July17 - Today we decided to visit a city named Mysore. This is about 80 miles south of Bangalore and is known for the famous Mysore Palace. The drive was very scenic and it took us 3-4 hours to get there. We saw bullock carts, beautiful mountains, and landscaping. When we reached the palace, we took a guided tour inside. The guide knew a lot about the palace and was quite funny and asked us a lot of questions about the palace to help us remember things. My favorite part of this trip was we got to ride on an elephant and a camel! Maya touched the camel's slobber -e-e-u-u-u-u!! We also visited a place called Chamundi hills where the view of the city was beautiful.
July 18 - We visited mommy's friend Gwen who she knew since 5th grade. She lives quite far away and she is very short. She has two daughters Kavya and Kajol who are our age except Kavya is 5 and Kajol is 3. Later in the evening, we said bye to Jai and Vaishali. As gifts, they brought us Barbies that were dressed in Indian sarees. We love them. Maya named her Barbie Saleen. We will miss Jai and Vaishali as they were so nice to us.
July 19th - we said bye to everyone in Bangalore - my grandma, Revti (the maid), Sulochana (the driver's wife) and Srinivas (the driver). They had all been very nice and helpful to us. The flight to Mumbai was fun. We were the only kids and the flight attendants were treating us as royalty - we got special cookies, fruits, and non-spicy food. Maya ate a lot of carrots. When we reached our hotel, we loved it and went straight to the pool even though it was raining a little. We had a blast. Next, we went to see Nani and Nana at their house. Daddy met them after a long time.
July 20 - we took daddy for a drive to Mumbai. He was okay but we wanted to work. So, we came back to the hotel. Next, we invited Nana, Nani, Big Nana and Bai (the maid) to our hotel for dinner. They had not been out of the house for a social event in about a year! They were so delighted to dress up and come for the ocassion. They liked our hotel too and the food. I am glad they were able to do this.
July 21 - we went to Mumbai again and had lunch with Mommy's friends Sonia and Sujata. We had met Sonia before but this was the first time meeting Sujata. Mommy knows her from 6th grade. As usual the rain and the driving was difficult for dad to take. We were home by 4:30 p.m. We went swimming in the pool - it was fun since it was raining too. We ate dinner and came back to the hotel. I was sad since daddy was leaving tomorrow to go to Bangaluru. I will miss him as I will not see him until we reach Indianapolis again.
July 22 - we said bye to Daddy early in the morning and then checked out later to go and stay with Nani and Nana again. Now we will have access to the computer more often. Daddy is in Bangaluru until the 26th. Daddy, just so you know, I miss you and wish you were here to see how much fun we were having. Oh and 1 more thing how do you say these sentences and words below in Kannada?
Words I learned today:
In Hindi, "Main America se hoon" (मैं अमेरिका से हूँ )means "I am from America."
"Theek hai" (ठीक है )means "I am okay or alright"
"Achcha" (अच्छा) means "okay or alright" (my mom says this a lot on the phone :))
July 18 - We visited mommy's friend Gwen who she knew since 5th grade. She lives quite far away and she is very short. She has two daughters Kavya and Kajol who are our age except Kavya is 5 and Kajol is 3. Later in the evening, we said bye to Jai and Vaishali. As gifts, they brought us Barbies that were dressed in Indian sarees. We love them. Maya named her Barbie Saleen. We will miss Jai and Vaishali as they were so nice to us.
July 19th - we said bye to everyone in Bangalore - my grandma, Revti (the maid), Sulochana (the driver's wife) and Srinivas (the driver). They had all been very nice and helpful to us. The flight to Mumbai was fun. We were the only kids and the flight attendants were treating us as royalty - we got special cookies, fruits, and non-spicy food. Maya ate a lot of carrots. When we reached our hotel, we loved it and went straight to the pool even though it was raining a little. We had a blast. Next, we went to see Nani and Nana at their house. Daddy met them after a long time.
July 20 - we took daddy for a drive to Mumbai. He was okay but we wanted to work. So, we came back to the hotel. Next, we invited Nana, Nani, Big Nana and Bai (the maid) to our hotel for dinner. They had not been out of the house for a social event in about a year! They were so delighted to dress up and come for the ocassion. They liked our hotel too and the food. I am glad they were able to do this.
July 21 - we went to Mumbai again and had lunch with Mommy's friends Sonia and Sujata. We had met Sonia before but this was the first time meeting Sujata. Mommy knows her from 6th grade. As usual the rain and the driving was difficult for dad to take. We were home by 4:30 p.m. We went swimming in the pool - it was fun since it was raining too. We ate dinner and came back to the hotel. I was sad since daddy was leaving tomorrow to go to Bangaluru. I will miss him as I will not see him until we reach Indianapolis again.
July 22 - we said bye to Daddy early in the morning and then checked out later to go and stay with Nani and Nana again. Now we will have access to the computer more often. Daddy is in Bangaluru until the 26th. Daddy, just so you know, I miss you and wish you were here to see how much fun we were having. Oh and 1 more thing how do you say these sentences and words below in Kannada?
Words I learned today:
In Hindi, "Main America se hoon" (मैं अमेरिका से हूँ )means "I am from America."
"Theek hai" (ठीक है )means "I am okay or alright"
"Achcha" (अच्छा) means "okay or alright" (my mom says this a lot on the phone :))
I love the documentation of your travels, Meera. This will help you remember your exciting trip for years to come. I hope you are taking lots of pictures too.
ReplyDeleteMorgan says, "Meera and Maya, you are my best friends. I can't wait to see you when we all return to Indiana.
I was happy to see your family photo. Who is represented by the big statue behind you in the photo? Maggie
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