dharamsala dreaming

hey there!

How is everyone.
its the countdown until i come home. I am so absorbed in the dream of Dharamsala right now though, I'm not even thinking about home and it seems very far away, even though in only one week i will be touching down in vancouver.

Today we went to see the Dalai Lama. Well, not the Dalai Lama as such. He is not giving any talks at the moment. But we went to his residence.... and knocked on the door and ran away. haha! no. i'm being silly. We did go to his "residence". It is a complex of buildings somewhere within which he stays. We saw the place where he sits and the area the visitors sit when he does give talks. Went to the temple, and to the Tibet museum and learned all about the story of their invasion and exile to India. What a story. What a truly horrible story of violence against a totally innocent people just living their lives and practicing their religion in peace until the Chinese came along. So the museum visit was sobering to say the least.

Dharamsala is this funky quaint little mountain town. I like the vibe here. It is like... Shambhala.

Today is the big cricket game, semi-finals against pakistan. we came out of the gate on fire, but then we cooled off a bit and haven't been batting as well the second half of our turn at bat.
i know, right. Cricket? really? well... you sort of get caught up in the national sport when everyone else around you is so excited about it. it is an interesting game. very civilized. and i get a kick out of the british commentary. they say the funniest things. actually i get a kick out of any sports commentary pretty much, except maybe golf or tennis. but it all depends.

ya, anyway. The food has been mostly Indian since our foray into Tibetan cuisine.

it snowed last night. not right here in the village, but up on the mountain peaks that can be seen from our window. rained down below here. view is spectacular.

well, that is all to report for today.

loving and missing you all back home.
ang