The flights home were easy enough. Getting to the airport in Delhi 4 hrs early (they recommend 3 hrs) even with traffic worked out. No problems with the airport lines, luggage (4 bags which I made sure were just under the 23kg limit each… the scale in the house showed 22.3-8 Kg each… the scale in the airport showed about 20kg’s each… when we got home, the home scale also said they were all just under 23). We arrived a bit early in Paris so had a 3-hr lay0over… plenty of time for a good coffee and pastry.
The flight back to NY got us in about 30-minutes early, so by the time we got thru immigration, got our luggage, and were met by a car service (it just fit the 4 big bags and us) and made it home it was about 2pm (I had predicted between 2-7pm, depending on delays).
We were happy to see some packages we had sent home (to my brother who had delivered them here). We were also surprised to see our friend Lynn had prep’ed the house a bit for our return and when we arrived, our friend Liisa was busy prep’ing more.
We unloaded Annie’s collections (we might open a store?) while I began the laundry… re-establishing the phone lines, cable, internet, and getting ready to start a number of priorities I need to get to (like taxes, insurance forms, and other paperwork that all seems to be due this week or soon…. one important form needs to be faxed today)… ordering balloons… ordering a new ocarina (the one I’ve used for the past years broke in Mysore)… I’m actually excited to get back to the mundane realities of life.
Then, when I turned on the water and tested all the faucets and toilets we noticed water coming through the ceiling in the downstairs (“inspired” by the upstairs bathroom – a seal must have rusted and dried up) and water began leaking from a second toilet as well – a washer must have dried up). So I turned off those water locations (of course when you turn those valves you need to be prepared that they might break … resulting in turning off all the water to the house – that luckily didn’t happen) and added to the priorities of today.
All and all, it’s been a wonderful 5-month adventure.. we missed a cold and snowy winter here… and I’m excited to get back to the shows (I just had a call for a show for next week) and see if I look at life differently now?
Thanks for joining us these past months. We’re not kissing the ground. We’re starting to think of our next adventure… Thailand, Burma, Greece, Spain, Turkey? We’ll let you know.
Allynn
Glad you made it home! Welcome back!