Beautiful place for beautiful minds
My idea of a good outing on a bright weekend is to either go to a beach and walk on the shores... or spending some time at a calm and quiet tengina toTa (coconut palms?.. bad at English sometimes). I was kind of skeptical about this one.. but then had seen some photographs from my friend Sathya's camera. So started out with Mukund. As 'blog blog pe likha hai camerawale ka naam', my camera battery died at the right moment. So all thanks to Mukund for his fotos.
Princeton University has given to this world some famous figures like Einstein and John Nash.. and to me a wonderful and beautiful Saturday!! .. BTW, John Nash is the real life inspiration for the movie "A beautiful mind"
This one was on the way. Spring in South Jersey will be like this or better...
The day we went there, there was a free fair of sorts, with the entire road - a state highway (route 27 if that helps) was blocked for people to set shops and sell. It was a nice experience. Guess we had something similar on Kumara Krupa road in Bangalore sometime back. It was called Chitrasante.. with artists flocking that road with their paintings on both sides of the road and people were allowed walk freely. There were everything from kids stuff to goggles to eateries to juices and even a music band.. Here's a pic
Inside the campus, there were stalls from students of the university (I guess). Since it was evening when we went, most of the stalls were closed and very few were left out. One of them had Indian classical dance going on. It was such a wonderful sight to find Bharatanatyam getting its due in a foreign land when what goes on in college functions back home is just.. hmm.. let me focus on the good things in life.. :)
The architecture of this University campus is very much Victorian (Thanks Vani for the info..) and reminds you of a European City. I liked the way City and the university had gelled with each other. Fully spread out.. the space well utilised and well laid out... calm and quiet - well suited for both studying as well as for pensioners... And its Anirban in the middle and Mukund on the rightmost.
After walking around in the city and the university... and having pakoras and a nice desi chai in a restaurant, we planned to roam around in the car a bit and ventured slightly out of the city and what have you... There was a huuuuggeee ground with green grass everywhere and a small memorial of a freedom fighter in the center. It was a sight to watch. Ordered Mukund to click.. :)
Couldn't resist the temptation of clicking myself with a yellow Honda CBR. After all, this is part of my dream getaway on a bright sunny weekend.
Princeton University has given to this world some famous figures like Einstein and John Nash.. and to me a wonderful and beautiful Saturday!! .. BTW, John Nash is the real life inspiration for the movie "A beautiful mind"
This one was on the way. Spring in South Jersey will be like this or better...
The day we went there, there was a free fair of sorts, with the entire road - a state highway (route 27 if that helps) was blocked for people to set shops and sell. It was a nice experience. Guess we had something similar on Kumara Krupa road in Bangalore sometime back. It was called Chitrasante.. with artists flocking that road with their paintings on both sides of the road and people were allowed walk freely. There were everything from kids stuff to goggles to eateries to juices and even a music band.. Here's a pic
Inside the campus, there were stalls from students of the university (I guess). Since it was evening when we went, most of the stalls were closed and very few were left out. One of them had Indian classical dance going on. It was such a wonderful sight to find Bharatanatyam getting its due in a foreign land when what goes on in college functions back home is just.. hmm.. let me focus on the good things in life.. :)
The architecture of this University campus is very much Victorian (Thanks Vani for the info..) and reminds you of a European City. I liked the way City and the university had gelled with each other. Fully spread out.. the space well utilised and well laid out... calm and quiet - well suited for both studying as well as for pensioners... And its Anirban in the middle and Mukund on the rightmost.
After walking around in the city and the university... and having pakoras and a nice desi chai in a restaurant, we planned to roam around in the car a bit and ventured slightly out of the city and what have you... There was a huuuuggeee ground with green grass everywhere and a small memorial of a freedom fighter in the center. It was a sight to watch. Ordered Mukund to click.. :)
Couldn't resist the temptation of clicking myself with a yellow Honda CBR. After all, this is part of my dream getaway on a bright sunny weekend.
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