Happy Holidays I

December was very much a month of holidays. We had the second Eid, which we took advantage of to go to Chandigarh, Delhi and Agra to attend Rosy Maci's wedding and visit the Guptas. The wedding was a three-day affair, kicking off with ladies sangeet on Friday, reception on Saturday and gurudwara wedding on Sunday. It also gave Dad a chance to show us Punjab University, the Rock Garden and his family home.

Hanging out in Delhi was really relaxing after all that activity: Jon played about 8 hours of bridge each day with Sunita Auntie and Juggie Uncle, while I got completely addicted to 'Twilight' (no comments, please). We then paid mandatory homage to the Taj Mahal, which despite being completely overrun with newlyweds, is still pretty impressive. While in Delhi, we tried to catch a lot of the news surrounding Dubai....remember this was also the month of the Dubai World crisis, in which the world's spotlight was on Dubai (and RBS) and its ability to repay its debt. Abu Dhabi eventually stepped in and paid US$10b in assistance.

After two whole weeks back in the office and spending our 5-year wedding anniversary in the KLM lounge, we were then off to OKC for a traditional Christmas with the Womacks. We were lucky to come in the day before the city got dumped on with 2-3' of snow, otherwise it would have been a nightmare travel day. It was great to be in their new place, spend quality time with the family and see the city a bit more. For NYE, I headed to A'dam to see the Gambhirs (and enjoy the 40-min firework display at Anne Frank Huis) while Jon played (what else) bridge back in OKC.