There is always a cognitive phenomenon that happens when we travel: everything becomes a story. The everyday, mundane things that might be ignored at home, become stories or interesting when you travel. "We went to the grocery store today" means more when you are not at home. Even the annoyances, may become great stories when they happen in the middle of an adventure. "We changed a flat tire on the side of the road today" almost seems exciting when it doesn't happen to disrupt your normal routine. Luckily, we have been travelling the last few days, so "our plane sat on the tarmac for 4 hours" and "our luggage didn't arrive at our destination" have not been the headaches they would have been were we not in India. We left Shamrock Farms, flew out of Manhattan,
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