Day to day

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I am happy to say that I have recovered from my illness, though I am knocking on wood as I write this. The dinners that I have shared with my host family have been delightful: a mixture of hindi, gujarati and english in front of a table of delicious homemade treats. Beautiful breads with ghee, several kinds of vegetables, chutneys (wow - the super spicy garlic chutney is out of this world!), buttermilk, and a delicious mixture of rice and lentil cooked together to perfection. The daughter in law of the family makes me breakfast in the morning and sits and watches me eat it. We chat about films, food, etc. I wake up every morning very early, I suppose because I am not yet settled in to the 11.5 hours difference between here and the US.

Yesterday after class the four of us students went shopping. Mostly they were humoring me, because I had only one kurta to wear. It was quite the spree; I bought five lovely kurtas (long shirt with short sleeves), three pairs of pants that took some getting used to, and two dupattas (long scarves). I am set for the summer! Later, at home, I set to the task of washing my clothes. It is so so very hot that washing my clothes was nearly as fun as playing in a broken fire hydrant. And on top of that, my clothes dried in minutes!

I haven't managed to take many photos yet, and the internet is not nearly as convenient as I would like, but I will hopefully get some up by the weekend.

I am starting to settle in to the pace of urban India, and I can see that I will begin to like it over time. By far the most difficult part is how much I am missing Sage.

Agora, me desculpe amigos que nao leem ingles. Nesses primeiros dias eu estou achando morar na India bastante dificil: passei super mal no inicio, esta fazendo calor muito pessado (45!), e simplesmente estou tendo muitas experiencias novas todo dia. Da para ver que eu vou gostar cada vez mais de estar aqui, a coisa que ainda me faz triste e saudades da Sage. As aulas sao boas e estao melhorando todo dia, mas a lingua e bastante dificil e muito diferente. Leio e escrevo, mas falar e outra coisa. Vejo muitas similaridades com o brasil - tentarei descrever as mesmas no curso do tempo que estou aqui. Se quiserem deixam mensagens como "comments". Um grande abraco a voces!