An update - finally!

Hello all

Sorry I haven't found much time to write properly recently. It's been so busy and time is going so quickly - Celia and I really feel like we wasted the first couple of weeks and now we're playing catch up.

I could write for pages just on the last 2 days - all we've done is enjoy the sunshine at school with the kids, but it's been fabulous, we've had so much fun and got to know loads of them much better. I'd even go so far as to say we're on genuinely friendly terms with the teachers now as well.

I've visited a few more places in India now - we had the weekend in Naggar and went to the Roerich art gallery where there was a special programme of events in celebration of the centenary of actress Devika Rani Roerich's birth, and then last weekend we travelled to Shimla (10 hours on a cramped oven masquerading as a bus), and saw a few of the sights, but mainly enjoyed the atmosphere of the markets. Loads of the buildings there are like old run-down English cottages and similar buildings though, it's really beautiful.

It's so difficult trying to think of things to type on the spot whilst sat in a dingy (not our usual place we like) internet cafe; maybe i'll try and scribble something down to type up next time.

I really am so at home here it's hard to be away from DUF for long. Preparations for the wedding are in full swing, as it's less than 2 weeks away now, and 'Sir Wayne' arrived on Friday! We've had a couple more salwar kameez made up, they're so comfortable and much cooler than western clothes, although we only actually wear the tops at school, and not the silly clown trousers!

I think I'd better stop rambling now, and try to write something a bit more coherent next time.

TTFN xxx

Oh by the way, for those of you struggling to comment on here, you don't have to set up your own blog. Just write your message, fill in the silly character recognition thing, then select 'name/url' and write your name, rather than having blogspot id selected. Good luck, I look forward to reading your comments.