their lives during WWI. It was under construction but still a beautiful memorial.

Then we went to Humayan's Tomb. It was one of the most famous structures of Mughal Empire in India. It was designed by the same architect who also designed the Taj Mahal.







Even though it is called Humayan's Tomb it had over 100 tombs where Mogul rulers and royals were buried.




That's all I can write for now, hope you enjoyed it! Of course these were the highlights and I am leaving out many details of other exciting stories, like going to Delhi Haat ( a market sort of like Canal Street where they have stations of specific items for sale and a salesman very eager to show you ALL he has, from fabrics, to comforters, runners, trinkets, jewelry, paintings, etc)
One time I saw a entire family on a motorcycle, the wife, husband and two small children! No belts or car seat contraptions, and these were infants too.
And I don't know where to even begin with the food...and the "American" food and how it was not very American...more to come soon.
Love to all! Miss you, Carrie