Today we met up with Ferris (who arrived last night) and visited the National Museum of Art and the Crafts Museum in Delhi. We particularly enjoyed the extraordinary Indian textile collection at the Crafts Museum. Craftspeople from all over India had been invited to sell their wares in an outdoor courtyard and we dedicated shoppers helped them out. Caught a 5 pm flight to Jaipur and arrived around 8:30. Then drove one and a half hours to the Samode Palace Hotel which is the spectacular renovated home of a former Maharajah of Samode. We walked up a steep incline and approached the walled palace in darkness. We were told to close our eyes and turn to face the palace and after a countdown to open our eyes. When we opened them we saw the palace edged in lights. After dinner in an outdoor courtyard we were taken on a tour of the palace and finally arrived at our rooms at midnight.
