Saturday 4 February 2012

Sabbatical - Day 20 Saturday

This morning spent working on the sermon for tomorrow, Sunday.

Then, after an adventurous time trying to change travellers cheques on a Saturday, a very helpful branch of Thomas Cook just happened (!) to be near a restaurant called 'Little Italy'. It would have been a shame not to research Italian restaurants Indian style!!

Photos below are of yesterday's visit to St Thomas Mount. The statue is of Pope John Paul II who visited in the mid 80s.

The view from the top of St Thomas' Mount, over Chennai.

Then a visit to St Thomas' Basilica, and onto St Mary's Fort George, the first Anglican church East of Suez (below), built if I recall for employees of the East India Company (there were chaplains on board their ships for the sailors).

As ever, wonderful hosts in their generosity of time, both in organising and acting as guides for much of the time.

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