What is marathi for, "WEBSTER! Come here Webby!"

Boy have we been having some incredible conversations with the land. On Sunday morning we left the incredible Barves family on their farm... It was a most beautiful 5 days we spent having incredible conversations, eating the most amazing home-cooked food, watching sunsets, playing volleyball (well, just Jake.. I cheered though), and just relaxing. Oh! Here's a recipe or two. The ingredients we ate were the freshest of fresh so everything was incredible, but I feel like these are two good recipes for every day use:









Garlic infused peanut oil:
1) Boil peanut oil (or any oil will work)
2) Add mustard seeds, fresh pieces of garlic, hing (an Indian spice that can be found in any Indian grocery store), and small amount of chillis (opt)

Peanut chutney!
1) toss ground roasted peanuts, garlic, and chillis into a blender
2) ENJOY on everything

From the farm we traveled back to Nasik (a surprisingly okay standing only bus trip.) where we went to the Sula Vineyards. Nasik is famous for being the new Indian wine country, and of course we had to go check it out! (Google Sula Vineyards for pictures.. It's gorgeous! Also, I'll be posting pictures very soon) We went from the farm to the bourgeoise boho wine tasting room. Amid well dressed middle-aged Indian folk, these two young, slightly disheveled backpacking kids strolled in to the gorgeous facilities and started drinking. We learned a little bit about the wine.. For example it's 14% alcohol by volume. We also learned that after tasting 5 wines, including the famous Shiraz (mmm TA4 knows how good it is!), we learned that we could get a little tipsy. So what else would we do but settle down in front of the beautiful vista to enjoy some cheese and crackers and more wine? There was jazz music and Dylan playing, so of course we danced a little... All in all, it was a really strange break from the day to day in India, complete with western toilets and all.

From the vineyard (armed with 2 local bottles of wine), we set off for Aurangabad, where we are staying currently. It's strange to be in a hotel, our first so far! Today we visited the Ellora Caves and tomorrow we visit Ajanta, and I'll post about the glories of those two sites sometime in the future. Words won't do it justice, so look out for photos and more of Jake's haikus for better descriptions.. Blessings!!