Goodbye Mussoorie
In a few hours we are leaving the finally-familiar Mussoorie to get on a train that will take us to Varanasi. It has been a good three weeks here but I am excited for the change that Varnasi will bring. I am especially excited to get more permanently settled and begin my service work. We arrive on Saturday and move into our homestays on Monday.
After the two days we saw the Dahli Lama, our schedule continued as usual. We finished up our time at Landour Language School with a Hindi test, which wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. We sawed, watched the carpenters, weeded, and harvested during the last few days at Turner Garden. We celebrated Hannah's eighteenth birthday with great food (especially compared to Woodstock) and multicultural birthday songs at Darab's house. We spent our last night at our tutor Youssef Ji's home for an amazing dinner and a great time.
This morning it was unusually clear and I was able to will myself out of bed to run and see the amazing view one more time. Most of the day has been consumed with skype calls and packing. I'm still confused on how all of my stuff originally fit into my bag, because it isn't fitting so well now.
So I will return to packing, and the next time I post I will be in Varanasi!
In a few hours we are leaving the finally-familiar Mussoorie to get on a train that will take us to Varanasi. It has been a good three weeks here but I am excited for the change that Varnasi will bring. I am especially excited to get more permanently settled and begin my service work. We arrive on Saturday and move into our homestays on Monday.
After the two days we saw the Dahli Lama, our schedule continued as usual. We finished up our time at Landour Language School with a Hindi test, which wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. We sawed, watched the carpenters, weeded, and harvested during the last few days at Turner Garden. We celebrated Hannah's eighteenth birthday with great food (especially compared to Woodstock) and multicultural birthday songs at Darab's house. We spent our last night at our tutor Youssef Ji's home for an amazing dinner and a great time.
This morning it was unusually clear and I was able to will myself out of bed to run and see the amazing view one more time. Most of the day has been consumed with skype calls and packing. I'm still confused on how all of my stuff originally fit into my bag, because it isn't fitting so well now.
So I will return to packing, and the next time I post I will be in Varanasi!
Hi Honey:
ReplyDeleteI just figured you were so busy you didn't have time for "posting" - and it sounds like I was right! Just reading about everything you are doing tires ME out - YOU must be exhausted. But, what fun, what excitement, what discovery,...and everything else. I still can hardly believe you are doing everything you are doing. Hang in there, hear? By the way, my mental image of a clay-covered Ada is hilarious!
Love you - Grandma