The Journey Begins

Ah, blogging. I'm not sure what it's like to blog, but I'll give it a try for the sake of my dear parents and because I won't have to send those nasty "group emails."

I'm off to New Delhi on Sunday. I'm fairly packed (except I don't have my backpack), and can't exactly place how I'm feeling, as I don't think I've had time to process much of anything. We start off with one week of orientation in Delhi before moving in with host families for 6... or is it 8? weeks. I don't know. Something like that.

I agonized over a title for this blog... spent many days at Sophie's Cup asking for "witty titles" from Laura and the Sams and what I settled on is not really witty. Basically I just have a keen sense of smell (as do most of us), and I'm determined to chronicle, on occasion, what smelling is really like in India. Every person who has talked to me about India says something about the "smell."

And to them I say: I can handle the smell of 2 day old dead fish that have dropped off bait trucks, EVEN when I am driving in the cabriolet with the top down, so really? Can it be that bad? Aha ha ha...

But in truth, this blog has no theme and will just be about me - which is totally self-indulgent and kind of fun (for me) but maybe not for you. Good luck getting through it and hopefully there are interesting pieces of intelligence (wisdom seems too far-fetched).

Love to you all,
Galen