Welcome to our Blog

As promised to everyone, I have set up a blog to keep everyone updated on our adventures in India.  I hope to update the blog about our travels and Desmond at least once a week, so no one will ever feel so far away!

We arrived in New Delhi, India 11 days ago and Desmond and I already have suffered from a terrible head cold - but not Delhibelly - whew! We are settling in, learning the ropes.  There are no grocery store here so you basically need to go out everyday for fruits and vegetables; we are still learning the right places to go and have been cautious on what we buy. The mangos are amazing!!!!!  Marcus and I are attempting to go vegetarian or maybe we are just going to wait a bit before trying meat here....

Our place is super nice and we live in a nice area.  I still have some exploring to do.  We do not have sidewalks so I am thankful that I purchased the Ergo carrier, saves my back.  Many people have asked, yes, there are random cows on our street everyday.... The monsoon is here so we get rain everyday! Desmond and I were at the embassy last week while it was down pouring only to learn our umbrella had a hole in it, needless to say we were soaked to the bone.  But it doesn't not rain all day which is nice. The temperature is a nice 85degrees - however... yes, however, there is about 95% humidity, you sweat and you sweat a lot, especially carrying him on you.
We are hoping to buy a car soon, but for now we take cabs.  The look like they are from the 60's with bench seats!  I am amazed at how they still run.
We still haven't had much a chance to check out Delhi but we like what we have seen so far (I don't think there is a downtown area like DC).   Keep coming back for more updates. Promise to have pictures soon!