Day 3

I am finally at the new guesthouse.  Perhaps, it is my ignorance, but taking an overnight  train—even in an air conditioned car—was an experience. We were crammed together (3 layers) where each person was given a “bed” (fold out bench) that was like 5 ft 8inches in length by 1.5 feet in with.  We had roughly 2 feet in height between each bed.   Nonetheless, we are in Thanjavur! Today we get the day off, so it will be pretty relaxed—a little bit of exploring, R&R, etc… The best surprise was that we had FRENCH TOAST for breakfast—usually it has been some sort of bread with vegetable soup/stew concoction.  The word of the day in Tamil is: nandri… it means thank you!   And on that note, nandri for reading this update and more to come soon!