Tour of India, part 1

Ms S was here for almost two weeks, and just left for home two days ago. I met her in New Delhi and we traveled through Agra, Jaipur, Udaipur, Mumbai, and Cochin before settling in Chennai. for a few days. I'll try to give you a decent summary without too much boring detail. Including links to photo albums by city, which may be boring.

Weekends in Chennai

Last weekend was a three day weekend for us, as Diwali was on Friday and a holiday at work. While the locals enjoyed their firecrackers and meals with family, Mr R and I spent a quiet day at home reading, cooking, and sleeping. We are learning to cook with dried, rather than canned, beans and have decided it’s time to make our own salsa. Spaghetti sauce is next. Then I’m thinking about making baked beans (remember, no meaningful or affordable source of canned/packaged foods here) but have no idea what the ingredients will be and if I can find them. I think I can get molasses reasonably.

Power and Mom's Visit

It’s been some weeks since I posted to this blog. I think that indicates that life is settling in to a new normal and I feel like I have fewer new crazy things to tell you about.

Right now I am typing on my laptop in the dark. The power is out but we’re delaying turning the generator on. A cyclone is sweeping in from the ocean north of here and it brought some rain to Chennai. When it rains there is a good chance the power will go out. Likewise when it’s windy, or there is a strike, or it’s sunny, or cloudy.. you get the picture. Really, though, chances are good when it rains that we’re dark.