Monday, April 17, 2006

London Trip and Hotel Saravana Bhavan

Finally I managed to go to London with a few close friends and visit Lords, the birthplace of cricket. It was a wonderful tour around the club (it is not a public stadium but a private club). Founded by Thomas Lord and made popular by W G Grace, the cricket is almost a religion in India. Our tour party inside MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club) was mostly of Indians and it was happy to be among fellow lovers of Indian Cricket. Sadly all of the cricket information in the museum relates to English and Australian cricket and there was little mention of other cricket playing nations which I can't complain since it is supposed to be the birthplace of English cricket too. As an interesting side note, I came to know that MCC chalked out the rules of lawn tennis also.

After this trip, I had a hearty meal in Hotel Saravana Bhavan, a south indian hotel food after a long long time. We enjoyed the trip very much and naturally tired also. The train trip from Bristol to London was also enjoyable.

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