Christmas Day - Bangalore

Crazy to wake up here Christmas day and it be so different. Christmas eve as well - went to dinner with Mahesh and Sushma - that was fun - spicy Indian food - but I keep asking for it less spicy! Susie keeps telling me it is good for me! It made me miss Sebastopol to hear of the Illingworth/Buchignani christmas eve and my Ottawa christmas eve - everyone here is wishing us Happy (not Merry) Christmas and the restaurant manager beside our hotel is desparate to make us a christmas dinner - but was so sad to hear we only eat one meal a day and so the lunch he had just served us was it - he had all this splendid food planned! But he gave us both a rose as a christmas gift before we left.

Happy Christmas Marco and Coco and Jacquie - I miss you very very much and hope you have a wonderful day - I will call you later today - your Christmas morning, at Nona and Nono's.
Sorry there is no snow Coco!

Yesterday was so much traffic - you wait and wait and talk to the people beside you in their motorcycles or rickshaws - that is a lot of traffic!

Susie and I were joking as we got in the Rickshaw and I winked at her - only the rickshaw driver thought I winked at him...the rest of the ride was most incomfortable as he moved his rear view mirror to wink at me the rest of the trip and turn around and down right stare at me - I made my shawl like a burka so you would only see my eyes...to no avail - I had picked up another India boyfriend! In my haste to disembark I ripped my pants so my underwear showed...as good as a double wink - Susie had to protect me with her backpack and scoot me into the hotel - ahhh...crazy life in B'lore as they say!

Tomorrow to Mangalore - we were a little overwhelmed with our stuff and took a trip to DHL where I forwarded stuff to the Syieks to hold for me and Susie did the same to her neighbor - now we can carry our luggage again! I will buy no more!