As you can see my vocabulary now includes a few Spanish words, courtesy my four year old host in DC. As I type this on my friend's computer (I forgot to carry a three-pin adapter) my laptop being dead weight that I am lugging around from city to city in the course of my travels across the United States of America. I am yet to come across a hardware store which stocks adapters, but then maybe I am looking in all the wrong places, I really cannot expect a hardware store next to stores selling designer stuff so you now know what I have been up to this past week, retail therapy at its best.
The weather is fine outside, with a light breeze that is gently rustling the leaves, while the sun plays peek-a-boo through the clouds. I've now spent a week in the US and loved every moment. The people I have met so far have been warm, welcoming and very friendly. Infact it has been a very interesting experience and a real eye opener.
I know I promised a daily update on how I am getting on here, but believe me I have been really busy, with not a moment to spare. I really do not have the time to write a really long update on my week so far, so will just jot down what I did the first few days...
Day 1 - My flight from Mumbai was at 2.15 a.m. and I was at work till about seven, reached home only after eight thanks to the bad traffic. Then after the last minute packing and freshening up and dinner, I could only nap for less than 20 mins. By the time the flight was announced I was ready to drop off there itself in the waiting area. Once in the plane, honestly I don't remember the take-off, having nodded off the minute I sat in my seat. The stop-over in Paris was about 4.5 hours, long enough to be bore you if you are traveling alone and too short to venture out in the City of Lovers (its Karma, I'm destined to do it with my partner, ahem, if you are reading this, hint hint). After another eight hour flight, where I saw three movies back-to-back (Rapunzel,The King's Speech,Sense and Sensibility) I finally arrived in Boston, at 2.55 pm local time, breezed through customs in 20 mins flat and was out of the airport within 30 mins of arriving, which is something of a record. The best part is I suffered no jet lag and was raring to go. Boston was reeling under a heat wave and I was loving every minute as I was like thousands of miles away from Mumbai but it was like I was back home. My friend one of the most excellent cooks to have ever walked the planet had made us a dinner of rice and butter chicken, what more can a girl want after 20 plus hours of traveling.
Day 2 - Walked 3.5 miles to the Museum of Science, this was because I was dumb enough to miss the bus-stop which is less than a minute away from my friends house and I lets face it I really enjoy walking. Add to it the need to explore the place and I walked all the way to the Museum, the fact that the weather was fine only added to the pleasure of walking. At the museum I visited the planetarium, they had a really good show on XO planets, after that I visited the three levels where there were exhibits ranging from the Dinosaurs to Mathematics. By evening every part of me was screeching as finally I started feeling the effects of the 22 hour flight and the walking. My friend came to pick me up at the museum and we went to a mall for shopping. Here I noticed how I could feel no pain while I was browsing at all the things in the shelves, that were just enticing me to spend my hard earned money that was now looking quite little post conversion into USD. After a spot of retail therapy I was as good as new. We got home about ten in the night and I can honestly say I slept like a baby, the minute my head hit the pillows I was out.
Day 3 - The effects of the walking and travel set in at full throttle and I could barely move, the weather also turned really cold and it rained like mad all day effectively killing all plans to go out. So I decided to tag along with my friend to the gym to exercise a bit and loosen all the tight muscles... big mistake... after doing 60 mins of stationery biking and 30 mins of weight... I had sore muscles and a far sorer derriere thanks to the hard bike seat...was reduced to sitting on pillows for two days after... but did that stop me from hitting the warehouse store the next day... no siree...
Ok...I really got to go now... have a flight back to Boston in a couple of hours...got to get ready...rest in next...
