Tips on what to do when having vistors

our last guests where actually our son and his lovely girlfriend and ever since, well, especially the last two days I have been homesick..I want to see our kids and their loved ones, I want to see how my mother is doing and I want to see our friends….so to put a smile on my face I decided to show you a medley from…

Nandgaon men preparing for the Lath mar holi.

the men from Nandgaon prepare themselves before walking to Barsana to get hit with the laths-sticks by the women in the village…preparing means getting shields ready and getting red colour all over you…the shields are made with cardboard paper, pillows and sticks..all for the show..Nandgaon is a beautiful little village and the walk up to the temple was  special but I have to show…

A chat and a chai

Between the two villages Barsana and Nandgaon I made a little pit stop and everyone smiled when they saw me….well, the kids where laughing actually… no wonder they smiled ….I was really colourful…. it was the colourful houses and the people I saw sitting beside the road that made me stop so out I went for a chat..and as always  I was invited for…

Holi, the festival of colours

started with Lath mar in Barsana in the state of Uttar Pradesh on the 17th march. Tens of thousand of people gather in this little village (9 500 people) to celebrate holi.Legend has it that Lord Krishna was visiting his beloved Radha, who lived in Barsana, on this day and he was teasing her and her friends. The women found this offensive and chased…