Day 7 I wasn't feeling so well so I stayed home, slept, and watched Harry Potter which was a nice break. This is the most productive thing I did all day. That's canned spray cheese, I was pretty impressed with myself.
Today (day 8) we attended a seminar and visited the late Laurie Baker's home and our program coordinator Sajan's house he is currently building. They were both unique homes and interesting to learn about. We learned about all the eco sensitive components of the construction which makes me want to be more eco sensitive in my own life.
I'm really surprised by how well I'm doing with the food here. I'm getting used to spicy foods and liking a lot of it. We are all starting to miss western food though. The other day our group found an Italian restaurant in Trivandrum with a more extensive vegetarian menu than any place I've been in the US and was delicious. When I get home though I am so excited to eat mac and cheese and mashed potatoes. Christian and I day dream together about all the American food and beverage we are gonna ingest as soon as we get back.
I've met some pretty awesome animals in the past couple days so I think I should share. We went to a place with livestock the other day and this little guy has just been born. I mean just born and I know because when i looked down I saw a fresh amniotic sac at my feet. That was kinda gross but he's a cutie. This type of goat is actually a Boer goat. I assume he's related to us Beemsterboers.
Like I explained in a previous post there are stray dogs and cats everywhere here but this litter I found underneath a car and found to be way too precious to pass up feeding them nutter butters.
Then the coolest interaction we've had with an animal occurred without even leaving our hotel room. We heard scratching at our 6 floor window and had no idea what it could possibly be. When we opened the curtains we discovered that Hedwig from Harry Potter had come to bring us our letters inviting us to Hogwarts! She's gorgeous and was kind enough to let us have a photo shoot.
After tomorrow we will be going to other cities, one of which has what sounds like a pretty amazing wild life sanctuary. I'll be sure to take lots of pictures of us riding elephants!
Today (day 8) we attended a seminar and visited the late Laurie Baker's home and our program coordinator Sajan's house he is currently building. They were both unique homes and interesting to learn about. We learned about all the eco sensitive components of the construction which makes me want to be more eco sensitive in my own life.
I'm really surprised by how well I'm doing with the food here. I'm getting used to spicy foods and liking a lot of it. We are all starting to miss western food though. The other day our group found an Italian restaurant in Trivandrum with a more extensive vegetarian menu than any place I've been in the US and was delicious. When I get home though I am so excited to eat mac and cheese and mashed potatoes. Christian and I day dream together about all the American food and beverage we are gonna ingest as soon as we get back.
I've met some pretty awesome animals in the past couple days so I think I should share. We went to a place with livestock the other day and this little guy has just been born. I mean just born and I know because when i looked down I saw a fresh amniotic sac at my feet. That was kinda gross but he's a cutie. This type of goat is actually a Boer goat. I assume he's related to us Beemsterboers.
Like I explained in a previous post there are stray dogs and cats everywhere here but this litter I found underneath a car and found to be way too precious to pass up feeding them nutter butters.
Then the coolest interaction we've had with an animal occurred without even leaving our hotel room. We heard scratching at our 6 floor window and had no idea what it could possibly be. When we opened the curtains we discovered that Hedwig from Harry Potter had come to bring us our letters inviting us to Hogwarts! She's gorgeous and was kind enough to let us have a photo shoot.
After tomorrow we will be going to other cities, one of which has what sounds like a pretty amazing wild life sanctuary. I'll be sure to take lots of pictures of us riding elephants!
Love all the critters featured today! How exciting to see an owl up close and personal.
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Only you would be so creative with cheese and crackers! And that goat does look very familiar. Thanks for the photos. Love, Mom and Dad
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