Treasure Hunt

This morning started with a treasure hunt. It has been our tradition for the past several years to do a treasure hunt for the girls for Ayyamiha. So this morning we had them chasing all over the Baha’i Centre to find clues. They found one near an old photograph of a conference that Nadim’s mother and grandmother had attended. Another was with their toothbrushes, another by the laundry scrub stone, and so on, until eventually they came to the end and found some presents.

They unwrapped some spinning tops, pendants, and the next Narnia book in the series that we’ve been reading. They were full of smiles, at least until we started our school work again!
This afternoon we went to Veg Kourt, one of our favourite restaurants in Mysore and had Kaju Masala and Aloo Gobi with roti and naan. I think India has the best food that we’ve had so far. There is so much variety and it’s all very good. Roya is even enjoying the spices these days.

We did some shopping and found some really cute gifts for Baha’i New Year for the girls’ cousins. I hope we can get them in the mail so that they will arrive in Canada in time for March 21st. As we were shopping it was fun to watch the traffic and city life of Mysore. You see cows in the street. Three wheeled trucks, motorbikes carrying loads of this or that. Ladies with their saris flying as they sit sideways on the backs of motorbikes. It’s fun to just watch.

This evening we were out once again for more Ayyamiha celebrations. We are eating very well these days, and with the heat, we aren’t getting so much exercise. Ah well, it’s worth it! Today the power went out with the house full of people, so we sat by candle light with no fan for over an hour. A supply of candles is really a necessity around here.

CM