Compared to my usual travels, driving to Decatur after working for six hours is practically not worth mentioning. But I do mention, since the goal was to have dinner with my cousin who lives nearby, and I do not see as often as I would like. She'd been doing some traveling over the year-end holidays, and I knew she had photos to document the time she'd spent with her family while she was away.
The cousin, F., has a son who is a journalist, currently living in India. He has been, over the recent years, in Russia, and China on work assignments. Which has given her reason/opportunity to go to some really interesting places. The young man is based out of Washington, D.C., so periodically returns to the states, for business/meetings, but is generally assigned to report news from the foreign locations where he resides. With him living in such relatively exotic locales, this has given F. reason to make some wonderful trips to foreign lands to visit him and his family. The addition of a second grandson (named after both the baby's granddads) in the fall has made visits to her son even more appealing.
When I met her for dinner last night, she had a few printed photos, and hundreds on her computer she brought along for 'show and tell'. Many of the family, a cute little two-and-a-half year old, the wee baby, all swaddled up, grinning out of many layers with bright blue eyes, and a pair of smiling, happy parents - all enjoying exploring the wonders of Delhi, both old and new. Quite a few of the pictures she had on her computer were of places they had been while she was there: temples, gardens, parks with beautiful old buildings that had gorgeous stone work, and could have been built well over a thousand years ago. Intricate inlaid stone, and delicate looking designs on tiles that were so painstakingly created centuries ago, still in perfect condition, looking newly wrought.
I thoroughly enjoyed the slide show, time visiting with F., and a most excellent shared meal, thanks to the chef daughter. From the conversation, and photos, she obviously enjoyed her travels, and time with family, on the far side of the globe. Interesting to think that both of those grandsons can have dual citizenship - one born in China, and the other India. How the world has changed!
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