If it's Tuesday, it must be Belgium

but it's Saturday, so it's Switzerland!

Today we went to the Swiss Embassy for their Festa of Lights Mela. Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights, is next weekend, so the Mela, or Fair season is well underway. Traditional gifts to give at Diwali include candles and diyas (oil lamps) and food. This mela had lots of those on offer, and much more. Clothes, shoes, handmade paper crafts - anything a girl could ask for!

Thankfully for Keir they also had a kids area, with a ball cage. He was much happier there than browsing through Indian clothing stalls. They didn't know it, but the stall keepers were happier too! There was a gourmet food court, so Rod and I decided as we were in Switzerland we should do as the Swiss do, so lunch was bubbling Raclette cheese served with boiled potatoes, pickled onions and gerkhins. Though I suppose in Switzerland it's not generally served on a plate made from recycled palm leaves... Yummy, nevertheless.

And after the bustle of Switzerland we moved back into India. To celebrate our return, we enjoyed an icecream on the much less crowded footpath. Not the way round things usually are!