{"id":7487,"date":"2025-02-18T15:51:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T15:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7487"},"modified":"2025-02-18T15:51:02","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T15:51:02","slug":"shimla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7487","title":{"rendered":"Shimla!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well the reunion of the Churches has happened. Today we left Delhi had had nearly eight hours on two different trains including the world famous \u201ctoy train\u201d up to Shimla. The journey was breathtaking as we climbed and climbed. In awe of the engineering of over 100 years ago. Some pictures below more tomorrow- the first two is the view from our hotel window. Body tired after the journey on the \u201ctoy train\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_7511-scaled.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7488\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=7488\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_7511-scaled.jpeg?fit=2560%2C1920&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone SE (2nd 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Today we left Delhi had had nearly eight hours on two different trains including the world famous \u201ctoy train\u201d up to Shimla. The journey was breathtaking as we climbed and climbed. 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