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2/20/08  Frankfort to Washington on Lufthansa 418. Back to school, work, cold weather; there is much anticipation in seeing family and friends.  Will miss India; on the flights back we have watched Bollywood movies with English subtitles (Emeline) and Hindu pop music videos (Julia and I).  I have some new dance moves for the next [...]

Julia from LH 418

This is my last entry. I’m on the plane from Frankfurt, Germany to Washington D.C. I slept on the Delhi to Frankfurt flight. This flight is almost 9 hours long!!! I am very bored. My seat reclines into a bed. Everybody (in business) has their own TV with 100 CD’s you can listen to, 45 [...]

Emeline in Frankfort

Yesterday we went to an old man’s house.  He used to be one of Dad’s dad’s students. He is a botanist. His name is Dr. Saxena. We went to his house for lunch. His wife and daughter in law made a reallllllllllllllllllllllly good meal. There were samosas, which are like little wrapped up Indian sandwiches, [...]

You have not driven in India until you have driven with a short, absent minded, eccentric retired botanist

You have not driven in India until you have driven with a short, absent minded, eccentric retired botanist in a small claptrap of a car.  But more on that later. This morning, our last day in India, Emeline and I visited the Nehru Library and Museum.  Julia stayed behind to do homework (and watch TV?- [...]

Julia eats pizza and sprints to the plane

2/19       Today is our last day of India. My dad and sister went to a museum. I stayed in the hotel and did homework. I got pretty bored. I looked in Edline (school website) and looked as if I was not too far behind. I’m ahead in Science.   Today I went to visit a [...]

Julia in Delhi, day 3

    Today was an easy day. We went to a Hindi temple. I got a red dot on my fore head symbolizing a good life. The Temple had a gift shop I went in. It had little and big figurines, pictures and a dolls. Then we went to a park. It was really big. It [...]

Last morning in Delhi

Last day in India- technically we leave tomorrow but the plane leaves at 3 am and we will head for the airport around midnight.  Hope to get E and J to sleep around 8.  Today we are going to visit an old graduate student of my fathers from the 1960s.  He lives in the Delhi [...]

Emeline in Delhi day 3

Yesterday, we went to the Taj Mahal. It was amazing. As you walk in, you walk through a huge red gate. (After going though lots of security) As you enter, there are 3 canals leading to the actual building -bushes are on either side. The building is very white and spectacular. It has a tip [...]

First Two Days in North India

2/16/08. Don’t know if the trip is wearing me down, but so far Delhi has not inspired me in the same way as our prior stops. Delhi seems more impersonal and westernized than South India, and like many cities that are primarily centers of government, lacks the same sense of place that we found in [...]

Julia at the Taj Mahal

Today we went to Agra and saw the Taj Mahal! The ride took 4 hours one way. (8 total) On the drive I saw wild monkeys, people riding elephants and many hawkers. The Taj is beautiful. The Taj was built for the king’s wife. He had four and obviously loved that one the most. It [...]