Happy Canada Day!

Day 36: Airlie Beach

We really wanted to take these few days here to recharge, so we didn’t do much this morning. We tried to think of what we wanted to do, made some lists, did some research online, made some necessary calls, had leftovers for lunch (leftovers are so underrated!), and then set off on our day of booking important pending things.

We booked a cruise for tomorrow around the islands here, booked our overnight bus to our next location, booked a cruise for the following morning as well, our hotel for that night, and our hotel for our next few nights.

One of the bars in town was having Canada Day celebrations, so we had a “poutine” (they tried their best), and then picked up a couple of things to make dinner, and went back up to our room! Dinner and some TV, and that’s about it!

Happy Canada Day!

The art of doing nothing

Day 24: One more day in Canberra

Even though it has only been about three weeks since we have left, it feels as if we have been away for months. But it’s so interesting – especially for Gaurav, who has always lived on a “corporate” schedule (as compared to Rachna the gallavanter) – to not know what day or time it is, and to not even care!

We were supposed to leave Canberra today to go to Wollongong, where there is a large and apparently very beautiful Buddhist Temple, where we were going to spend the night. Everyone insisted we stay an extra night but we had already booked our stay. I guess the kids must have conspired with the universe to make us stay because we found out the temple would be closed tomorrow (the only day we would have to see it), so we cancelled our plans and stayed – to everyone’s (including our) delight!

So today, we did absolutely nothing. We sat around the kitchen, eating and drinking and talking, surfed the net, and sat in the family room and watched movies together into the night.

Nothing much to report except that Ah! Doing nothing is totally underrated!

Thank you so much to Shelly, Amit, Indu aunty, and the kids (Rhea and Krish) for showing us so much love and taking care of us so well! We'll miss you!