Mysore (Karnataka), India - December 21st, 2006

Today's tour was from 8:30am till after 9:00pm, avery long but entertaining and worthwhile spent day.
We first visited the Jagan Mahan Palace and art gallery with a collection of paintings, musical instruments, Japanese art painting. Then visited the zoo, elephants, bears, rhinos, Bangal tigers, etc. Later we went to the Chamundi Hill to visit the temple with a 40 meter high gateway tower.
After lunch, visited the Maharaja's Palace, a fantastic Indo-Saracenic palace. An earlier palace burnt down in 1897, and the present one, designed by English architect Henry Irwin, was completed in 1912 at a cost of 4.2 milion rupies. The interior is a kaleidoscope of stain gladd, mirrors and colors mainly green turquoise.
St. Philomena's cathedral, neo-gothic, is one of the largest in India. St.Philomena was a martyr and her image was laying in a glass case in the catacumbs below the church. We saw also the Tipu Sultan Palace ruings and the Ranganatha Swamy temple. Last, the Brindavan Gardens with many fountains and illuminated fountain show accompanied of film tunes. There is a huge dam next to it formed by 3 adjoining rivers.
I met Corinna, German girl, in this tour, so we spent the day together visiting all those places.