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Tonight I had a lovely dinner with my coworkers at Olive Branch. It is an oasis from all the craziness of the city, I almost felt like I was back in Tuscany!

On my walk home I saw this familiar logo, but upon a closer you look you can see the difference to what we are used to at home!

Coffee Day: So close, yet so very, very far...

Coffee day across the street:

Oncoming traffic:
Every day I am faced with a life changing decision, should I get a coffee at Coffee Day (the Starbucks of India)? The decision is made that much harder as for some reason I allow myself to have the "Tropical Iceburg" which is the equivalent of a frappacino, with probably twice the fat. I usually overcome this by coercing one of my coworkers to take me (and yes, I hold their hand while crossing!)

Purple haze

Purple has arrived! I have never seen so much purple fashion - every store display is purple, purple, purple. I love it! I am clearly fashion-forward as purple has always been my favorite color! :)

An Italian Wedding

Hien and I just returned to Milano; it was a beautiful drive from Bagni du Lucca, the village where the wedding was. AND we didn't even get lost with me navigating!

In true Italian fashion the wedding went from 3pm to 5:30am! (I rolled home at 2:30am and Hien of course stayed until the bitter end). The town has only ~10,000 people, so everyone in the village had heard about the "foreigner" wedding, the first one ever. The bride and groom live in Dubai, but are Irish/Australian. As you can imagine, it was a fun group; I am looking forward to going to Dubai and meeting up with my new buddies!

Stimulating the economy!

Hien and I did our part in helping the global economy through some major shopping at the largest mall in Europe, Saravelle. Perfect rainy day activity.

Casting my vote

Hien, Heather and I made sure to cast our absentee ballot... I am keeping my fingers crossed (Obama 2008!) and will get up very early to watch the returns in India.

At the airport now - flight is in one hour!

Packing and procrastinating...

I started packing tonight and decided that I better wait until tomorrow, or maybe Wednesday... After all, I'll know more about the weather forecast then. I always end up packing last minute and forgetting stuff, which provides an excellent excuse for shopping...