I have settled into a comfortable routine, quite unlike my usual one. I wake early in the morning (7 AM or so), and usually have some time to myself. I stumble into the kitchen of my hotel, mumble that I want ginger tea without sugar, and go find a place to sit in the sun on the porch. Enjoying my first tea of the day, I spend some time writing in my journal, or composing post cards.
The early morning is the best time to see the snowy peaks of the high Himalayas in the distance. They are so impressive! Even though I am adjusting to living here, every so often I’ll look up, see the mountains, or something else equally new and impressive, and I am struck dumb.

A bit later I am joined by the fellow guests. We sit for hours talking and laughing. There is an easy fellowship to be found amoung groups of travellers. The other guests have been very interesting. My first two weeks, I there was a group of four of us, Max (from Italy), Monica (from Boulder, CO), Antoine (from France) and myself. Since then I have been joined by a Minnesotan couple, here to visit their son who teaches at the boarding school. Two Swedish girls studying Hindi…I actually think I’ve spoken more German and Swedish here than Hindi.
I often wander the three or so kilometers down to Landour after breakfast. I visit friends, shop and write email1317s. Then comes the climb back to the hotel for lunch. Afternoons are centered around my three hours of instruction at the Language School.
In the evening people linger after dinner, again drinking tea. I then spend some time doing homework and then head to bed by 10:30 or so.