Things I don’t hate about Goa

I haven’t posted in a bit because I have not felt the muse strike since I have been too busy feeling sorry for myself and plotting my escapt to Thailand for the rest of my trip.   However, I thought it might be a good exercise to try and not think so much about what I hate about Goa and instead write some about the things I almost like.

Well, we can start with the food.  I am not a huge fan of Indian food on the whole.  I like a good Indian meal occasionally, but in Mysore I was so tired of thali meals that I couldn’t wait until the  Pizza Hut opened which it finally did three days before I left.  Goa, on the other hand, has variety.  There are so many nationalities that vacation here that there is a cafe/restaurant just waiting to cater to them.   My favorite is the French Bakery because they have the best croissants I have ever tasted.    We also eat at Bean Me Up alot – they have good salads and yummy tofu dishes.  The Saturday Night Market has a food court to rival any and I saw everthing you could imagine there – even sushi!

I also really like Rowan’s preschool – the Yellow School House.  It is run by a very nice British lady and all the teachers are these amazing Indian women.  The school has a great play yard and the classrooms inside have so much to offer.  They take kids for as little as a week and then there are also kids there that live in Goa.  It is a bit pricey though.  In Mysore Rowan went to a preschool Mon – Fri from 9am – 12pm and we paid TWELVE DOLLARS A MONTH.  I paid $100 for a month in Goa from Mon, Wed, and Fri from 9am – 1pm.

I also like that some restaurants/ cafes have catered to families by offering kids activities.  At Bean Me Up they have a “kids corner” with a box of toys and a television that plays cartoons from the Indian version of Cartoon Network.  At the French Bakery they also have a kids toy box and a great place to hang out and chill upstairs.   In Little Vagatore there is a trampoline on the beach in front of on beach restaurant where all the kids gather and jump while the parents sip cocktails in peace while watching the sunset   The other night we went to an Italian restaurant in Chaporra and they were projecting some Mickey Mouse cartoons on the wall and about 8 kids were all sitting watching – again so parents could eat and talk .

I like Rolf and Marci and doing yoga with them.

 Okay, and that ends my feel good post.