We headed to Badem on Saturday morning to have lunch with Crispin’s Grandma. We stopped over at Mapusa and picked up some provisions for her. Had a quick sip at a local cafe. We were pleasantly surprised when we got a lift to Badem by an AC car no less! We picked up a sack [...]

I was determined to take Ajay to see the Friday Bazaar at Mapusa. It sure is a colorful sight with the locals coming in to sell their wares.
I was a bit apprehensive about lugging the boys around with the huge list my granny gave me. But decided to take the risk anyway. Ruth had to [...]

After two action packed days. We decided to stay at home on Thursday and enjoy the laid back life characteristic of Goa. Spent a part of the morning over crossword puzzles. In the evening took Ajay to a place which to me is most representative of Goa I love- the paddy fields. Though the paddy [...]

We woke up bright and early Wednesday morning with plans to go see the museums that promised to be there in Panjim and the Art Park.
Ajay made breakfast for us ( I always knew he could cook to save his skin). It constituted of frankfurters tossed in eggs (the pepper
was missing though through no fault [...]

Quickly opened up the rest of the house and set up the furniture, gas, etc.
Introduced Ajay to his first semi ripe mango picked off the ground and not washed and cut!

The boys volunteered to go to pick up fizzies to keep us company for lunch. Freshed up in the mean time. Aunty Fatima outdid herself [...]

Our train tickets said “boarding at CST”, so my folks insisted we go there to take the train instead of Dadar. Made sense since Granny cant take the fast pace and the climb up and down the overhead bridges at Dadar. We arrived at CST an hour earlier and Ruth and I entertained ourselves by [...]