Delhi

NB - 4 and a bit years of age

IB - 2 years of age

JB - girl adult

AB - boy adult

What do you like the best about living in Delhi?

NB: I like that we got a big carton of icecream.

IB: The pool.

JB: Feeling like I am on holiday all the time.

AB: The swimming pool.

What is the best thing you have seen since moving to Delhi?

NB: The turtle.

IB: Having a best friend for the first time - Isla.

JB: Indians who have little giving money to people who have less.

AB: Sufi Temple in the musicians quarter of old Delhi.

What is the most different thing between living in Canberra and Delhi?

NB: Rickshaws.

IB: Not being in a cot.

JB: The feeling that I don't hate it.

AB: Rubble.

What do you like the most about your new house?

NB: Mummy putting up new pictures on my bedroom wall.

IB: Sharing a room with my sister

JB: The space - it's bigger.

AB: The tennis court in the front yard.

What do you like the least about living in Delhi?

NB: I like everything.

IB: I get itchy all the time.

JB: Wasps.

AB: Having to have a driver. I'd rather have a car and go to places when I want to.

What is your favourite food in Delhi?

NB: Rice with tomato sauce.

IB: Egg

JB: The sourdough from the french bakery.

AB: The dinner we had at Bukhara, which you are most likely just about to write about.

My answers:

What do you like the best about visiting Delhi?

Hanging out and drawing on the big table, knowing there is a turtle stalking us from the backyard.

What is the best thing you have seen since visiting Delhi?

The traffic. There are so many cars and rickshaws and bikes all competing for the road. There don't seem to be any defined lanes, but it all works in uniform chaos.

What is the most different thing between Canberra and Delhi?

The lemons.

What do you like the most about the Blachfords new house?

The fact that they have only been here two much and it is very much the Blachford's home. The beautiful pieces of arts and collectables and the well thought out rooms with everything just right, but in an off kilter way.

What do you like the least about visiting Delhi?

That you just can't pop out for something or to go somewhere. I also didn't like the air con failing in the car on the day it was 48 degrees and I was in the back of the car for 4.5 hours. But that wasn't officially in Delhi...

What is your favourite food in Delhi?

The dinner we had at Bukhara.