Hectic week!
Well, here we are at the end of week 7! Where does the time go? Why does it just seem to disappear?
Last weekend was bright, sunny, and dry! The perfect ingredients for a "back yard" picnic and that is exactly what happened at noon on Sunday. Gigi was on kitchen duty and couldn't figure out why the tables were not being set in the dining room. As she had never been on kitchen duty before she really didn't know what to expect, even though she thought it rather "strange" no tables were being set. Then all of a sudden she realised the men were taking the huge food containers outside. That's when she realized we were going to be having a "back you" picnic. We sat around everywhere - some in the sun and some in the little shade, on benches, at tables, and on logs! We enjoyed a wonderful meal and also had a most enjoyable time talking with our fiends. Her 3-hour shift came to an end at 13 h 30 and we then had some time to ourselves. One of the benefits of staying with friends is they do let you help out and so at 15 h 30 it was my turn to be on kitchen duty for the next 3 hours. I read my Kobo reader and did Sudoko puzzles. When the cooks were finished, the head cook dictated the list on ingredients which had been used in the preparation of the noon and evening meals and I had to record all of the items in the inventory control book. The kitchen team worked well and, for my part, I got some extra reading time which had not been anticipated!
We are very fortunate to have flowers in abundance about us. Here is one team member refreshing the flowers at the front entrance.
We had planned on going out for lunch on the Monday. Our plans had to be somewhat flexible as we were caught in a deluge! After spending about 45 minutes under awnings in front of stores we commandeered an auto rickshaw and went to the tailors! Gigi had bought some material and wanted some tops made that she can wear back home next summer. The tailor was just arriving to open up shop and so our timing was perfect. After the tailors we went to Willy's for lunch! Willy's is a coffee house and they do serve light meals. We had pizza - Indian style - mighty spicy! Our goal had been to walk up to the King's Cliff Hotel and have lunch there. That will have to wait for another week.
We are off to Mysore for 3 days. More later.
Thanks to those who have posted comments. At least I know the blog is being read.
Last weekend was bright, sunny, and dry! The perfect ingredients for a "back yard" picnic and that is exactly what happened at noon on Sunday. Gigi was on kitchen duty and couldn't figure out why the tables were not being set in the dining room. As she had never been on kitchen duty before she really didn't know what to expect, even though she thought it rather "strange" no tables were being set. Then all of a sudden she realised the men were taking the huge food containers outside. That's when she realized we were going to be having a "back you" picnic. We sat around everywhere - some in the sun and some in the little shade, on benches, at tables, and on logs! We enjoyed a wonderful meal and also had a most enjoyable time talking with our fiends. Her 3-hour shift came to an end at 13 h 30 and we then had some time to ourselves. One of the benefits of staying with friends is they do let you help out and so at 15 h 30 it was my turn to be on kitchen duty for the next 3 hours. I read my Kobo reader and did Sudoko puzzles. When the cooks were finished, the head cook dictated the list on ingredients which had been used in the preparation of the noon and evening meals and I had to record all of the items in the inventory control book. The kitchen team worked well and, for my part, I got some extra reading time which had not been anticipated!
We are very fortunate to have flowers in abundance about us. Here is one team member refreshing the flowers at the front entrance.
We had planned on going out for lunch on the Monday. Our plans had to be somewhat flexible as we were caught in a deluge! After spending about 45 minutes under awnings in front of stores we commandeered an auto rickshaw and went to the tailors! Gigi had bought some material and wanted some tops made that she can wear back home next summer. The tailor was just arriving to open up shop and so our timing was perfect. After the tailors we went to Willy's for lunch! Willy's is a coffee house and they do serve light meals. We had pizza - Indian style - mighty spicy! Our goal had been to walk up to the King's Cliff Hotel and have lunch there. That will have to wait for another week.
We are off to Mysore for 3 days. More later.
Thanks to those who have posted comments. At least I know the blog is being read.
posted by Bill at
4:24 AM
2 Comments:
Have fun in Mysore! Take lots of pictures :)
AH yes Gigi on kitchen duty on Sunday.... I remember it well, roast beef, yorkshire pudding and desserts.... good memories. Enjoy your outing, looking forward to all the pictures in December.
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