Positives
1. Eiffel Tower @ night
2. Mona Lisa painting
3. Madame Tussauds wax museum
3. Stonehenge
4. Big Ben
5. Eurostar train ride from London to Paris
6. Buckingham Palace- changing of the guards.
Surprises/Found interesting
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Negatives
1.London Bridge
Disappointments
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Regrets
1. Not having enough time to go to Brussels
2. Not able to spend more time in Paris
3. Time to eat at more pastry places in Paris
England and Paris Takeaways
Positives
1. Imperial Hotel stay but also stayed at different level/style places. In addition, stayed with a family in their house.
2. Good food restaurants: Spice Route (Delhi), Indiana (Jaipur), Only (Agra), Surabhi (Jaipur)
3. Cycle Rickshaw in Chandni Chowk
4. Taj Mahal
5. Having the experience of travel within India via: Plane, Jeep, Car, Rickshaw, Cycle Rickshaw, Elephant, and local BLR bus
6. Mehrangarh Fort (Jodhupur)
7. LED gas nozzle (BLR)
8. Going to the local market (BLR)
9. Purchases of silk blouses and leather jacket
10. Stop @ the marble depot on the way to Jodhpur from Jaipur
Surprises/Found interesting
1. BLR malls: how modern they were
2. How many stray dogs there are
3. How comfortable people are in squatting to use the bathroom in open public areas (i.e. grassy area)
Negatives
1. Delhi pollution
2. Rug man in Agra talking about ‘caste’ status
3. Rickshaw wanting to charge more because you are a foreigner
4. Rickshaw(s) running out of "gas" in our attempt to get to our destination (happened three times)
5. Missing my original flight back home
Disappointments
1. Jaipur is known as the ‘Pink City” but the color is really more of a terra-cotta
2. No good places to eat in Jodhpur
Regrets
1. Didn’t take a picture of: Indian style toilet; getting on the elephant ride @ Amber Fort
2. Not taking more camcorder footage (i.e. Indian person in Jaipur doing Rajasthan song/dance with my dinner)
3. Not going on a camel ride
4. Not getting a good picture of our driver (Mahesh)
5. Having time to visit the 1440 pillar Jain temple in Rankpur
India Takeaways
Positives
1. Seeing Niagara Falls from the Canadian side.
2. CN Tower
3. Boat tour of Niagara Falls up close.
4. Granville Island
Surprises/Found interesting
1.
Negatives
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Disappointments
1.
Regrets
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