India GateWE ARE TOGETHER IN DELHI!
This despite a nearer-to-death experience than Delta Airlines would be comfortable publicly admitting, getting stranded in Charles de Gaulle, getting stranded again outside of the Delhi Airport, and many other wondrous adventures that will hopefully be forgotten soon. Our grand reunion mainly consisted of crashing on the hotel bed and parceling out generous portions of chocolate from our combined stores. In the evening we went with our friends Keshav and Dishant to see the India Gate, and now we're getting ready to take a 6 am train to Dehradun, where we'll be living for the next twoish months.
Our (perhaps overly) sheltered Scandinavian taste buds are going through a sort of gastronomical boot camp. We blushed and gasped our way through a delicious dinner including peppery sweet corn soup, potato-stuffed naan, Kashmiri chickpeas, daal with red beans, cubes of cheese, cucumber yogurt, tomatoes, and anise with sugar. Keshav and Dishant judged us for our struggles.
The main impressions thus far have been the sheer force of such a large population (traffic, oh my god), the amount of English both spoken and written throughout Delhi, and the yummy food. I for one am homesick for my family in Senegal and also Odie Gandalf the Minnesotan dog/angel. However, I can't wait to see Dehradun (AND we've been told that there are four Bollywood theatres in the one city, all of which cost four dollars or less). Dance parties are imminent!
lots of fun and good food but not the least mention of WI :(
ReplyDeleteAlso, no mention of missing ME.
ReplyDeleteloool Jacqui u re going to get a lot of people mad at u :P we re all jealous of Odie now!!!
ReplyDeleteYou can't win them all
ReplyDeleteAlso, Alex, I appreciate you so much for correctly using "whom." :)
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