A friend of mine in the US was feeling home sick and also wanted to show some pics of her neighbourhood to friends so i took these snaps and sent them to her, thought it would be a good idea to create a collage (thanks to Picasa) and share it here. The pics of particular interest are the ones of Metropole Hotel (top right corner ). They were taken about a year back when i had come to know that the hotel had been sold and i noticed part of the building had its windows removed and the entrance broken. The coffee shop at the hotel used to make the best Fish n Pastry and will be missed at our family get togethers.