I am just about at my half way point on the trip and I am looking forward to getting back to the US. There is just so much that I miss like Special K with Almonds, text messaging, driving (even though my car my not start when I get back), kick boxing with Gabby on Mondays, and blowing my nose with non-black snot (from the pollution). I am trying to not think about everything that I miss but it is hard not to.
Let me catch you up on my weekend and week so far. Saturday half the team worked so I hung out at the hotel worked out and got ready for the day. We left for Delhi at 4:30 p.m. we checked out Khan market, which is where all the diplomats shop, and we walked around Lodi garden. I have done a lot of shopping and have bought nothing (until Sunday). Sunday left for sightseeing at 10 am. We went to Qutub Minar, which is the largest brick minaret in the world. The monuments here are raciest to foreigners. For Indians it cost 10 rupees to enter and for everyone else 250 rupees. We had lunch at KFC thinking it would taste different but it doesn't. I finally bought a few scarves (I am going to go back to the place to get more to bring back) and they guys got Kurtas which is what the men wear here. I am not buying any traditional India outfits because I don't think they are that cute.
On Monday the team was invited to a dinner with the partners and executives at our Global Shared Services. The dinner was by the pool at the hotel, which was really convenient, but the best part of the dinner was that we met another group of rotators from Europe. There is a girl from France, a girl from Spain, a guy from Germany, and a guy from the Netherlands. They are going to be here for 3 months. I don’t think that I could handle more than 2 months here…there is just too much that I would miss about Atlanta. They are a pretty cool group of people and we will hang out with them for sure.
Nothing to report for Tuesday.
Today (Wednesday) is Republic day, which is the day that the Indian constitution came into force. It is nothing like Independence Day there were no fireworks, you don't sing the national anthem, and you can’t buy booze today. The one similar to Independence Day is that we get the day off. There is a really big parade that happens in Delhi but we were advised to not go into the city today b/c of traffic and congestion and the possibility of riots. I could have caught the parade on TV but when I turned the TV Star World was showing a Modern Family marathon and I sat in front of the TV from 10 am till 7:30 pm. There was an hour-long break for me to go into the gym and work out. Team America and team Europe had dinner tonight at our favorite local chicken restaurant. I had a plan when I got back to my room to do my Walk Away the Pounds DVD (all the sugar cane and naan is too delicious) well my brilliant self did not check the DVD case before I left and when I opened the case there was nothing inside. So my back up plan was to buy a DVD off iTunes since I can’t stream TV or Netflix internationally. The internet at the hotel sucks so much that it is going to take 3 hours to download…so tomorrow I can do a work out video.
I am pumped for the weekend on Sunday we are going to the Taj Mahal! I am really excited to see it. Not so excited for getting there. We leave at 5 am and it is a 4.5 hour drive. I will take lots of pictures and post pics from last weekend and next weekend at once.
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