IT'S COFFEE TALK! Remember that SNL skit -- with Dana Carvey -- that ran in the late 90's?!? "Discuss amongst yourselves: I'll give you a topic" The parody poked fun at daytime "coffee talk" shows and the ironic reality that most of women who watched these shows were already living their own coffee talk sitcom. I digress...the point is that coffee, besides being an elixir of daily living for some, is a very social drink. If it weren't, every Starbucks would ...

A DOG'S "TAIL"... The nice thing about time on the road between cities is that we are afforded the time to think, sleep, log photos, and sleep some more. Thinking back to our trip preparations, we all, in our own ways, resigned ourselves to the fact that we may not be able to mentally prepare for all we would experience in India. Most notably, MC voiced great concern around my (AC's) love of animals...and asked me to acknowledge the fact -- well before leavi...

SUNDAY MORNING... 3 days in...we have experienced more in the last 72 hours than any blog could ever capture. After seeing the Taj Mahal yesterday, we are still processing all that the monument is and all that it represents. (See prior blog entry...) This morning, before starting on the next leg of our journey, we found some time to relax at breakfast. It's amazing how calming it can be to recreate memories of home, even when so far away. Sitting, with the Su...

WE ARRIVED... As we boarded the plane in Frankfurt, we were rather relieved to see that -- even though the seats were not miraculously in Business Class (much to MC's chagrin) -- we were in the first few economy rows. Other things we did not expect that: - twe would be required to gate check our bags (apparently for "Economy Class," Lufthansa has a weight limit of 8 kg). Definitely something we overlooked -- though in hindsight, not having our rolling bags di...

Day 1: Delhi (Old and New) There really is no quick way to summarize our first full day in India...in fact "full" is a gross understand meant I the last 24-hours! In short, we spent 7+ hours experiencing Delhi. Our planned stops were: Old Delhi: - Red Fort - Rickshaw Ride through spice market - Jama Masjid Mosque - Raj Ghat (memorial to Mahatma Ganhdi) New Delhi: - India Gate - Rashtrapati Bhavan (President's Palace) - Qutab Minar We learned SO...