Long time no write...not because there was nothing to tell -never a dull moment in India- but because our Very Fast home internet connection turns out to be Not So Very Fast after all. It is different in business cities like Mumbai or Bangalore, but out here in Pushpanjali the Indian Digital Highway is very much like the regular one: full of obstacles (like pedestrians, ox-drawn carts, riksha's, three wheeled trucks, scooters, cows, monkeys and what have you) so you can move with an average speed of 40 km/h. In short Not So Very Fast.

But I have been busy! In the past month that we now live in our house, there have been two (2!) days on which nothing broke down, was finished, or needed to be taken care of NOW! My personnel is great but their downside is that if they have decided that something needs to be taken care of, it does not seem to occur to them that NOW is maybe not the very best time for me because I am, perhaps, on the phone talking to someone, eating, or even sitting on the toilet...

And in between repairs we have had celebrations for Diwali (the Hindu festival of light for which I had to dig up all Christmas lights and decorate the house in order to keep the bad spirits away) and Eid (the Muslim festival for which my hand was decorated with henna ...no christmas lights involved) and T's first business trip to Dera Dunn which took him and mr. Gill 17 hours (back and forth) over the regular highway.

Now, we are in The Netherlands. T is having lots of meetings and I am having a great time going to stores with real shopping carts, well organised shelves and the opportunity to look at the same thing for as long as I like without someone asking me how many kg or pieces I want! And as it is 10 degrees celcius (as opposed to 30 in Delhi) it is a great opportunity to cool down for a bit! And...no mosquitoes!