HYDERABAD, INDIA. Mother India, merii ghar men hoon! Hindi for “I’m home.” I landed FRIDAY morning around 3:45AM after 20+ hours of traveling. (Thank goodness for good seat mates on the plane. No crazy stories here..just a lot of loud babies crying.) Sidenote: sweatshirt, oversized tee, comfy pants…best travel fit.
You can imagine how happy I was to finally touch down in Hyderabad. I walked off of the plane soo excited, quickly went to baggage claim, customs, etc. to go meet my dad/mom who were picking me up from the airport. Mini reunion in India 🙂 I hadn’t seen them since the end of August. We finally get home to my aunty’s place around 5:30AM. I get ready for bed and surprisingly knock out until 10ishAM…No jet lag! Hollerrr.
I woke up to say hi to the fam and eat breakfast: fresh fruit – custard apple (it’s not at all like the apple that you’re thinking of, buutt…new fav!), idli, sambar, chutney…wish I had taken more pics for y’all! Everything was so yummy.
After breakfast, we all headed out for the day, aunty took me/mom saree shopping to a designer nearby, errands, dr visit for my sprained ankle (womp…but I went to an amazing tendon, bone, joint specialist. 3 more weeks til I’m back to normal :-/), met up at home for lunch, went for tea at a famous restaurant called Paradise (phenom! Iranian chai is what it’s called)…and in the evening, went go karting at Runway 9 with the family. I heard some great stories about my cousins and how they were champs in the Indian Go Karting world…SO MUCH FUN.
SATURDAY morning. It is so beautiful here. I’m enjoying every bit of being here. I woke up early to pray and get some work done. It’s so peaceful. My aunty came out and started doing yoga/meditation. She’s pretty legit. I’m sitting, working on my laptop, and I look up and see her in sirsasana pose (headstand). I definitely have to join her the rest of the time I’m here. She wakes up everyday and does yoga and meditation…yes to healthy living!
I took a break from work and walked outside on the terrace to the view below. God loves us so. Took a few moments to take it all in, the morning prayers, the man across the way doing laps on his rooftop, the beautiful sunset. Pure amazingness. Thank you God for love!
It’s amazing. As you can tell, I’m LOVING every bit of it 🙂 More shopping, more food, more Hyderabadi livin
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Moti Laine 