'Wind him up again, my dear Mortimer'

Final Days. As you can see by the date Mike and I are already back in the states. We had an uneventful trip home (thankfully!) Monday, the 21st. We caught our flight out of Bangalore at 2:40am Monday morning and got back to Kansas around 4pm Monday. Lest you think that's a might short trip, remember Bangalore is 11 1/2 hours ahead of Kansas.

Tomorrow will be a week home already, but it does take awhile to adjust back to CST. Just when I think I'm good to go, a wave of fatigue sweeps over me. I know it comes from 2 months of doing absolutely NOTHING. sigh...it was fun. sniff...my tan is fading rapidly too. (I knew it would...can't keep a tan worth a hoot)

Mike was back in the throes of work on Tuesday. poor boy. back to the grindstone Boffin. I'm back to work tomorrow.



Unfortunately I'm not the type of person to "journal", and neither is Mike, so while we did start out with great enthusiasm, it did wane a bit at the end. As all of you faithful readers can attest. sorry about that.

Mike and I both agree that our time in India was wonderful. We were treated kindly by everyone, we found a great church, the weather was perfect, we had many little adventures and we got to experience another culture for 2 months. We feel very privileged to have had this opportunity.

Let me just put in a quick plug for 2 stores in Bangalore. **future reference for those of you going over**

One is on commercial street, its called Handicraft Museum. The store is kind of on the small side, but it has enough variety to make it worth the trip. The plus for this store is the owner stays out of your face while you shop, and EVERYTHING has the price on it. What a relief to find a craft store with the stuff marked. Its terribly annoying (at least to THIS American)to shop and then finally find something you like only to find that its not marked. "how much is this..?" "ummm...." Let's not play the guessing game shall we.

The second shop is off Brigade Road. When you turn onto Brigade from MG road its the first right, church street I think. Just a very small shop on the right hand side called Ali and Sons. Most of the stuff in there is marked, very reasonable and about the best looking quality wise that I've seen. The owner is super nice, fun to talk with and willing to work with your budget if need be. I thought his stuff was very reasonable and I wish I had found his place a lot sooner than I did.

Well folks that's it for me. Hope you enjoyed reading about our trip to India. We were asked if we would ever go back..and for that answer we turn to our favorite waiter for his standard reply..."definitely!"

Mary

Happy Easter

'Threepenn'orth Rum.'