Lalbagh Garden

The science projects are proving a bit of a challenge. The glue isn’t working so well, and I really wish we had a glue gun, but we didn’t have room in our suitcases for that! None the less, we will persevere.

This afternoon we went off to the Lalbagh Botanical Gardens to forget our science project frustrations. The garden is full of huge old trees, shaded pathways and palm trees.

There were not a lot of flowers in bloom, but some of the trees were flowering and quite beautiful. Again we sat reading our books, or chatting and simply enjoying the quiet. A chai walla came by so we couldn’t miss the opportunity to have chai in the park.

This evening we went off to the Baha’i Feast to mark the end of the Baha’i year and the beginning of the new one. It was very informal and a little disorganized, but it all worked out nicely in the end.

Tomorrow is the Baha’i New Year (Naw-Ruz)! The girls are excited, as they expect gifts are involved (rightly so, but we tease them that gifts are only for good little girls and are they sure they’ve been good). We plan to spend the day in Bangalore at a celebration where there will be games, food and even a bon fire. The following day we head back to Mysore again to visit Baha’is there once more.

CM