1-25-09

Today is exactly a month since we left, but not a month since we got here. I’ll celebrate in two days.We had an excellent breakfast today. It was both delicious and entertaining. While eating our onion omelets and toast, we started talking to Mr. Walton’s wife and daughters. The elder daughter is 21 and just finished her degree in finances. The 19 year old daughter is currently enrolled in an all-girls college. She laughingly said that her mother had decided that a girl of her disposition should not be around too many boys. She is very outgoing and cheerful; apparently her sister is considered the responsible, trusted one. Mom joked that maybe I would do well at an all-girls college as well. Personally, I disagree.
We drove to the airport, which was a surprisingly long way. We didn’t notice at first that the airplane maker on the map had an arrow and the words 28 km written next to it. Dad wasn’t feeling at all well and when Mom took his temperature it was around 102 degrees Fahrenheit. There wasn’t much we could do on a plane though.
We got into Delhi a little before midnight and called a hotel. The rooms weren’t great, but it was only for one night.