Lovely tree and Jules Verne

Next day was a Tuesday, July 19th 2022, and we cooked lunch at home: rice, beans and carrot thoran, fried fish, brinjal and dal. In the evening, we took bus 22 towards Ziplo, got down in Grand Lancy, took tram 15 towards Butini, got down in Unimail and walked to St. Francis de Sales church.

Here's church 10 (I'm counting the number of churches we visited during this trip)...

This lovely tree outside the church was beckoning... it was in bloom and a carpet of tiny yellow flowers adorned the ground beneath it.

Me inside the church...

The entrance of the church... Mass was good here in this simple church.

Vinod met us after church and we walked to Le Recyclables, but it was closed. So we walked to Jules Verne cafe and I saw...

A familiar sight inside the cafe... strong motherland vibes here.

I of course, ordered the kir...

Had to take a picture outside the café named after an author I admire.

We had the jalapeno and cheese nuggets, potato bravas...

And this vegetarian burger for my dad.

This was some dessert... it was good evening, just hanging out in our old spots.

July 20th 2022 was a Wednesday, and we didn't do anything much. We went to this beautiful church called Mary of the people, and this is the picture inside... Mother Mary holding child Jesus and people are gathered under her mantle.

The amazing chapel, you can see a wooden statue of Mother Mary holding baby Jesus inside. It was a quiet day, didn't do anything much. Nam made puff pastries at night, I ate the spinach ones. The next day we go to an enchanted waterfalls so stay tuned for that.

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Nice Ad....

Wouldn't you say so... Nam and me were in this huge clothing store and we were making fun of all the models on display (there was one of hrithik in which he looked kinda gayish) when we came across this one. Seriously, dark people are more better looking....

I hope the world doesn't end in 2012, I have a whole lot of books to read...

I heard bout Flipkart.com from Anju and that site has changed my life. All the books that I have been searching for since centuries, are now sitting prettily on my book shelf. Landmark is a thing of the past now... in fact Landmark is not what it used to be anymore, they do not seem to have stock on most of the good books. So I am deliriously thankful to the creators of flipkart, I seriously love you guys... continue with your fabulous work. Talking of books, here are a few people who have enriched my life with their recommendations of the written word... My brother Manoj for buying the ' The Partner ' by John Grisham . Now I hadn't heard of Grisham before so the book was just lying there at home. One day I got bored and picked it up, that was the start of my love affair with Grisham and legal thrillers in general. This was the first John Grisham book I read and it was in a word mindblowing. I couldn't set the book down, my heart was racing away with Patrick Laniga...

My school teachers...

So I got to thinking bout my school days recently and it saddened me that I was starting to forget a few teachers who had shaped my life, I have already forgotten nearly half the classmates... though its not my fault. Some people just don't want to join facebook, then how can you find them in this big world. Even if I do find them, there is not much to talk beyond the 'where are you & what are you doing' phrases. But the teachers are another matter, they deserve to be remembered for moulding us. I gotta hand it to the convent school I studied in, they really knew how to select their educators... all the teachers I had shared a genuine passion for teaching and above that they had strong moral values and faith which invariably shaped our lives. To them being a good person was what mattered the most and they made sure we grasped this knowledge, it also helped that I had staunch catholic parents who cemented this view. Anyway, I just wanted to jot down stuff bout my teacher...

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