I made it!

Well, it's Thursday at about 12:00PM, and I'm about ready to go downstairs to have lunch with my sister's landlady. Apparently, she is the best cook in the country. (According to my sister.) :-) Anyway - I've really been enjoying the food so far.

The trip was a little hectic at the beginning. I arrived very, very late on Saturday in the capital city and my sister met me at the airport. It was so awesome to see her face in the crowd outside the baggage area. Then we went to a hotel to spend the night. The hotel was very clean, but out room had five doors. Yes, five. We didn't even discover two of them until the next morning. It was a tad creepy, but everything turnout okay. :-)

We walked to a local market for breakfast and then headed back to the airport to fly to my sister's city. We took a taxi from the airport into town, and I pretty much collapsed at the flat. We unpacked and I tried to hide the unwrapped presents from my sister and bro-in-law. That was a blast!

The next morning was Christmas. We woke up and had an awesome breakfast! (My sister made blueberry scones.) Then we unwrapped presents and relaxed for a tiny bit. The rest of the day was filled with visitors. In India, people come to visit you on your holiday and you have food and conversation ready. I spent most of the day not understanding a word that anyone said. It was a little tiring, but fascinating at the same time. The next day we spent at a Christmas party with some friends of my sister and bro-in-law. They were lovely people, and we all had a lot of fun talking, laughing and eating really good holiday food.

Yesterday was our "Day of Sloth." My sister and I declared that nothing would get accomplished and we would just lay around. It didn't quite work out like that, but almost. :-) It was a good day.

I've got to run -- Auntie-ji and really good food await!