Arriving in India

We arrived in India in late July. It was cooler (thanks be!) than it was for our look-see trip in May-June, Now it was in the 90s; vs. 110+ in May. We stayed at the same hotel in New Delhi, near IBM Research, that we had stayed at in May. (The Grand). We immediately got busy with the settling in process, so we could leave the hotel and move into the apartment we had already rented. Amnon was instantly comfortable in the marketplace environment, getting handmade furniture at a fraction of the asking prices for already built furniture. The shopkeepers commented that Amnon only *looks* western…his negotiating and bargaining skills rival any inner city Indian…We cannot underestimate the learnings that took place in the Israeli shuks. Plus, Amnon is the son of Rachel Basson; he probably acquired these skills with his mother’s milk..