Why this blog is called "Gallimaufry".

gal-uh-MAW-free\, noun.

Originally meaning "a hash of various kinds of meats," "gallimaufry" comes from French galimafrée; in Old French, from the word galer, "to rejoice, to make merry"; in old English: gala + mafrer: "to eat much," and from Medieval Dutch maffelen: "to open one's mouth wide."

It's also a dish made by hashing up odds and ends of food; a heterogeneous mixture; a hodge-podge; a ragout; a confused jumble; a ridiculous medley; a promiscuous (!) assemblage of persons.

Those of you who know me, will, I’m sure, understand how well some of these phrases (barring the "promiscuous" bit!) fit me.

More importantly, this blog is an ode to my love for Shimla. I hope to show you this little town through my eyes. If you don't see too many people in it, forgive me, because I'm a little chary of turning this into a human zoo.

Stop by for a spell, look at my pictures, ask me questions about Shimla, if you wish. I shall try and answer them as best as I can. Let's be friends for a while....

Showing posts with label Shimla's road signs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shimla's road signs. Show all posts

24 February 2009

Road signs.

Road signs. What is not to love about them? Especially if you're an avid walker living in a walker-friendly town?
The white road sign below the blue one is a recent addition. Added by Himachal Tourism, I am fairly certain it's got the distances to Glen & Chadwick Falls grossly wrong!



The typical green-and-white signs. You see these all over town. The new ones have "No Smoking Zone" painted on them:








This sign leans drunkenly.



One of the older ones. They usedn't to be politically correct back then. So the signs were only in English. This one's a favourite:

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