What is more shocking?

Last night Ang and I were sitting at a restaurant with a band playing classic- American tunes. At one point, a couple takes their beagle (yes, you read right) out onto the dance floor- holding it like a baby. As the tune of "Manic Monday" flew through the air...Ang looked at me and said:

A: What is more shocking? That there is a dog on the dance floor in India dancing to "Manic Monday" or that that dog has a collar on?

My answer was obviously that the dog had a collar on. Out of all of the street dogs and others we have seen in India...not one has had a collar or leash. Surprising that a dog on the dance floor doesn't shock us anymore.

We are in North Goa for a few days- a breath of fresh air! We really like the place we are staying and had a wonderful experience yesterday of having lunch with Kalpana's family! They picked us up from the train station and took us to their lovely home. And then they started to feed us...

For some reason Ang and I both had the same idea that we would "out-eat" her Aunt's scooping of food. We both thought that we would eat quickly- and then have seconds before the first food hit our stomach's. Kalpana had warned us that there would be mass amounts of food...so, we thought we were prepared. Nobody can be prepared for how quickly your plate gets filled back up at an Indian household.....it was unbelievable! The minute I would finish one thing...something else would be plopped on my plate. I would then finish that and there was more of it. We both estimate that we ate a total of 4 cups of rice...plus many other delicious dishes!  After a delicious meal- she even sent us on the road with a few other goodies for later!

It was a great experience to see how a real Indian family lives. They had a beautiful home that was broken into four apartments for the four out of five boys in the family (one brother lives somewhere else). Each of the brothers and his wife and family live in one of the apartments. Up until the parents passed away- they also lived there. I really like how they all take care of each other..it was touching and sweet. All of the wives came to meet us at one point, showed us their home...and made sure we liked the food...it was a wonderful experience.

Afterwards they dropped us at the bus stop- and we made it to North Goa last night. We are staying at a place called Baga..if you care to find it on the map.