HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Hey guys, I'm back! Before I start rambling on about my trip, I am going to apologize. I know I promised to blog everyday but I was extremely busy and unfortunatley didn't have any time.

Anyways, I think that I can say with confidence that the last 17 days, were the best days of my life. I had so much fun. I travelled, shopped, ate different sorts of foods and moreover relaxed with my family in India. BTW, travelling alone isn't so scary after all!

I also had a different experience of celebrating Christmas in India.

Jalebi

While I was there, I got the opportunity to ride on a horse, camel AND elephant. I have to say, out of all three, I hated the camel the most for reasons best left unsaid. I travelled to all of the cities where my relatives live and spent my time sightseeing. I also ate all of the foods that are considered to be Indian specialities. For example, pani puri (a sweet/salty snack) , jalebi's (a sweet treat) , kulfis (Indian ice cream), aloo ki tikki (potato cutlets) and many more delicious things.

Aloo ki tikki

The only thing that went wrong in the entire trip was me getting food poisoning on the morning of my third day. I had to take it easy after that.

Christmas was certainly a different affair for me than normal. Usually, I celebrate Christmas here by decorating a Christmas tree and baking cookies. In India nothing of that sort happens. Instead we went to the church to light a candle. It was a different expereince since I have never done that here.

Kulfi

Pani Puri

I think the best part of the trip was the time I got to spend with all of my family members and cousins.

I think that if I could re-live this experence again, I would'nt change a single thing!

Happy Late Christmas and Happy New Year!

Cheers,

Natasha Jain