Hello from New Delhi! Aarti and I are at her relative's place in Delhi and it's been great so far. We arrived around 2:30am on the 28th and met up with the relatives at the airport. They gave us a ride back to their house where we were given tasty treats and soda and talked for an hour or so before going to bed at 5am. Ended up sleeping til about noon the next day. Kind of threw off the whole adjusting to a new time zone thing, but I think we're good now.
3/28- More tasty treats for breakfast, and then a lunch which consisted of eating til we were full and then being given more food. Haha. It's hard to say no. Hung out with Aarti's mom's friend and her son. They took us to a temple and then a market. The mom helped us buy purses for around 4 USD. Good deal. Then came back home for large dinner. I'm pretty sure my stomach is stretching out here..
3/29- Woke up early and caught a tourism bus with an "aunt" and her adorable kid. ..After another large breakfast :-P Went to all the main Delhi sites: Lakshmi Narayan Temple, Qutub Minar, The Lotus Temple, Gandhi Smriti (the place where he was assassinated.. I want to read more about him; this place was a little intense to visit), Red Fort, Rajghat (where Ghandi was cremated), and Humayun's Tomb. Lunch break in the middle of course. Tried dosa. Very good. Then went to Dilli haat (I think that's how you spell it), a handcrafts/food market. Ate sooo much dinner. They ordered a bunch of random things and we had to try it all and there was so much and it was so good we couldn't stop. Hours later my belly still feels full. And a recurring theme of all this eating is that even though the food is really good, it's a little spicy. I'm fine with eating it and only sometimes does my mouth feel too hot, but my nose always ends up running. They love to laugh at me every time I bring out my tissues. I try to be secretive about it but they always see and think it's the funniest. Soon enough though I think I will be able to eat it like them, ha.
Ok, going to try to upload some pictures I think. We'll see how that goes. There's a lot and the internet isn't that fast.
Overall, having a wonderful trip but know that whenever we stop long enough to have time to think, I'm thinking of all of you! Miss everyone!!
xoxoxoxoxoxo
Ok, fail on the pictures. USB ports not seeming to work. Maybe later. Sorry!
3/28- More tasty treats for breakfast, and then a lunch which consisted of eating til we were full and then being given more food. Haha. It's hard to say no. Hung out with Aarti's mom's friend and her son. They took us to a temple and then a market. The mom helped us buy purses for around 4 USD. Good deal. Then came back home for large dinner. I'm pretty sure my stomach is stretching out here..
3/29- Woke up early and caught a tourism bus with an "aunt" and her adorable kid. ..After another large breakfast :-P Went to all the main Delhi sites: Lakshmi Narayan Temple, Qutub Minar, The Lotus Temple, Gandhi Smriti (the place where he was assassinated.. I want to read more about him; this place was a little intense to visit), Red Fort, Rajghat (where Ghandi was cremated), and Humayun's Tomb. Lunch break in the middle of course. Tried dosa. Very good. Then went to Dilli haat (I think that's how you spell it), a handcrafts/food market. Ate sooo much dinner. They ordered a bunch of random things and we had to try it all and there was so much and it was so good we couldn't stop. Hours later my belly still feels full. And a recurring theme of all this eating is that even though the food is really good, it's a little spicy. I'm fine with eating it and only sometimes does my mouth feel too hot, but my nose always ends up running. They love to laugh at me every time I bring out my tissues. I try to be secretive about it but they always see and think it's the funniest. Soon enough though I think I will be able to eat it like them, ha.
Ok, going to try to upload some pictures I think. We'll see how that goes. There's a lot and the internet isn't that fast.
Overall, having a wonderful trip but know that whenever we stop long enough to have time to think, I'm thinking of all of you! Miss everyone!!
xoxoxoxoxoxo
Ok, fail on the pictures. USB ports not seeming to work. Maybe later. Sorry!
Looking forward to those pictures!
ReplyDeleteme tooo! glad you guys are getting fat!
ReplyDeleteCan't imagine what it's like over there after India just won the cricket world cup! Tell me that was your plan all along for this trip, haha.
ReplyDeletehaha, had no idea about cricket before we came here, but yeah, so exciting! seeing people partying in the street, watching it on big screen tvs with tons of people.. :-D
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