Our Indian Adventure - Day 4

Eid Day. We wake early, everyone's dressed up in their best, there is plenty of sweet, the kids are hyper and waiting for a gift. My husband always said Eid would be best spent in India and he was absolutely right!

Cricket with the kids, hubby (the one in white) looks like he's bossing everyone around, as usual.

And there's my outfit! I love it, although wearing white when there's a toddler in the house is a bit if a challenge :)

Our Indian Adventure - Day 3

This could also be called the day of true Indian experiences. Both me and my husband were not feeling a 100% (that sort of started on the night of Day 2).

When we were getting ready for today's outing there was a power outage, it makes you realise how dependent we are on electricity.

Later in the day we got stuck in the afternoon rush hour, for a good 15 minutes the car did not move even an inch! 

We did get to enjoy some really good street food in Frazer town, although fasting meant that we got it as takeaway rather than eating it there. I wish a photo could give you an idea of the  smell from all the food, check out the heavy smoke from the barbecue!

Today the moon was sighted in India, that means the end of Ramadan, Eid Mubarak everyone!

Our Indian Adventure - Day 2

I would say that our shopping trip was successful. We did not come home eith a massive haul, but I managed to find an outfit for Eid, which is only a few days away. Here's a little teaser, I will try to remember to post a pic of me wearing it later on.

At the end of the day our daughter sported a slightly different skin colour. We are not quite sure if it is a tan or dirt (yes,we did bathe her)... Here she is helping her cousin study for her physics exam :)

Our Indian Adventure - Day 1

Our first day in India draws to a close. Our daughter has spent plenty of quality time with her aunties,uncle, grandparents and cousins.

We have also been reunited with the piece of luggage that strayed on our way to Bangalore. It would have been a different type of holiday with no extra pants (for me) and no diapers...

Today we spent recovering from a sleepless night, although I did doze of for a while in the car on our way from the airport. I fell asleep when we were driving through all the shiny buildings that are Electronic City. I woke up to a view of farming fields and cows on the side of the road. India is indeed incredible!

Tomorrow: shopping!

Makkah revisited

Last weekend we spent in Makkah. It was my first visit in nearly two years and it was the first visit for our daughter. It was a great weekend that was over way too soon!

 

 

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Late night multitasking

Doing the dishes, having a coffee and putting the child to bed. Yup, one of these things is not getting done properly...

Diskar, dricker en kopp kaffe och lägger barnet och sova - samtidigt. Nåjo, om man frånser den lilla ettåringen som springer runt köksbordet...

Ramadan Kareem

Ramadan Kareem to everyone!

 

I really wanted to get my house into the Ramadan spirit this year. Unfortunately the shops have a very limited range of Ramadan decorations. So I decided to get my craft on. A piece of fabric, a frame and my sorry excuse of calligraphy turned into this.

 

Our daughter also wanted to put her mark on the decor and stared throwing Mega Bloks and Legos down the stars. Adds a splash of colour, but maybe not quite what I had in mind.

I wish everyone a very blessed Ramadan!

 

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