A Morris Minor, heritage buildings, and a wedding: Woodlands Hotel, 190314

As we entered the Woodlands Hotel just off Richmond Circle, to attend a wedding, our attention was riveted by this little gem, parked in the campus: DSC00411 The MORRIS MINOR is a beautiful little car! DSC00408 DSC00409 DSC00410 DSC00413 As if to keep perfect company with the car, these old buildings of the Woodlands Hotel looked so lovely: DSC00412 DSC00414 We attended the wedding, too…the youngest daughter of one of the old families of Bangalore and Nanjangud: DSC00416 All in all, it was a day when history and heritage seemed to thrive in modernity!

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