Pune

Well after 4 hours in the bus from Mysore to Bangalore, and then another 20 hour trip on the train, we finally arrived in Pune on Sunday night at around 4pm. After catching an auto-rickshaw to the Iyengar centre near Milind's place where we'd be staying, and taking up an offer from a nice woman who called the house for further instructions, we met Dada on the corner of his street near the temple. Who knew that everyone we would ask would have a different opinion about where Lakaki road was !? But good on them for trying to help.
So yesterday we spent most of the time relaxing and getting our boundaries, sussing out vege and chai wahlahs; getting chappatti flour, milk, eggs and ghee... and this morning had our first taste of cooking again in a long time.... with... pancakes for breakfast!
Yum! We swapped a pancake for some little fried tasty savory balls from Lalita in the kitchen adjacent. SHe is Dada's wife, and he is the brother of Avinash and Supriya's brother-in-law; Supriya my DOS from Dynaspeak. So THAT is the connection for those who were unclear! (and I was, a little, myself!)
It is so nice to have time (we are hear for a week!), and also to be living close to these lovely people. We feel very lucky. They have helped us suss some things out and hopefully organised everything well for picking up Sophia tomorrow evening when she arrives at Mumbai from Perth.
We are about to look at some sights around Pune, hopefully find this tour bus ride that we have heard about. Soon, though, I am looking forward to shopping, hoping that Sophia will be more of a sport than Jo has been so far (which won't be difficult at all!!!).

That's all for now, will post some pics of here next time.
xx
M