Well, I will start with Friday. Friday was a day of shopping and sightseeing and I bought...a Christmas Tree! That is right, I have my own mini Christmas Tree, so even though it hardly feels like Christmas here I have a little bit of it at my house. It was interesting putting together a fake tree, you have to work hard to make the branches all go different directions so it looks normal-ish. It was super funny to find a little shop that had Christmas decorations and was playing Christmas music...of course that was only in half of the store, the other half had Indian music playing; which pretty much says it all.
Then, sightseeing. So my friend wanted to go to this one sight that she had driven by a few times and always wanted to see. I had driven past it too and never noticed it. It was cool; a big tomb in the middle of the city. That is what is so fascinating about Delhi, there are so many sights but quite a few are a little set back from the road so you can drive past one every day and not even notice. The weekend before I took her to one of my favorite places in the city right near her house that she had never noticed.
And finally (well, not finally, but the next bit I'll save 'til tomorrow) I bid farewell to my friend and sent her off to the airport but not before the traditional "I'm leaving and here is all off my food, etc" exchange, including what is almost the most exciting thing I've received so far - a tube of Crest toothpaste. I cannot find Crest here, I can only find Colgate and the flavor of toothpaste here is extremely uckey to me (I wonder if Indian people find American toothpaste uckey?). I know that sounds really weird but trust me it is not fun when you brush your teeth and are left with a bad taste in your mouth. Now my mouth is happy again, hooray for Crest!
And for your happy Monday image, my Christmas tree (no lights, but I think I'll get some next weekend)
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