A gastronomic Journey!

Ok you can't read what this picture says because my camera couldn't focus, BUT it says " every visit will be a gastronomic journey of discovery". Welcome to "The Grill" a kabob restaurant, that is midly expensive, and insists on playing Shakira music videos on its 12 Tvs, while groups of men gather to watch her gyrate her hips- that don't lie, might I add! Welcome to "The Grill". This was the last place we ate at while my mom was in town! One of the guys had seen it and thought it looked interesting, so always up for new experiences, we all jumped in the jeep and off we went.
When we sat down and looked at the menu, which said "Every visit will be a gastronomic journey of discovery", with it's 5 food choices, and smokey atmosphere, we knew we were in for a treat! A little confused by the menu and the lack of choices, we finally discovered that is was a buffet type thing. They come and bring out tonnes of kabob meat. Well, worried that the guys weren't going to get full we loaded them up w/ as much as possible. After the 5 or 6 meat dishes were finished, and we got up to leave, they were like "ok now comes the main course". Of course none of us were hungry at this time, but we sat back down to be culturally appropriate. What ensued was what seemed like an endless plenty of rice, dal makhani, butter chicken, and various other dishes. After the main course, it continued.....they brought dessert!!! Gastronomic journey of discovery was right- I think it took me three days to digest all the food I ate! It was a fun experience, and looking back on it, it was a LOT of food for 300rps ($7.50). All you can meat etc, doesn't get much cheaper I guess. Next time we go I'll just prepare myself by not eating for 3 weeks in advance!

Funtimes part Deux!

When I was in Elementary (in Wales) we would have these sleep overs, and for some reason we would always play this concoction game. One person had to go in a room and close their eyes, while everyone else would concoct this "drink" that the other person would then have to drink. I use the word drink losely because it usually had to be eaten w/ a spoon. Other than being a random anecdote, this story does have a point. I was looking through my pictures this morning and I realised that there were some that I wanted to post but they're all kind of random. So this post is like the game I used to play as a child, a random concoction, only you don't have to eat it!
The pictures range from my last good bye from my team mate and friend, Julie, to a random shot of my mom and I at the rock garden to some ridiculoud pictures of me in my new sari. Saris are more formal outfits that women here wear to parties and weddings. Up until now I haven't bought one, but I wanted one before I left. Well if anyone has ever seen a sari or even tried to wear one, you will know that there is quite an art to tying a sari. I have not quite mastered this art, and so my sari looks more like a random assortment of toga cloth. My roomie April has an amazing camera that she loves to take pictures with, so we did a little photo shoot, unfortunately I couldn't take it seriously enough to get a decent shot to show you what a sari is supposed to look like. Here are a few... excuse the facial expressions and poorly assembled cloth- saris really are beautiful when tied correctly! My roomies also had photo shoots, but for some reason those pictures aren't uploading...there's a surprise! Their saris actually look like they're supposed to! My computer is going in to have some servicing because it's broken, so I won't be updating much for a little while. My momma goes home on Tuesday!!! SAD :(

Funtimes With Momma

So my momma's stay here is coming to a close. We have had some funtimes! Sometimes we just laughed and laughed, she is a good friend and momma. One of the first days that she was here we were coming home from the grocery store and she/we almost flipped out as we saw a guy randomly walking his camel down the side of the road. I know that they live here....i've seen monkeys, elephants, water buffalo, cows, goats, sheep etc...but I have only once seen a camel. So...I don't know why, but the picture won't load.....you will have to wait in suspense for the picture....
One of our outings was to the Rock garden, which if you can remember back to one of my very first blogs, is a garden made out of the trash cleaned out of a nearby lake. There are things made out of broken toilets and sinks. Out bangles and plastics. The list of refuse material goes on. There are ALL kinds of things made out of the refuse, like army men exercising, or women in saris, monkeys, camels, and water buffalo.I have to admit that at first i thought they were moose. They look remarkably like moose, however, i always thought it was strange that Nationals didn't know what moose were, yet here were there statues. Water buffalo have become one of my favorite animals here, they're especially cute when they swim. Well anyway...the rock garden when i was here, was fun, but I have to admit when it's your third or fourth time through it, in hot, humid weather, you don't want to hang around too long. The one highlight were the swings...there are HUGE oversized swings, that look like you could fit two people on them. Well Haley and I tried, and the closest we came was an awkward looking pose, that left me with quite a few bruises on my thigh and hip. We eventually gave up and decided that her on my lap was the way to go.
Although you can't actually see much of me in this picture, I promise I'm buried in there.
After our excursion, we were all pretty dehydrated and hungry so the AC subway was the next logical place to go. YEs my friends, we have subway in our new town! Truly amazing!!! So I'm not a HUGE subway fan, but it IS nice to have the option. More funtimes to come shortly.....