Try, try and you will succeed. A lesson re-learnt from two little boys

Delighted with his find

Many, years ago I read a story of Robert Bruce of Scotland and the spider.From what I recall, the Earl had been fighting the English for a very long time and at one point, he was at his wits end-would he ever manage to defeat his enemies?

Then one day in Rachrin, off the Irish coast while he sat terribly troubled in a small cottage where he was in hiding, he witnessed something that was to give him a new lease of life and victory. It was just something as small and inconsequential as a spider trying to spin a web and move from one beam to the next.He watched the spider try six times and fail in each of those attempts.He told himself, were the spider to succeed then he too would be able to fight the English, yet again, and win this time.( for he too had tried and failed six times already.) 

And miraculously, the seventh time the spider was lucky! 

His web held and he was able to

Try, Try and Try again

And they really did- Succeed!

get across to the next beam.And that was all that Robert Bruce needed.Never looking back from the next day on wards, he went on to become King Robert Bruce of Scotland.

Something similar was witnessed by me some time back afternoon and I think the photographs will really tell you  the story.

After finding this piece of thermacol, this  little boy and his friend, tried, tried and then some more, before they were able to ride these waves and how!

A lesson that I re-learnt, nothing ever really comes easy, ask those who have failed and then succeeded...

La Brasserie- a great new place in town

I firmly believe that a great view is one of the pre-requisites for a superb dining experience.

And when that is coupled with some authentic French cuisine, then that makes for a complete evening...

Which was exactly what we found when we tried out the 'La Brasserie' resataurant at the Mutrah Corniche recently.From the soup, to the superbly aromatic grilled fish, one really couldn't have asked for more.

The cool interiors

The view from the top



The French onion soup- to die for

 So for all you foodies out there, you can either take my word for it, or in this case, you might want to personally check it out, for many a time, "eating is truly believing"

More adventures of Arabia-Wadi Bani Auf

In February we went to Wadi Bani Auf and then owards to check out a bee- keeping farm over there.

It was great fun, all the more because it was a really rough ride.

The bees and their honey

Followed by a long trek upwards to the farm itself.

Now that was one of the most unique things I've ever seen, since the bees and their honey were sealed into logs of wood. There was just enough place for the bees to get in and out and most probably that was the secret of some of the best honey I've ever tasted!

As someone rightly said, "There is usually a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow."

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Heading there

Dwarfed by nature

Lush green!