Editing Blog/2024-12-31/End of the Year (section)

== December ==

India needs a whole post of its own. I'd forgotten how crowded the country is.

[[File:Driving from Bangalore Airport to Jayanagar - Traffic at 3 AM .jpg|thumb|center|This is three in the morning. There's a lot of traffic!]]

Shreyas and Karen had a wonderful Indian wedding. Julie couldn't join me since we're expecting in March but I represented the family!

I also got to try out the Vande Bharat Express.

[[File:Vande Bharat Arrives At Bangalore.jpg|thumb|center|Pretty good by Indian standards!]]

I got to stay with my brother in Bombay and see a lot of old friends in Bangalore, Chennai, and Bombay.

On the way back I stopped over in Leicester in England. Julie joined me here and we stayed at my cousin Winston's place with his wife and three daughters. We went for a little walk down by the river near Burghley House.
[[File:Burghley House - A Heritage Building in the UK.jpg|thumb|center|Very quaint. Classically England.]]

When we returned to San Francisco, a couple of friends unexpectedly visited us. We made noodles with the pasta maker.

[[File:Kitchenaid Mixer - Pasta Maker Attachment.jpg|thumb|center|The pasta maker attachment is quite handy.]]

We also saw some dates at the store and decided to make some sticky toffee pudding for a pot luck at our friend's. It came out quite well, though my first attempt at the treacle resulted in a hard sugary blob! You have to leave some water in there.

[[File:Slice of Sticky Toffee Pudding.png|thumb|center|Nigella's recipe at the BBC is pretty straightforward to follow]]

We then went to visit Julie's family in Las Vegas for Christmas. I'd already inflated in size after my trip to India. This trip completed the job, though I ended still sub 200 pounds - which is a bad weight for me.

The Arte Museum in Las Vegas was a sort of lightweight TeamLab electronic art space. I wish more of the exhibits were interactive but they were all quite nice to look at.

[[File:Roshan and Julie at the Arte Museum - Las Vegas.jpg|thumb|center]]

And finally we went to the Anyma show at The Sphere. I really like his music, and I really like the Sphere so this was a great opportunity to have both!

[[File:Anyma at The Sphere - Dec 28.png|thumb|center]]

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