It’s 4pm on Christmas Eve. In normal times, at this hour I’d have finished my family beach walk and be looking forward to my sister’s lobster mac and cheese and eggnog cake. But these times are not normal! Chris and I just tucked ourselves into a private cabin sleeper bus to start the 16-hour drive from Aurangabad in central-ish India to Goa on the southwest coast. Instead of gingerbread and The Grinch with my nephews, I have Hide and Seeks (think Indian Chips Ahoy) and the streets of Aurangabad. And instead of my usual California (ice-cold) Pacific Ocean nearby, I’ll spend Christmas Day on a sunny Arabian Sea beach.
Merry Christmas Mollie! Thanks for these newsletters and photos. I miss traveling so much and love traveling vicariously through you.