Hello friends! Megan has been doing ALL the rowing on this blog and now that she is in England for work, I thought it would be a good time for me to put in some work on the oars. So, it has been a month and a half into our little adventure and I’ve been …
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Delhi trip – Days 2 and 3
Days 2 & 3 of Delhi – plus our train ride to Agra Wow – these were packed days as well! To summarize first, Day 2 included special treats for the girls from our hostess and a priest because it was “Girl Day,” going on a fabulous walking tour, which included a Hindu and Sikh …
Day 1: Our Delhi-Agra-Jaipur Trip
Day 1 of Delhi, Agra, Jaipur tour! Today (Saturday, October 5) was Day 1 of our 6-day trip to the Golden Triangle. This is our first time being tourists :-). It was a long, but wonderful day! It started at 4am, as we had to get our 4:30 ride to the Pune airport. It’s now …
Lonawala – The Hill Station
We went outside Pune on Saturday (actually last Saturday, but we’ll just pretend we’re not this late with this post(!)) with Nachiket and Shilipa, to the Hill Station of Lonawala. We had a fabulous day, with some predicted and unexpected sites and experiences. The first experience was getting to, and waiting at, the train station. …
Literary Fest at Pawar School
Sept 23, 2019 Last week – though finishing Monday (today) – was the Literary Fest at Pawar School. It’s a week of all kinds of literary-related events. You might think we have something similar in the US, but not really. First of all, it’s done in THREE languages. Second, it involves many performances (rather than, …
Ganapati Festival – part 2
As the Ganapati Festival was 10 days, there’s more to report! In this post, I highlight our trip out to our landlord’s farmhouse and the last day of the Ganapati Festival, which was also a school holiday. On day 4 of the Ganapati Festival (Friday), we were invited out to our landlord’s farmhouse. Ajinkya and …
Pawar School!
This post is about the girls’ school, Nanded City Pawar Public School! It’s quite a bit of text – as we don’t have many pictures – but thought we’d share. For this post, I brainstormed with Cadi and Alex some of the things they thought people would be interested in hearing about their school. Here’s …
Our Apartment!
We haven’t quite gotten to the school post yet, but we will! In the meantime, we thought we’d share a bit about the apartment. We had our first home cooked meal in our apartment tonight! Yay! We’re finally set up for living! The only thing missing is my desk now, but that should come Monday. …
Ganapati Festival
Today’s the girls first day of school! We will post later about that, but had to get up something about the amazing Ganapati Festival from yesterday. Ganapati (Ganesha) is the remover of obstacles as well as a god of wisdom/ knowledge. He’s around at the beginning of things (e.g., marriages) to help out. He’s also …
We made it! First Days!
Hello Friends and Family! We’ve been in Pune 2 days. It feels like 2 weeks! We arrived 7am on Wednesday morning, after a 3 hr ride from the Mumbai airport. Nanded City – the part of Pune where we’re staying – is a big residential “city” on the outskirts of Pune. It has 60,000 people …
Joshi-Staples Family India Adventure! 