Eden Project

The weather promised a rainy day, so we had planned a mostly indoor day with a visit to Eden project. After some windy roads amidst a torrential downpour, we arrived at Eden project right as the rain was winding down.

The 2 major domes were a rain forest biome, and a mediterranean/temperate biome. We started with the rain forest, and were nearly boiled alive by the heat and humidity in there. We enjoyed spotting quite a variety of familiar plants from India (including Betel Leaf). But the crowds and the heat combined with our collective tiredness limited our enjoyment.

After a break for Lunch, we walked through the mediterranean biome, enjoying the sights there. Tejas enjoyed the area with scented plants and Aarav had a great time in general.

The crowds and being all spread out in a large space meant that I did not get as many pictures of the family as usual. But I had a lot of fun playing with the macro lens and getting some amazing and beautiful pictures of all the flowers that Eden project had. I was particularly impressed by their outdoor collection of Dahlias. The sheer variety of colors, shapes and patterns was amazing, and I ended up with a ton of print worthy colorful pictures.

After another break, this time for ice-cream, we visited a couple of play-areas, while searching for a butterfly exhibit that Suba remembered from their visit a couple of years ago. After searching quite a bit, we asked some staff and discovered that the butterfly exhibit was a one-time deal. :( . They had a Gorilla display instead, we were told, but the kids quickly spotted that out as just a man in a Gorilla suit.

Tired, we planned to stop at an Indian restaurant for some take-away food, since Jayu Paati had opted to stay home that day. With the promise of Sambar Vada, we headed to Sunny Spice in the nearby town of Fowey.

Fowey turned out to be narrow, steep, single one-way lane winding through it kind of town, and gave Mahesh quite the challenge in navigating our big van through its streets. In a few spots, we had to fold the mirrors back to avoid scraping the buildings on the sides of the street. We dropped Purni and Suba off at the restaurant and continued the drive searching for a parking spot. After we found a spot, I enjoyed a walk back to the restaurant, quickly taking in the sights of fowey, and stopping at a delicious smelling fudge shop for some sweet treats for my co-workers.

Food in hand, we walked back to the car, and drove back to the house for our last night in Cornwall.