Great lunch today..hot and sour soup with lots of vegetables..particularly carrots...seems to be a lot of carrots around...and my new favorite..lemon tea.  Visited the monastery today..got to see the Gonda which is the prayer hall.......and the museum...all the Buddists were were so very friendly...they were impressed that I had seen the Dali Lama last spring. I have brought the scarf he blessed with me on this trip.