Jack's Sports Day

perhaps the internet will crash

well ... well....
look everybody... i am here in cyberspace....bet you thought you'd never see the day that i would be posting a blog. well it seems as time is moving forward i am at the caboose. and happy to be there.
now, i wish i had something interesting to share with ya'll. the last month i have been staying a mom's apt in chennai. i have been spending just about all of my time working on my applications for nursing school. i am applying to ucsf and sf state.
i am hoping to get into a program that will give me a rn and an advanced practice degree in acute care nursing. so all the herberts and friends out there..... wish me luck.apart from that mom and i have been creating some tasty meals on a daily basis and jack and namy have been coming over for afternoon swims. so there it is all.... my first blog entry. perhaps a bit long but hey... i have a little time to make up for. GO HERBERT BLOG!!!

Made it home

...I made it back to NYC. We had great tapas in Barcelona. Were ushered into an underground Flamenco Club in Seville. In Seville we also saw the remains of Christopher Columbus. In Madrid we visited the Royal Palace and the Prado Museum.

It is good to be home and sleeping in my own bed.

Katerina

Monaco Madness

Gina and I arrived in Monaco at midnight. Carol and Camilo our glamorous hosts picked us up at the airport and took us straight out to see the best that the Principality has to offer. We had a fancy drink at the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel and caught up. We then headed to Jimmy*Z, a nightclub with indoor-outdoor dancefloor. Gina bought us us each a $40 a cocktail and we sipped them very slowly. Hot well dressed millionaires did synchonized dancing on leather banquettes while many Tara Reid/Paris Hilton WannBes looked on. Even this New Yorker had never seen such a sight. It was a kick (see Carol's highkick).

The next morning was more civilized with a continetal breakfast at Carol's overlooking the Monaco port. We spent the day touring the Cote de'Azur by car and on the beach and then drove to Italy for a splendid meal.

Tomorrow night Gina and I take the train to Barcelona.

Au Revoir,

Kate and Gina

By bus and by rickshaw

It's another school day in India. Mama drops Namy and Jack at Nana's gate on her way to her Montessori classes. The big Billabong school bus arrives and Namy jumps aboard. Then Nana and Jack flag a nearby rickshaw and away they go to KFI school. Nana says helping the kids get to school brightens her mornings...rain or shine.

Kate at the Tate

Jo is a wonderful hostess. I arrived at Heathrow and took the tube in to London and a cab to her place. I was met by a big hug and smile and wine and good french cheese she brought back from her most recent trip.

We ventured out in her local neighborhood of Battersea and ran into her friends at the pub and drank champagne with them.

Today we slept in late and got up to go out for brunch. We then took a train to the Tate Modern. We viewed the exhibits getting our cultural points for the day and sat on the balcony cafe to see a great view of London and drink lattes and giggle.

Gina arives tonight.

Kate