Us and 2 of the girls

India's National Independence Day and Katja's Birthday!

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August 15th 2011
Its a special day today! Katja's birthday AND Indias National Independence Day (65th). Freedom from the Brits! We celebrated Katja's birthday with a delicious banana cake that Ingrid cooked this morning and then went off to the childrens school to see their singing and dancing performances for Independence Day. Our kids were a little shy and later we found out that none of the other ch ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more