If you happen to encounter an RCM-er greeting you with her right hand raised gracefully to the forehead, accompanied by a gentle bow of the head, don’t be startled. It is most likely one of the Lucknow travellers offering you an “Aadab” — that quintessential Lakhnawi greeting, celebrated for its elegance, courtesy, and timeless refinement. A Rotary trip to Lucknow with acclaimed historian, writer, and heritage activist V Sriram and his wife Rtn Sarada Sriram as tour guides was, by itself, an irresistible proposition. Adding to the rising excitement, on the very eve of the journey, Lucknow was officially declared by UNESCO as a Creative City of Gastronomy — a global nod to the city’s centuries-old Awadhi culinary legacy.