We are a family of 4, comprising 2 adults that love traveling and kids that tolerate it, if given almost illegal amounts of sugar.
Us adults don't travel as much as we'd like. Every time we do travel, the kids want to know what's it in for them and a picnic has to start in the first mode of transportation taken - even if it is just the train to get to the airport.
Based in India until 4 years ago, we tried doing 2 holidays a year - one domestic and one international.
Having kids changed our holidays schedules a little bit.
Now we travel as often as we can and sight-see as much as we're allowed.
This is just a little more about us.
Ajay
A business school graduate, an engineer by trade
Working in Education; Chennai is where he's made
To him travel means photographs, and UNESCO sites
He doesn't food experiment; no exotic bites
He loves golf and history, trivia's a good fit
And, sometimes, if time permits, he rhymes a little bit.
Gayatri
A trained classical dancer, a post-Doctoral cell-biology research scientist, a science journalist for websites, an app-startup entrepreneur, a science communicator and much, much more.
If there is a pie, chances are, she's got fingers in it.
To her, holidays are a chance to kick back, relax, slow things down, drink a glass of wine or two and let someone else do the planning.
If you ask her for directions, she's likely to tell you to head North, instead of heading straight.
Oh... and Maps! The world needs more maps. Lots of maps.
Advay
An extroverted 6 going on 60, Advay can alternately be either a little kid or a granddad.
At 6, there are no simple likes or dislikes or feelings of indifference. There are obsessions.
Advay is obsessed with spiders, snakes, crocs and other assorted reptiles, Mosasaurs, cricket, Chennai Super Kings and children's serialized e-books on Spotify, in German.
If you want to make him a quick friend, you may want to comment on the fact that he's missing a tooth... just saying.
We've been on 3 Italian vacations with him and he'd gladly do a few more - as long as we keep the pasta and gelato coming.
Dyuti
A 3-yr-old tomboy and wild-child who knows her mind, it has been factually proven that Dyuti's scream can shatter glass.
This blog's biased opinion is that she also has a smile that can melt stone. Experimental validation is underway.
Dyuti's acceptance of anything new can be accelerated if it comes in red or green, which need to be referred to as 'Marshall' and 'Rocky', respectively.
At 3, Dyuti is still coming to terms with the vagaries of the English language. If you ask her what she's up to when she's just lazing around, she's likely to say, "Anything...".
We like that answer. Little girls can indeed do anything.