Mosque in Delhi
Old Delhi
Baby Taj in Agra
Somehow either Blogger or my ancient lap top has decided this is enough for now. I can't upload the other collages I have made. Will try again later.
Tuesday, 3 January 2012
Happy New Year!!!
Wishing you all a happy, healthy, fun filled and blessed New Year. May all your wishes come true!!!!!
One of my wishes is that 2012 will be less eventful than 2011 was for us. We have been on an emotional roller coaster that slowed down, but has not come to a complete stop so we will keep our seat belts on for a little while longer.
We have had a wonderful but very hectic holiday so far. It started with our trip to Delhi, Agra and Jaipur. We had 4 days visiting beautiful sites and seeing wonderful buildings. Unfortunately I got hit by a bug/food poisoning on the first day and I can tell you the public toilets were not the most pretty sites to visit... Thanks to my stash of Immodium, a handbag filled with toilet paper and no food for the rest of the holiday, I made it.
We arrived back in Bangalore in the middle of the night, had a long sleep and lazy day and left that night for The Netherlands. Needless to say we were all quite tired, but since Christmas was just 2 days away we had to do the shopping and decorating straight away.
We went to midnight mass on the 24th, had dinner at Adriaan's mother's on the 25th and had my family over for dinner at our place on the 26th. My parents stayed for a few days, so my mother and I went shopping.
When my parents left my brother arrived. Adriaan, my brother and the boys went indoor ski-ing in our town (I had a hot chocolate while looking at them coming down the slopes).
The last days before the New Year I caught up with friends, having a healthy dose of fun and laughter and some much needed time to talk.
Our two weeks here have almost come to an end. We will meet up with a few more people, but there are so many more we won't be able to see unfortunately.
I will post some photos of our trip tomorrow. I think we have about 400 photos and that is after going through all pictures we took and deleting quite a few. It was a trip to remember and it gave us an incentive to do a lot more travelling in India.
One of my wishes is that 2012 will be less eventful than 2011 was for us. We have been on an emotional roller coaster that slowed down, but has not come to a complete stop so we will keep our seat belts on for a little while longer.
We have had a wonderful but very hectic holiday so far. It started with our trip to Delhi, Agra and Jaipur. We had 4 days visiting beautiful sites and seeing wonderful buildings. Unfortunately I got hit by a bug/food poisoning on the first day and I can tell you the public toilets were not the most pretty sites to visit... Thanks to my stash of Immodium, a handbag filled with toilet paper and no food for the rest of the holiday, I made it.
We arrived back in Bangalore in the middle of the night, had a long sleep and lazy day and left that night for The Netherlands. Needless to say we were all quite tired, but since Christmas was just 2 days away we had to do the shopping and decorating straight away.
We went to midnight mass on the 24th, had dinner at Adriaan's mother's on the 25th and had my family over for dinner at our place on the 26th. My parents stayed for a few days, so my mother and I went shopping.
When my parents left my brother arrived. Adriaan, my brother and the boys went indoor ski-ing in our town (I had a hot chocolate while looking at them coming down the slopes).
The last days before the New Year I caught up with friends, having a healthy dose of fun and laughter and some much needed time to talk.
Our two weeks here have almost come to an end. We will meet up with a few more people, but there are so many more we won't be able to see unfortunately.
I will post some photos of our trip tomorrow. I think we have about 400 photos and that is after going through all pictures we took and deleting quite a few. It was a trip to remember and it gave us an incentive to do a lot more travelling in India.
Thursday, 15 December 2011
Packing my bags (and some more)
Today I will finally have time to pack for our holidays. The week has been very busy so far and today is the only day I have nothing scheduled.
Monday was filled with having coffee with two friends from Adarsh Vista at Leela Palace, then on to a French diner for a birthday lunch of a friend with a group of Dutch ladies, topping it off with coffee and real Dutch home made apple pie at the birthday girl's house.
Tuesday morning I went to the slum with Liset to learn the ropes of teaching English to the ladies at the ANU project. It was a particularly chaotic morning but we did manage to get the lessons in somehow. In the new year I will be filling in for Liset when she is not in town.
Yesterday I went to the hair dresser to get a cut and colour and have my eye brows done. I always go together with a friend and afterwards we check out the shops and have lunch.
Tomorrow I have to be in school at 9:00 o'clock for the Christmas concert. Simon will be playing with the school band (trompet) and his class will do a play.
I guess I better get started packing those bags and suitcases.... Looking forward to the holidays!
Monday was filled with having coffee with two friends from Adarsh Vista at Leela Palace, then on to a French diner for a birthday lunch of a friend with a group of Dutch ladies, topping it off with coffee and real Dutch home made apple pie at the birthday girl's house.
Tuesday morning I went to the slum with Liset to learn the ropes of teaching English to the ladies at the ANU project. It was a particularly chaotic morning but we did manage to get the lessons in somehow. In the new year I will be filling in for Liset when she is not in town.
Yesterday I went to the hair dresser to get a cut and colour and have my eye brows done. I always go together with a friend and afterwards we check out the shops and have lunch.
Tomorrow I have to be in school at 9:00 o'clock for the Christmas concert. Simon will be playing with the school band (trompet) and his class will do a play.
I guess I better get started packing those bags and suitcases.... Looking forward to the holidays!
Saturday, 10 December 2011
It is starting to feel like Christmas
Inside our house the Christmas tree is helping us to get into the Christmas mood and outside the Christmas rose is blooming.
The tree and all the decorations were given to us!!!! Thank you Liset!!!!! :-)
Friday, 9 December 2011
Getting ready for the holidays
The last weeks before the holidays always seem to be hectic. This year is no exception to that rule. First the preparations and celebrations of Sinterklaas. Then straight into preparations for Christmas. All sorts of end-of-year-celebrations, Christmas concerts and get together. In between I have to buy the souvenirs for our friends and family in NL, pack suitcases for NL and for our trip to Delhi-Agra-Jaipur, go to the slum with Liset to learn the ropes to take over her English classes when she is out of town, book our trip with my parents to Mysore and Kabini in January AND have coffee and/or lunches with friends.
Only one more week to go.
Have a nice weekend
Only one more week to go.
Have a nice weekend
Monday, 5 December 2011
Sinterklaas in Bangalore
Yesterday Adriaan was Sinterklaas and Joshua and Ruben were Zwarte Pieten for the Dutch Club Saint Nicolas party.
Friday, 2 December 2011
Sint-stress
Last minute preparations for our Sinterklaas party are starting to stress me out a bit. I have bought the presents, made a poem/rhyme but still need to make a 'surprise' (a gift/gift wrapping that is a joke). Not a lot of inspiration unfortunately, so I am hoping something brilliant will come to mind today.
I am going to a new mall this morning with a friendto have coffee and lunch to buy extra sminck/make up, black tights and beard-glue for Sinterklaas and the Zwarte Pieten. Adriaan will be Saint Nicolas coming Sunday at the Dutch Club Sinterklaas Party and Joshua, Ruben and another Dutch boy will be the black Peters. Here's hoping and praying we will find it all.
Kavitha and I made pepernoten yesterday (special little Sinterklaas cookies) and they turned our quite nice. Will have to bake a new batch tomorrow because they were all eaten in no time when the boys came home from school.
Have a nice weekend!
I am going to a new mall this morning with a friend
Kavitha and I made pepernoten yesterday (special little Sinterklaas cookies) and they turned our quite nice. Will have to bake a new batch tomorrow because they were all eaten in no time when the boys came home from school.
Have a nice weekend!
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