Cubbon Park

Bangalore is known as “The Garden City” for its many parks and gardens. This afternoon we whiled away our time in Cubbon Park, one of Bangalore’s largest. It is shaded by many old trees. I found their strange shapes very interesting, and the girls were happy to climb a tree that had particularly bent limbs.

We stopped and read our books for a bit. We had to find a place off the main path as we didn’t feel like being objects of interest. We find we get a lot of stares. I think staring here is much more acceptable than at home. Sometimes we catch someone staring us, but they don’t look away, they often continue to check us out, unabashed.

The sun crept into our shaded benches and chased us away to explore other parts of the park. We found some boulders to climb, and some other shaded pathways before we found another comfortable spot to sit. It was a quiet afternoon spent with nature that has made us feel content.

CM