Here we are, back home in Bangalore! It was a long day of travel... we left the hotel in Sydney at 9am on Saturday and arrived at our villa here just before midnight. The kids, once again, travelled like pros. Big props to Lauren, especially - I don't think there is a 3 year old around who could possibly have been any better, not just this trip, but for all of our adventures over the past 6 months, then she has!! She was really the wild card in all of this... we knew that as Lauren went, so would go the Patnodes. And she has surely stepped it up. I think she now has a mind that operates more efficiently than mine (ok, that is not saying much!)
Two weeks in a foreign country with 3 kids is much easier when they have already been living in a foreign country. I loved listening to the kids as they would strike up conversations with other folks in Australia. Hearing them talking of our travels really warmed my heart.
Walking into our villa was great. Sheela had washed all the windows and screens... dusted the ceiling fans... cleaned out the fridge... etc... She had the kids' pajamas laid out and their school uniforms for Monday pressed and ready. Sanjeev, the florist, had delivered a fresh arrangement. Raju had picked papayas from the yard and had them in the fruit basket. It's like a vacation, returning from vacation!!
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