12/24 What? It's in English?

More of my favorite breakfast with extra email;)  I hover around the internet cafe hoping to catch my family online.  Time rolls around to meet Siddarth and Mitali for the movie.  I grab a cab outside of New Market - Calcutta's Grand Bizarre.  He asks about five people where the Forum is.  I have hope.  He seems genuine.  After about a half hour, I get a call from Siddarth asking where I was.  Just passed Science City.  What?  Turns out my impeccable sense of direction and excellent communication skills get me lost ... again:).  I was warned well in advance of the treachery of the taxi.  You win some and you lose some to taxi fare.  Eventually I get to the cinema, the cabby is a little richer;) no harm done though (seems to be another mantra). Turns out we are seeing Avatar.  Both Mitali and I thought it was a Hindi film.  We have a good laugh and try to enjoy the movie.  More wandering and of course hovering around the cafe.  I finally catch the family and we get to Skype.  Much needed and so incredible to see everybody's faces.  Throughout the day, I sat and listened to all the other tourists blow horns, sing carols, talk to relatives .... my turn rolls around so Merry Christmas and off to bed early.