The Taj Mahal!!!

We are in Agra and woke up early this morning to see the sunrise over the Taj Mahal. Its hard to describe the way the white marble glows in the sunlight. Its a marble from this part of India that has a translucency and the whole structure just lights up from within when light is directed at it. We also visited a huge fort in Agra where the ruler who built the Taj Mahal was imprisoned late in life (by his own son!). He built the Taj Mahal for his wife who had died during the birth of their 14th child (14 children in 19 years)... her tomb is there and now so is his. He wanted to build an identical mosoleum on the opposite side of the river bank in black marble, and have a bridge built between the two, one for her, one for him. But his son wanted to seize power and as the black Taj Mahal was just beginning to be built, he imprisoned his father, took over the rule of the land, and of course never finished the black marble Taj. The Taj Mahal was built in 22 years - which seems pretty fast for its size and stature.
We have this evening free, so we've decided to go back and see the Taj one more time. The sun sets at about 5;30 here and its 4:00 now. our driver is on his way to the hotel to take us there, so i'd better go.
Hope everyone has a very happy Thanksgiving if I don't have another chance to post before Thursday!!
Love, Meagan