Today was a good day in India. I started with a 9:00 AM wakeup call. As you might imagine, I was sound asleep and needed the call to wake up. There was a great breakfast buffet in the hotel restaurant. They had all the big American, British, and Indian favorites. Looks like the Indians are like the Chinese in that they don't have a different type of breakfast food- they just eat for breakfast what they eat for dinner. No way could I ever eat all those onions, curry, and spices for breakfast! During breakfast I ran in to two men I met in the lobby during check-in last night. (They were on the same flights as me and sat in the business lounge at Franfurt but we didn't meet until we hit the hotel)
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Flight to India
Here is a note I sent from Frankfurt while I was waiting for my flight to India:
It,s 6 AM for me here in Frankfurt and I think it,s midnight for you. I am in the lounge in the airport using a very strange keyboard. The z is where the y should be and I had to hit three keys and stand on one foot to find the at key.The flight was good. They kept trying to feed me and give me booze. Alas, no chocolate. Plus in this business class I had to use the toilets the economy class used. First class had their own they wouldn,t share.The Frankfurt airport is huge. Their was a big bowl for collecting cash for charity and it was full of bills from all around the world. One bill was for 100,000 somethings. I have 4.5 hours before my next flight leaves. Might as well go get some more free food. Perhaps I can find some chocolate.
And from my arrival in India:
Here I am in India! The flight was good- slept a bit, watched some movies. I never read as much as I think I will on the plane. I mostly just veg. If I never eat again it will be too soon. A driver was waiting for me at the airport and the hotel was very close. They make praying hands under their chin and bow their head to you here. Very sweet!
It's 1:00 AM and it was busy at the airport and all the way to the gotel. Not sure when these poeple sleep.
Weather is like Florida. Palm trees, warm, muggy.
It,s 6 AM for me here in Frankfurt and I think it,s midnight for you. I am in the lounge in the airport using a very strange keyboard. The z is where the y should be and I had to hit three keys and stand on one foot to find the at key.The flight was good. They kept trying to feed me and give me booze. Alas, no chocolate. Plus in this business class I had to use the toilets the economy class used. First class had their own they wouldn,t share.The Frankfurt airport is huge. Their was a big bowl for collecting cash for charity and it was full of bills from all around the world. One bill was for 100,000 somethings. I have 4.5 hours before my next flight leaves. Might as well go get some more free food. Perhaps I can find some chocolate.
And from my arrival in India:
Here I am in India! The flight was good- slept a bit, watched some movies. I never read as much as I think I will on the plane. I mostly just veg. If I never eat again it will be too soon. A driver was waiting for me at the airport and the hotel was very close. They make praying hands under their chin and bow their head to you here. Very sweet!
It's 1:00 AM and it was busy at the airport and all the way to the gotel. Not sure when these poeple sleep.
Weather is like Florida. Palm trees, warm, muggy.
Sunday, July 8, 2007
Critter Update
The raccoons have been messing around in my garden. This year they decided to tear up the plastic sheeting that I use as mulch. They tore it out of the ground (we bury the edges), tore it up around the holes the plants are growing out of, and chewed some chucks right out. They left their muddy little paw prints out there so they can't pretend it was the deer or rabbits who made the mess.
Another, more welcome, guest has evidently taken up residence in the grape arbor:
The wren is also busy feeding her second batch of chicks. But their house has a tiny little hole and I can't see in there or take a photo. And if I tried to get that close she'd probably dive-bomb me. She already yells at me just for walking by.
Another, more welcome, guest has evidently taken up residence in the grape arbor:
The wren is also busy feeding her second batch of chicks. But their house has a tiny little hole and I can't see in there or take a photo. And if I tried to get that close she'd probably dive-bomb me. She already yells at me just for walking by.
This is Unprecedented
You are not going to believe this. So I took a photo to prove to you that THERE ARE NO OPEN BOXES OF CEREAL IN MY CUPBOARD!
Note there is plenty of cereal on the unopened cereal shelf (top shelf). But the opened cereal shelf is EMPTY! Not even an open box of crackers.
After I took the photo I started thinking about it and checked and, sure enough, THERE IS ONLY ONE OPEN MUSTARD in the fridge:
This is a once in a lifetime occurrence at our house, I'm pretty sure. Good thing I can blog this for posterity. Otherwise no one will ever believe this story when I tell it in 10 years. And believe me, you are going to hear this story for at least the next 10 years.
Note there is plenty of cereal on the unopened cereal shelf (top shelf). But the opened cereal shelf is EMPTY! Not even an open box of crackers.
After I took the photo I started thinking about it and checked and, sure enough, THERE IS ONLY ONE OPEN MUSTARD in the fridge:
This is a once in a lifetime occurrence at our house, I'm pretty sure. Good thing I can blog this for posterity. Otherwise no one will ever believe this story when I tell it in 10 years. And believe me, you are going to hear this story for at least the next 10 years.
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