Rain musings

Day 1: start of late -to catch the flight. hurry burry get in and settle down. Have Sanja ask 101 question on when it wil ltake of, when the blades will spin.Feed chapati when stationed at B'lore. Then land at Goa around 1:30 pm. First thing that hit us was the heat. Even chennai was colder compared to Goa. Then travel for 1 hour to reach the resort. Paradise valley.Settle down in the suite. Head to a resturant -have some snacks as it is late for a lunch (and they didnt have lunch).We could see the Calangute beach from here. The hotel had a back entry to beach!!. Sanja wanted to get into swimming pool. Roamed about ,familiarized with the place. GOt some cool chappals. Day2: The most hectic day. Being our wedding anniverary day, we all donned new dress. Headed for a quick breakfast. Waited for outrtour bus to South Goa. Place we visited: - Dolphin  visit (which we didnt go).  marimar beach. mangeswar temple. shanthi durga , bom jesus, st.basilica.(Francis Xavier)-his body. Lun

Saturday- Got up at 6:30AM - cleaned up the house (sweeping . mopping). Had head bath since we had Karthigai deepam. Then started cooking food. Dishes : Pumpkin pullipu koothu, rasam, raw banana curry, payasam, vadai. Sanja on the other hand was painting some of the new diyas , the newspaper etc.. Then snoozed alongwith Sanja. In the afternoon - cleaned up the diyas, helped MIL GMIL with the kadalai orundais. Made maggi for self and Sanja. Sanja put manjal -kumkum on all the diyas. Slef poured oil and placed the thirees. All got dressed up, lit the diyas and decorated the home.  Bursted some flower-pots, thara chakaram. Then went to mottai madi to watch the lunar eclipse. For the first time saw the whole thing live. S and I were guessing the constellation and found the Orion. Sanja had a quick look at the eclipse and ran away to her friends place to play.Apparently she couldnt digest the raghu eating moon and spitting out the whole thing ;). Then we all had the bath and then