Saturday 10 April 2010

Mobbing in the children’s garden

Breakfast, somewhat embarrassingly, is at McDonald’s. Beth and Isla have a happy meal with Pizza McPuff. This is purportedly a pizza type item in the configuration of a spring roll. Both children reject it off the bat. Isla, however, continues her love affair with ketchup and some bread is consumed. The happy meal confers upon is the truly hideous gift of a black spiderman toy with moving part web emission. We leave it quietly on the tray when we leave. As we marshal shoes and sunhats on the steps of McDonalds, a staff member runs out, grateful to reunite us with our clearly forgotten spider thing. Beth is ecstatic.

Cubbon Park beckons and we spend some time wandering up and down a road being stared at. The kids are once again proving popular and passers by seem to want to try and grab their cheeks. Isla seems to get the main focus, but Beth can be targetted as a backup.

DSCF2465But, lo and behold, there is a children’s park and after being relieved of a few rupees, we are aboard a miniature train whizzing around the park. Beth and Isla love it and it is a relief for them to find something here they can easily recognise as fun.

DSCF2467Later flashmobbing occurs with groups of up to 15  people standing around Isla and grabbing at her. It is all well-meant but quite scary. Beth takes to hiding behind our legs. Isla just looks bemused.

We lollop back to the hotel room, and do very littel for the rest of the day. I make brief expeditions to try and ascertain how much it should cost by taxi to Mysore the next day, forcing 1 Rupee coins (about 2p – the highest denomination a payphone will take) into yellow boxes.

We eat at Ruby Tuesday’s. Also not at all Indian, but entirely edible. A Ukranian is scheduled to perform a set within the restaurant, but we escape before he has a chance to turn on his amp.

Isla rejects her tent. At least she is consistent.

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