More updates!

Hey everyone! Not time for much but just another quick update on my life. :)  Things are going crazy well, and class is tough, as always, but still interesting. This weekend we went to Sanganer, where hand block prints and traditional blue pottery is made, which is pretty awesome! And next week I'm headed to Dehli to spend some time with Bimlaji, and then who knows where. :) I have a week break and I'm still trying to decide where to go, but I'm thinking north. Like really north. If you have a suggestion, e-mail me. Maybe Kashmir (Yes, that was for you, Mo). Other than this, class is going pretty normally and life is starting to get into a routine, which is nice.

This weekend, I took a weekend trip to Udaipur, Jaipur's cleaner and vastly more beautiful cousin in the south. It is the seat of the world's longest continuous dynasty, the house of  Mewar, and is situated on mountains surrounding a series of gorgeous man-made lakes. There are ghats everywhere and little bridges the cross the channels connecting the lakes. The City Palace is breathtaking, and is at the highest point in the city, a great example of Rajput architecture. There is still a living Maharana, who no longer lives in the palace. Also, the was a procession of the murtis from the beautiful and historic Jagdish Mundir. The mundirs, or icons, were removed from the temple are carried around the city, stopping to do puja every few yards.  I have to run now for my tutoring, but I'll give more updates later!