Sunday: Chocolate, Trains and Snakes
Another great family outing on Sunday. Dave took us for breakfast to a
restaurant specializing in chocolate. Choco La Is in a high-end
shopping complex called Khan Market. We arrived at about 9:45 and I
couldn't believe there were only two other tables of people. I had an
Aztec - hot chocolate with "piquant spices" and Broch had the dark
chocolate hot chocolate. This was no Swiss Miss - it was thick and
rich like the chocolate you'd get for breakfast in Spain. Eggs
Benedict for Dave, an omelet for me and poached eggs for Broch with
chocolate croissant, of course. We then took an auto rickshaw over to the National Train Museum. An
outdoor extravaganza of old retired engines and coaches for 150 years
of Indian railway development. Broch had a ball climbing on all the
trains and moving the turntable. We spend a couple of hours there and
as we were leaving Dave said, "Hey, want to see some snakes?" He went
over to a man in a turban sitting on the sidewalk with a collection of
round baskets. He and Dave agreed to a price and the show began. Broch
was wisely wary as the man tried to hand him the first couple of
snakes. Dave held a couple until the cobras came out. I stood back in
"photographer mode". The man played his flute and the cobras started
to dance up out of the net set of baskets. Just a slight departure
than a typical Sunday in Austin.
restaurant specializing in chocolate. Choco La Is in a high-end
shopping complex called Khan Market. We arrived at about 9:45 and I
couldn't believe there were only two other tables of people. I had an
Aztec - hot chocolate with "piquant spices" and Broch had the dark
chocolate hot chocolate. This was no Swiss Miss - it was thick and
rich like the chocolate you'd get for breakfast in Spain. Eggs
Benedict for Dave, an omelet for me and poached eggs for Broch with
chocolate croissant, of course. We then took an auto rickshaw over to the National Train Museum. An
outdoor extravaganza of old retired engines and coaches for 150 years
of Indian railway development. Broch had a ball climbing on all the
trains and moving the turntable. We spend a couple of hours there and
as we were leaving Dave said, "Hey, want to see some snakes?" He went
over to a man in a turban sitting on the sidewalk with a collection of
round baskets. He and Dave agreed to a price and the show began. Broch
was wisely wary as the man tried to hand him the first couple of
snakes. Dave held a couple until the cobras came out. I stood back in
"photographer mode". The man played his flute and the cobras started
to dance up out of the net set of baskets. Just a slight departure
than a typical Sunday in Austin.
