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Our trip continues..................

"Teesha.......Wake up!" said a voice, while its owner shook me vigorously."We're in Dover. The Euro tunnel is just five minutes away!" Instantly, I sat up . I was so excited! I decided that I would not miss a moment of this fantastic opportunity! Soon, we reached the shuttle. ' We are in the shuttle, and are the nearly the first vehicle in it ', I printed in my diary. When the shuttle, whose in-side was pale yellow, finally began to move, people began to rush out of the coach. There were large information boards containing instructions for how to keep safe ,written in English as well as French on the shuttle. I sat in my seat, scribbling  in my diary, soon realizing that I was the only one (awake) in the coach. I stared at the view from the large window beside me. There was a never ending line of coaches, cars, vans- almost any mode of (land!) transport you can think of! Suddenly, a robot-like voice boomed - " Here are some safety rules...

Our Continental Trip Begins !

Friday, 21st  December 2012 The Confirmation I knew something was about to happen soon, the moment Baba came to pick us up from school. Even though they tried to be as secretive as they could, I   sometimes would be  rather nosy, and over-hear their conversations with other grown ups.One of these conversations was to one of mother's friends, Ma was saying to her: " Teesha won't need a visa, as Americans can spend up to three months in Europe-without one! " That was the biggest clue I needed to know what was going on, we were going to EUROPE! During our journey back to home, I asked dozens of questions, trying to act innocent. "Baba, why didn't Ma come to pick us up as usual? Where is she now? What is she doing at home? Why didn't Ma tell us before that you were coming?" As I had thought, he did not answer most of these.   When we finally reached home, our Mum greeted us, by huffing,"I've packed for me and Teerno, You and ...

Our Advanced Letter to Father Christmas

Written a month before Christmas                                                                                                                                                                   ...