I've just had an article published on a travel website, Transitions Abroad, about living in Bangalore with children. There's some funny photos too. Take a look:
Maya is 3 and she is a wonderful, inquisitive, sensitive, imaginative little girl. Her parents are relocating to India for a while and her mother, Rebecca (that's me!) hit upon the idea to write a Maya blog while we are away. The last thing I want this to be seen as is that I am speaking for Maya - I think the emotions she will experience will be so intense and varied - but what I do want to do is keep a record for her of her time there. I hope she will retain some memories of her time in India but, being realistic, she is only 3 and much of this she will forget.
The other reason I am writing this blog is because several years ago I read the book 'Hideous Kinky' by Esther Freud (also made into a film with Kate Winslet). The book is brilliant because it's written from the perspective of the author as a 5 year old child being taken to Morocco by her mother. I am fascinated to know what will be going through Maya's mind: how she will interpret the sights, sounds and smells of India. This will be something for her to read in years to come.
Maya's Favourites of the moment
Food: Chappati and jam
Song: My bonny lies over the ocean
Phrase: I've got lots of coughs
Drink: Apple Juice
Item: The nail varnish the bangle man gave her (grrrrr!)
Book: The tale of tricky fox
What Rebecca is reading / eating / drinking / saying at the moment!
Most commonly uttered phrase: When will I next come back to India?
Favourite drink: Ginger and lime juice
Favourite food: Anything anything anything from restaurant of the moment Auuapurani
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