Catching up with Life

So I promised to write more about Hampi, but I had to tell about this as it just happened. I'll get back to Hampi, with photos in my next post.

Thursday night (actually Friday morning) Ari and Conner arrived. It has been a very busy couple of days. So far (by Sunday) they've spent the first day going around town, seeing Brigade Road and MG road. Then Saturday we took them to the City Market area of Bangalore for some sensory overload. This is a very dense shopping district with many small streets, sections of it are focused on different product areas. For example, there is a several block section devoted to electronics, another to hardware--adjacent to the electronics, another section devoted to saris and women's wear. Ari picked up very nice top there which she wore to a party that night at some friends house in south Bangalore. (Family can see it here) The market was pretty much sensory overload for those not used to Bangalore yet, we only managed a couple of hours there. I have to say it was intense even for me, and even though it wasn't truely crowded, like it gets during the week.

Between going to the market, and going to the party, Conner went out front and was playing ball with some of the local kids, the older ones are part of the construction team next door--they are 16 years old. Manju was playing along too. You can also see Manju talking with Cindy about the directions to the party on Flickr. The younger kids live around the neighborhood, I'm not sure if they are laborer's children or just local kids, but they gleefully joined the group.

Today, we had brunch with the DeVilles at the Taj West End, and tonight everyone except me is getting ready to take off on a road trip for 3 days into Kerala. Non-stop I would say...

Back to Hampi next time