Pregnant Elephant
The next day, we headed up to City Palace, entering through the large “Elephant Gate” at the top of the road where Jagdish temple is located. The palace building is beautiful, with turrets and ornate decorations on the outside.
Inside the palace, the walls are covered in mosaics and painted murals - some in very good condition, some which have been left to deteriorate and some which have been “restored” in a way that has left them as quite pathetic shadows of what the original must have been.
In the first courtyard we entered, there was an open terrace to the side which contained several dozen stone sculptures from temples and forts around the area. Some dated back to 800AD and progressed through to about 100 years old. For things so ancient and precious, it was amazing to see them housed in a room open to the elements and to people - some had initials carved into them by ignorant tourists!
We spend a couple of hours wandering through the palace and then killed some time in the afternoon on the internet. I ended up being left in charge of the book store where I was using the PC when Kishore, the owner, needed to go for lunch. I sold 4 postcards which was a pretty good first attempt! 
We caught the 5pm boat cruise around the lake and to Jagmandhir Island and then headed to the outdoor lakeside restaurant for a quiet G&T.
An apparently famous bollywood star was doing a photoshoot near there and had an elephant on standby for a prop (as you do….).
The elephant was gorgeous and enormous and had chalk paintings decorating her forehead. She was pregnant and we could see the baby moving round in her bulging tummy! Quite incredible.
We sat and enjoyed the sunset with a sitar and tabla player were playing beautiful Indian music in the background…
G’day Nadine i hope you get this as im still a bit of a dope on the computer.Good to hear its not all work for a YoungLady.I hope you are finding your peace of mind.Tim oxox