The queen of mountains - Mussorie

Yep, this wasn't my first trip.. Mussorie has been a destination for summers since childhood, but this time it was with a new friend called husband.. While descending from Lansdowne, we decided to explore Uttarakhand more and hence drove to the old crowded favourite. The drive uphill is easy and hence going to mussorie is safe and quick as compared to what it used to be few years back. We decided to stay in Padmini Palace hotel in there. This is a well constructed, old victorian style hotel and has a room which is constructed on top of the valley with 3 way view from the room. The hotel has pleasing ambience and good service, the location is accessible to all the key visiting points. Some of the points i noticed about the city were, that it was too crowded and commercialised as compared to what it used to be. Positive side is that it is a place where you can spend more time as life is comfortable and you have many options to explore and spend time. Like some of the places to try good food apart from the usual street side food :P, The meeting Point - this is a very small and old roadside Tibetian eating joint. The meeting point is very tastefully decorated with wall writing, graffitti and offers limited but tasty range of tibetian food. Do try the honey- ginger tea if you happen to visit the same. A bit farther on mall is lovely omlette shop, i dont eat eggs, but my husband found it impressive. It is more about the way the small shop has evolved to be hot favourite of so many people; what really touched me was the humiltiy of the owner and his motto to make the best and purest; just like me, he dsnt eat eggs; so he really does not what what the world drools over tastes like. :)

Apart from this, mussorie has many walking trails like, camel back, kempty falls, usual walk on the mall and various restaurants including the Nirulas', Dominos and CCDs of the world. What you can not miss is the corn cob, the roadside pakodas and momos when you need a quick bite. All in all, a comfortable hill station with more than enough to do and many options for foodies. Dont look for simplicity in people and keep your eyes and ears open..