Mumbai and Amsterdam!

So incredibly sad that india is over already, but now i am in amsterdam about to head into the city for the wild and crazy queens day festival.

Mumbai was a wonderful day, Yogeeta's aunt let me keep my bags at her house, and i got to meet yogi's family and see the house she lives in when she comes to india. I spent the day sightseeing which was really good in a city that has a metro system and some sort of map, it was a good precursor to Europe.

Left india at 2 20 in the morning and arrived in brussels last morning at 8AM (withe the time difference), immediately got ona train for amsterdam and spent last afternoon completely lost in the city that on paper seems like it should be really easy to get around in. Last night was "Queen's night" and everyone was decked out in orange and basically just really drunk and messy on the street, a lot like Fell's point in baltimore or times square for new years.

Today i am meeting Mackenzie's past nanny for lunch and spending another day losti n the crowds. Heading back to brussels tomorrow to spend two days there before coming home!

Coming back to a western country after india has its very own culture shocks and i stil am finding things strange, i am not used to being the ethnic majority, and people not staring and trying to speak to me on the street, consequently i keep thinking people are talking to mew hen they are not (you just have to go to india to understand, i feel like i sound really full of myself)

i miss curry

i miss curry

things at the orphanage are not doing great since i left, political situation in nepal has just turned sour (need to read up on it when i get back) and the kisd now have more time off from school than was expected (which trust me is not a good thing lol). Didi is having troubles with Rajendra and things are a little unstable right now, which has made me even more sad about leaving them, but i guess it was best to be out of nepal right now.

Will give another update from Brussels before returning home on May 4th.

europe is expensive, i miss things being the equivalent of 15 US cents . . . those days are gone.