1. day one of the conference. there i was outfitted in true ganjam style-- new sandals, new jeans, new shirt, new makeup[sorry old face], old hairdo.--went to have breakfast before leaving. was joined by doctor from nagpur ,who after we finished breakfast, said 'well dr kalpana, why dont u hurry up and get ready ,lets leave soon " !!!!!!!!!! of course i dint speak to him again .
of course my silk shirt needed a bit of ironing after the trip but i felt it was too much to forgive and forget !!!!
and thats how my trip started.
2. here dress code is easy, shortest of shorts, torn jeans, old st shirts,with one sleeve off the shoulder all the time, hair loose, with no sign that it was ever combed, and to top it all u had to wear stilletoes . i couldnt differentiate who were gong to work and who were on a holiday. no difference at all.
3. nobody horns. all very polite and even stop at all the innumerable traffic lights even with no traffic around. it needs a few auto rickshaws and motorists from nama chennai to shake them up.
sanjay and me had a fab time, got a metro map and daily planned our sightseeing jaunts on the map adn made a few mistakes, caught the wrong trian , etc but had a great time.
food -- oh god- thay eat nly dry bread all the time , the pasta and pizza too were spice less. finaly ate at mc donald, night dinner was always at an indian restaurant -naan ,chicken gravy and basmati rice. i would kill for rasam sadam and potatoe poriyal by the end of the stay !!!!!!!!!!
roads and gardens fantastically clean .where are all the slums i asked . nobody knew.
just putting in a few snaps.
8 comments:
Kap, everything looks fabulous including your gang am style. Hats off to you for doing it on your own and doing it well.
Kap, everything looks fabulous including your gang am style. Hats off to you for doing it on your own and doing it well.
Wow Kapu chitti.. Looks like an amazing trip... What is that church in a cave or soemthing?
its a church designed by the most famous spanish architect GAUDI. he has designed the church called- la sagrada familai- the building started in 1852 is still under construction and s expected to go on for a few more years about 20 years more.
those are carvings of scenes from bible on the outside of the church. its breath taking.
hi kappu, barcelona is beautiful, you missed one important place Nou-camp home of Barcelona football club. u should have bought a bright colourful shirt for the boys from 'desigual'.
babu, you are right ,i dint see the football club as sanjay was not very keen. i did see the desi gaul shops and wondered if it was indian.
anway i gor sajit a football t shirt he wanted.
Fantastic trip, I am sure both of you will cherish the memories for years ,, wonder why sajit didn't come !!
There are some things money cant buy ,,,, these times are the best
ravi you are both right and wrong. these memories were bought with money. but as u saay we will treasure it always.
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