AMSTERDAM
My
Amsterdam: an insider's guide
I have a snapshot in my head of a peaceful morning I spent
in Amsterdam. It was around ten-ish and a bookshop had just
opened its doors. The people who worked in the shop were sitting
round a table outside having breakfast together. A large,
marmalade cat was stretched out on its own chair in the sun.
The smell of freshly brewed coffee wafted over to me and I
remember wishing I worked there too. It was all so civilized
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INDIA
Romantic India :
the way of the Maharaja and Maharini
Denise
Hummel visits a wonderful series of lavish hotels, for a romantic, anniversary
vacation, exploring Delhi, Agra and a selection of the cities of Rajasthan, being
pampered
all
the
way.
We’re posting her travels as a four part series. This week, you can
read about
Delhi and
The Imperial,
Agra and
the
Oberoi
Amarvilas. Over the next few weeks we’ll post further stages
of her itinerary. Look out for Jaipur and the Oberoi Rajvilas, Jodhpur and
the Umaid Bhawan Palace
and Udaipur and the Taj Lake Palace, until you have the entire itinerary at
your disposal. If you're headed to India shortly and are desperate for the
full itinerary, contact us at
ideas@justtheplanet.com and
we'll e-mail you the short version of the trip for your own follow up. If not,
enjoy the anticipation
as the mysteries of Rajasthan unfold.
Introduction: Romantic India ...
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Part 1 Delhi & the Imperial
Part 2 Agra & the Oberoi Amarvilas
Part 3 Jaipur & the Oberoi Rajvilas
Part 4 Jodhpur & the Umaid Bhawan Palace
Part 5 Udaipur & the Taj Lake Palace
LONDON
My London: an insider's guide
For me, flying into London rekindles the awe I felt
as a child, when I watched Peter Pan take off from the
nursery ledge and into the sky, trailing a magic carpet
of stars around Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament.
It’s that sense of wonderment, that below you exists
a city of such immensity and diversity, that you can
only ever hope to capture it whole for a few minutes
as you wing your way over it. Once on the ground, it
would take more than a lifetime to know it completely.
If Paris is ‘The City of Light’ and Rome, ‘The
Eternal City’, then
London for me is ‘Neverland’.
A living, breathing paradox, it is at once ancient and
contemporary, frenetic and calm, majestic and self-effacing,
proper and downright ‘dodgy’. This must be
partly why it is one of the world’s favourite capitals.
London offers just about everything ...
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