Letters To Koko

Hi Koko,  The last entry became a little intense, didn't it? To something lighter then.  In continuation to our last adventure at Pitti Palace , today I will talk about the time we got lost in Venice. Yes, you read it first here - we were lost! So this was our first trip as a family and we were super excited. Venice was our first stop and we were staying overnight on the mainland and would take the ferry out in the morning.  We initially wanted to catch the sunrise at Piazza San Marco, which is the central square of this quaint town. The majestic St. Mark's Basilica is located here. But of course given the extreme cold (our general laziness & disappointment at having lost your stroller at the airport the day before) - we decided to sleep in. Not wanting to waste any additional time in the hotel we headed out without having breakfast. There would surely be some good food in the food capital of the world! We headed to the port to catch the vaporetto or the waterbus (whi...

  Hi Koko,  I have not written in a looong time. Not because I had dearth of subjects, but because I definitely was caught up in a lot of things. You started going to school - physically going to school. In fact this week you have your exams. Between adjusting back to normalcy of having a person routinely go outside of home, packing lunch boxes and managing the newly increased amount of work at office I was honestly left with no time.  However, I have been planning to start this series for a long time and I think today is a good day to start. So I have been thinking that you know your relatives and cousins, but there are so many of your family you will never meet or people who are not really in their element anymore. What about their stories? Do we just forget those lives? I want to you to know them, like they were in their beautiful and meaningful lives. Like with you and me - all of them have had bright and awful days. I will try and collect some memory you can hold on ...