Many of you want to know about how we are living and what it all looks like. Ask and you shall receive, we aim to please.
First up, the American Embassy School (AES), the place the three kids in this family of five attend school. Because the kids are American born citizens admission to the school pretty much meant filling out paperwork in triplicate (three kids). There are many nationalities represented at the AES, in fact their website states "53 nationalities" of which 35 percent of the student body, nursery through 12 grade, are Americans. Visit the AES web site here http://aes.ac.in//index.php?sec=44
(above) This garden is inside the security gate at the Gate 2 entrance. A peaceful little campus entrance garden.
(above) This is a look at the inside of the security gates. There are turn-style entrances for people with school IDs and a locked gate entrance for those without IDs. A sign in sheet and identification check is done for those without IDs.
(above) This is a directional sign outside the elementary school building area. It shows just a few of the areas within this small campus.
(above)Here is a walkway between the elementary school and administration area that houses the lunchroom, library, business office, school director's office etc. These neat little sculptures are all throughout the campus area. (shown both above & below)
(above) The performing arts auditorium is called the Hall of Peace.
The school is in the "heart of the diplomatic community" IE right across the street from the American Embassy in New Delhi. We joined the ACSA organization within the Embassy and have enjoyed some of the benefits of the membership. http://www.acsaindia.com/
ACSA restaurants serve a variety of food choices, most of which are NOT gluten free. Our family drink of choice, first tried at ACSA but served everywhere, is sweet lime soda.
Recipe for Sweet Lime Soda: serving 1
Ingredients:
*Juice of 1 lime (key limes are not as sour)
*Sparkling water
*Sugar for sweet lime (salt for salt lime)
Directions: Squeeze the juice of one lime into a tumbler glass. For sweet lime add 1 tsp sugar (for salt lime add 1/2 tsp salt). Fill up the glass with sparkling water. Enjoy on ice only if it is "safe" ice.
(above) The counter inside the cafe area for ACSA.
(above) The bowling alley at ACSA is a hopping, four lane alley that has the bumper bowl option and automatic scoring making it a "strike" for our family.
First up, the American Embassy School (AES), the place the three kids in this family of five attend school. Because the kids are American born citizens admission to the school pretty much meant filling out paperwork in triplicate (three kids). There are many nationalities represented at the AES, in fact their website states "53 nationalities" of which 35 percent of the student body, nursery through 12 grade, are Americans. Visit the AES web site here http://aes.ac.in//index.php?sec=44
(above) The high school building on the right with the breezway table area on the ground floor. The left building houses mostly middle school.
The school is in the "heart of the diplomatic community" IE right across the street from the American Embassy in New Delhi. We joined the ACSA organization within the Embassy and have enjoyed some of the benefits of the membership. http://www.acsaindia.com/
ACSA restaurants serve a variety of food choices, most of which are NOT gluten free. Our family drink of choice, first tried at ACSA but served everywhere, is sweet lime soda.
Recipe for Sweet Lime Soda: serving 1
Ingredients:
*Juice of 1 lime (key limes are not as sour)
*Sparkling water
*Sugar for sweet lime (salt for salt lime)
Directions: Squeeze the juice of one lime into a tumbler glass. For sweet lime add 1 tsp sugar (for salt lime add 1/2 tsp salt). Fill up the glass with sparkling water. Enjoy on ice only if it is "safe" ice.
(above) This is the more formal ACSA dining room.
(above) The pool side cafe area of ACSA.
And then there is a Baskin Robins which serves mostly gluten free real ice cream. http://www.baskinrobbins.com/Nutrition/allergen.aspx We have not frequented a Baskin Robins so regular as we have in the recent month, not since we left northern California and lived within walking distance of the BR 31 flavors, and that was pre kid middle and kid three.
(above) Because he serves the ice cream, Sanjay has become the kid's favorite server in ACSA.
(above) The bowling alley at ACSA is a hopping, four lane alley that has the bumper bowl option and automatic scoring making it a "strike" for our family.
(above) Costa Coffee is the UK version of Starbucks and located here in India. Costa Coffee shops are everywhere, including in the ACSA area of the American Embassy. During these cold winter months we have enjoyed an occasional coconut hot cocoa from Costa Coffee. Yummy! When the heat hits we will add our cool drink of choice from Costa Coffee.
Added side note. To make "safe" ice in India we need to use distilled water in ice cube trays and make it at home to be sure. We are told ACSA ice is also "safe" ice. *An ice spike is an upward-facing icicle that forms as a body of water freezes. Ice spikes can form in natural environments or can be made artificially by freezing distilled water in plastic ice cube trays. We didn't know this before we started making "safe" ice at home. Enjoy one more picture of our "safe" ice. Sharp but safe.
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