Going to be home in two weeks. fourteen days.
Am endlessly excited.

A lot to say about Dharamsala but not enough time. Cooking classes were excellent (cannot wait to make momos and tingmo for y'all), teaching English was nice (had two Nepali girls which was fun for me) and our one day trek up the beautiful snowcapped mountain was intense.
Just a few short thoughts:
-Tibetan people are the nicest. Sweet and genuine and gentle. And they practice what they preach.
-What happened in Tibet is atrocious and the fact that I knew nothing about it, even more so. China took over an entire country, and persecuted and exiled many of its people. Please, inform yourselves.http://www.freetibet.org/about
- The longing of people here to return to Tibet is eerily reminiscent of galus bavel
-Eli's english class was asked what would make them happy and every response was one or both of the above: "Help others," and "Hear the Dalai Lama speak." That's great.

Also, we went to a concert of a local band here. They were surprisingly very good- a blend of Western and traditional music. Check em out-http://jjiexilebrothers.com/

Leaving for a ten day silent meditation retreat tomorrow. (I know that's insane). Flying home on the 12th so I'll be incommunicado until then. Wish me luck!