After a lot of learning and negotiating, we finally have an address and keys. It has been a long three weeks of searching. We thought that finding a flat in Delhi would be fairly easy. We thought we would find something in our price range with all our preferences quickly. But, south Delhi has a very inflated market and we have white skin (skin tax as some call it). I don't know what we were thinking as most processes in India are very twisted and take a long time. It was a grueling three weeks for Graham "the searcher" and for the kids and me as we waited in our temorary flat one hour outside of Delhi with little to entertain them.
To break up the time for the kids, we decided to have family outing one night in search of a store to find some crayons and coloring pads to keep them busy. We also decided to visit McDonalds to get some flavors from home (even though we rarely go to McDonalds in Omaha). The fries taste exactly the same. The only thing missing is the beef burger and the replacement for this is a spicey chicken tikka or vegetable burger. We accomplished our errand and dinner run and made it back to the apartment via bicycle rickshaw in time to put the kids down and enjoy a nice King Fisher. We got out of the rickshaw and realized that we had left our precious craft items on board. Graham took off sprinting into the night only to come back empty handed. After the kids shed some tears about the lost bags, they went to bed. We took the King Fishers out of the fridge only to notice that they actually read "King Feemer" in a King Fisher bottle and turned out to be a knock off non-alcoholic horrible tasting beer. We had been scammed! Trying to keep things light and humorous around here:)
Off to the mountains tomorrow to visit with the rest of the eMi family and friends and gather our belongings. No doubt it will be bitter sweet as Oaklands still feels like home, but we will have a nice empty flat waiting to be furnished when we return to Delhi.
On the house hunt. William and Graham ponder this location
The guest bedroom of our new place. Anyone for a visit?
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