The City of Bangalore Walking the streets of Bangalore doing our kulta shopping was quite fun. Heather, Lauren, and I agreed that the busy city environment is what we pictured when we thought of teaching in Bangalore. We had no idea we would be teaching in a small village. Though, I am thrilled that we have this experience of living in a more ch...

The Men's Club From the tour Kavitha gave us of our village, we remembered a good number of restaurants far up the main street by our apartment. It was Friday night, so there were lots of people out on the street, men and women alike. We stopped at the first decent eating establishment we found that we had not yet tried, and sat down and looked ...

Today's entry will cover the weekend here in Bangalore. In Friday I went out to dinner with the account Senior Manager. He had flown into Bangalore for a couple of weeks and we arranged a dinner at a nice restaurant on the top of one of the tallest buildings in town. We had two other Accenture Colleagues join us and on the way to the restaurant ...

Well today is Wednesday and since my last blog I have experienced a few more things. Before we go there, I want to let everyone know that I am feeling well and my stomach issues are gone. That does not mean I can tolerate the spices but it is better. Additionally I am sleeping about 4-6 hrs a night which is OK. Now to the fun stuff. I went on my...

This morning I participated in a yoga class at 6 a.m. near the pool here at the hotel. It was a lovely setting, sunny with a breeze. There were 6 in the class and a wonderful young male yoga instructor leading us. It was quite a workout and I felt invigorated and stronger after. Today I saw the Bangalore I had heard about. Yesterday we only had ...

A nice reprieve from the heat. A little surprising, considering Bangalore sits pretty much on the same latitude as Chennai, just inland by a few hundred kms. I wussed out and opted for a deluxe air conditioned bus for the trip, which lasted just over 7 hours, despite being only 300 kms from Chennai. The length was mostly a result of the poor ro...