Happy New Year from India

As you read this, you haven't even started your celebrations and we are getting ready for bed! It's been 2012 for almost 2 hours. We had a very busy day touring. We saw 1 temple, 4 churches, a spice plantation and we rode elephants, not to mention we went to the market :) we wanted to wish you all a happy, healthy, joyful new year. Namaste

Everything goes in Goa

The beach near our hotel is beautiful. It's flanked by various huts and shacks and a couple of actual buildings. We spent some time recovering from our travels today. We also met some local culture. Our favorite was a young boy of twelve, who while on vacation this week is hard at work luring the tourists to his sisters "shop". We were blown away by his salesmanship, and also the times that he forgot and was having fun with us building structures in the sand and singing. Beautiful sunset today, just don't have it downloaded to iPad to share, so you'll have to catch it another day! Namaste

Paris to Mumbai

Before you even set down in India, you get an overwhelming feeling about the people. I(Gail) spent over an hour standing at the back of the plane chatting with many native Indians. What struck me most was how warm everyone is. Their hearts are so open. We have just arrived in Goa, waiting for our rooms to be ready. Will post more soon!

Au revoir Paris!

It's been a long night and with few hours sleep we were off to the airport at 7 am! We'll be speaking to you tomorrow from Goa, India...namaste

Paris in 36 hours

The New York Times has nothing on us! 10 places visited just today! Starting with Notre Dame, ending with Fondue, Musee D'orsay and Eiffel Tower in between! Off to India tomorrow, we travel all day so you may not hear from us for 24 hours! Til next time, namaste

Paris day 1

Not that you're all interested in our trip to Paris, but we'll share a few pictures from our day! It's been a long one! No sleep, lots of sightseeing and eating.

Day 1

Here we are at JFK ready to embark on our journey!

Two days to go!

When planning a trip for almost a year, one thinks it's a long way off, until one day you wake up, and amongst all the busy-ness we call our lives the day is almost here. All the planning, all the saving, all the making space in our everyday lives...so this dream trip can come to life... So what I'm trying to say is, we are all packed! Everyone managed to keep it under 50 lbs a bag! It's still Xmas eve and day to go! If you're Jewish enjoy the movies and Chinese food, if you celebrate Xmas, have a very happy holiday and if you celebrate neither, well...happy everyday! Namaste everyone.

This was us at our favorite restaurant Mediterranean Marketplace this summer, with our map of India, finalizing our itinerary (who knew it was such a process!)

3 weeks tomorrow!

Friday we went to Queens to grab some Indian food at Sri Chimnoy's disciples' restaurant, Annam Brahman. The food there is great, the chai even better! We brought with us the latest addition to our trip, Flat Stanley. He is an Om Sweet Om student's son's school project, he will be travelling with us to Paris and India! We also bought a few tunics so we have some local more traditional clothing! Getting excited!