Leaving paris The blue train… restaurant at the station gare de lyons

I meet ulrike at the gate of gare de lyon…and inside is this amazing restaurant… it looks like a palace, with high c painted walls and ceilings, and all the trappings of royalty. Stern waiters in black and white gloves,,,, but the place is sooo beautiful… worth a visit…

have a glass of wine, and i think, so nice to be meeting up with friends at the point of leaving… it has a different quality to it…..  and ulrike has picked me up in berlin, dropped me in berlin, we have met now in nasik at kumbh, in mumbai, in pune, in the farmhouse at  karjat, in panna, in jaanwaar, played with baby elephants. we have biked to prems iin madhya pradesh, and then in kolkata, kharagpur, guhati, shillong and kohima…. amazing … alwys amazing me,, this ulrike!!!