We were in Jodhpur, the blue city, for one night staying at a nice hotel that we had little time to enjoy. We had a quick lunch by the pool when we arrived and before heading to a massive fort, the Mehrangarh Fort. India historically has been highly fortified: we toured the Red Fort in Delhi, the Amber Fort in Jaipur, Ranthambore Fort and at Jodhpur, Mehrangarh. This fort offered a zip line tour! Jim and Francie braved the whole thing, but I couldn’t quite muster enthusiasm for this type of touring. They enjoyed it and I was happy too, so it was a win-win. We had a drink and dinner back at the Taj Hotel (one of the nicer of the trip) and braced ourselves for early wake-up and the drive to Udaipur.

A bit about the time in the car. Although we realized we were moving around a lot, India is a vast country, and we were only in a few places! But we covered alot of miles/kilometers this week: Khajuraho to Agra (6 hours); Agra to Ranthambore (6 hours); Ranthambore to Jaipur (another 6); Jaipur to Jodhpur (4-5 hours); Jodhpur to Udaipur (another 6). Even Francie is worn out; thank goodness for her iPhone full of Taylor Swift. I’m bushed. Only Jim will not admit to feeling any impact of this. However, its nice to have done everything we had the opportunity to do! Tomorrow- a couple of plane rides and a drive up to the Hill Station, Mussoorie, and maybe a first look at Francie’s school!

Francie is actually excited to be getting back to school- can you imagine all this time with her parents? She is done with us! And she is excited she has been admitted to both Wooster College and Whittier University so she knows she will actually be going to college in the fall (still waiting to hear from a number of schools, but 2 for 2 so far!)