A nice long holiday weekend - Deepavali

We have come to the end of a very nice long holiday weekend.  We were able to enjoy our first of many public holidays here - Deepavali.  It is the Hindu Festival of Lights. From where we are staying you wouldn't really know there was a holiday with the exception of a few people in traditional Hindu garb and the cable television station was offering free Indian television for the week.  There is an area of the city called Little India that was bathed in light.  Here's a sample.  Maybe next year we will go down and explore.

 I wanted to share a few AMAZING  photos that John took this week of the rainstorms that we have here.  Obviously on the 32nd floor we have quite the view of the city but our view of the storms as they roll in is like nothing I have ever seen.  We are entering the rainy season here so I am sure we will get to enjoy them often.

This coming week will likely go quite quickly as they all seem to.  This week especially so, as I am heading to Germany for a week next Saturday evening.  Part of my time in Germany is for an annual department meeting and the other part is to continue training with 

 some others that do the same job as me but in other parts of the world.  I am looking forward to learning more about the role and meeting some of my peers......dreading leaving the girls and John behind. I will have to have John step in as guest blogger for me while I am away.  This means WARNING:  think twice before assuming anything you read while I am away is serious.  Likely it will be full of jokes!

Master Bedroom

Terrace off the Living Area

Dannette's Room

Enjoy the photos and keep the requests coming.  It can get difficult to come up with topics so I promise to do my best to fulfill your requests.
One request that has repeatedly rolled in is to see pictures of our home now that our things have arrived and we have made it "ours". So to meet the requests, here are a few shots of the house now that the furniture is in and we are settled.  I will have to include Halie's room at a later time as she was already in bed before I remembered I needed to get a picture of her room.

View from the North windows of our Master

Dining Area looking towards the Kitchen

As one final treat, I am including a new video that John made.  As you can imagine, our entertainment has become more limited here so we have to find new things to keep us busy.  I love John's new hobby of photos and videography.  I think you will enjoy this first movie that he created. Please note: to get the full effect watch it when you can turn on the sound. It is set to music and the sounds of Halie.