Taj Mahal and Agra Fort

Yesterday, we went to one of the wonders of the world: the beautiful Taj Mahal. It is said to be a "teardrop on the cheek of time" because the tale it tells, of the king who loved his (second) wife so much that when she died he wanted a monument built as her tomb. The wife died giving birth to her 14th child, even though the doctors had warned her that her body was too frail to go through with more pregnancies. The king, missing his wife so dearly after she passed, was at the building and placement of every piece of marble leading up to the completion, which is a huge commitment from a king who had duties elsewhere. He indebted his family and eventually one of his sons beheaded two of his brothers and locked his father up in the Agra Fort with a view of the Taj Mahal and proceeded to rule the kingdom.

                                                 


                                            Inside the "jail" cell, Agra Fort:

Today we had a free day, so we shopped around and got our suitcases ready because our flight leaves tonight!! So now, off to Frankfurt for a couple hours and then to London for our research of the Tube!