Here are a LOT of photos I took on our Sunday outing. Don’t worry, I kept the narrative to a very minimum.

Lunchtime! Jill and I both had Masala Dosa and Nana ordered deep fried paneer and dal fry. All delicious!

The Masala Dosa is a potato mixture wrapped in a large flat pancake-type pastry. Very tasty!

This is a small complimentary pickled mango dish. It was very pickly and salty.

Inside a very colorful and clean shopping mall.

Yay buffalo! When asking for milk at the store, it’s not uncommon for the clerk to ask “Buffalo or cow?” The first time I bought milk here this trip they were out of cow’s milk so I got buffalo milk instead for my morning coffee. It’s a good alternative.

Most of the public walls are painted and/or have messages on them. Graffiti hasn’t caught on here… yet.

The family vehicle …

Rain coat anyone?

This BBQ’d corn smelled so good!

Here’s a good look at the river’s water level. I’ve posted photos from previous trips here of buffalo roaming this river bed.

Lots of people lined up on the bridge watching the water.

Saving the best for last, here’s Nana explaining why Indians honk their horns all the time.

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The “featured image” today (at the top of this blog post) is a special “find.” Tara is approximately 12″ tall and 8″ wide. She’s hanging in the dining room of our flat for now so we can all enjoy her beautiful, serene face. She’s very light so she won’t be too heavy for the flight home, but I’ll no doubt have to drag her out of my carry on every time I go through security. After September 1 she may be seen hanging over one of the windows in my yoga studio.

If you’re looking at this post in email, you’ll have to view the post online to see the featured image. If you click on the blog title you should be redirected to the link.

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Blogged on Amma’s iPad with LOVE from a very rainy Pune.