Once we completed our work items we traveled back to Delhi
on India Air. The flight was on-time and we were served a meal. I found the
meal surprising being that it was only a 2-hour flight. We were picked up at the airport and we
drove to our guest’s home where we would be staying.
I can’t say Thank You enough to the Agarwal family for inviting
me into their home as well as being the most hospitable people that I have
met. They treated me like I was royalty,
took time off from work to spend time with me and share with me the history of
India and showing me some of the beautiful sites in the area.
The food that was prepared was awesome. They were all vegetarian dishes, and I never really
missed having meat of any kind. Don’t
ask me the name of the dishes, we had so many and they were all great
tasting. I think each day we had a
different type of bread and they were great.
All in all the food was awesome.
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| Rekha Agarwal, Dr. Yatish Agarwal, Vivek Agarwal |
Our first outing included a tour of the
Presidents home. As we drove past the gates I had my first
monkey sighting, it surprised me to see them running around. The Tour was enjoyable and very informative. We were not able to take our phones in, so
I didn’t get any pictures.
From there we headed into an older part of Delhi to visit a
clothier. So get this, I picked out my
own fabrics and then was measured, then had two custom suits made. We did this on a Friday and we picked up the
completed suits on Sunday. Wow I couldn’t
believe it. I just got them both back
from the cleaners where I had them cleaned and pressed. They were in my suitcase for a few days as
my luggage on the way home didn’t make my flight. They look great, now I just
need a reason to where them.
On Friday evening we visited the Red Fort, it was dark and
we sat in on a sound light show that recreated the events in India’s history
that was connected with the Fort. I
enjoyed the show, but it was outside and all could think about was mosquitos and
malaria. I took bug spray with me as it
was recommended in my travel guide that I had reviewed, but forgot to take it
with me. I asked my host, who said I
was safe as it wasn’t the rainy season.
More to come in future posts.
As soon as I returned from the Golf Tournament I caught a plane and headed off to India for two weeks. It was a good trip and spent time with our team in our India office. The hotel I stayed at was really nice. They took great care of me and everyone was very friendly. I was able to get a lot accomplished at work while I was there. It is always great to be able to spend time with the team. This trip on my off time I spent most of my time on my own. I did a lot of walking around and checking out the area that I was staying in.
