A Great Weekend!

The Bangalore trip turned out to be loads of fun! From the bus journey (sleeper coaches – why weren’t they thought of earlier?) to the climate (sunny, windy – just sooo.. comfortable!), everything paved the way for a great weekend.
DAY 1
Saturday began with a walk in Lalbagh. That was just a trailer for the amount of walking we would have to do during the rest of the trip though!! And how did those hibiscus’ turn out sooo large?!!! Ok, so I’m not one of those gardening mad girls, but you cannot but notice certain things!!!
Is Bangalore dirty? Well, visit Chickpet (the saree shopper’s heaven) or Kalasipalayam main to find out!! And believe me, this is the first time I’ve seen COWS crossing the road and also so much in accordance with the traffic rules!
The afternoon was completely (and fruitfully!) spent at the khadi exhibition opposite the Bangalore medical college. More than Gandhiji’s legacy, it was the cool prices that led to the throng of people there even at 2 pm in the afternoon!
‘Forum’ and ‘Big Bazaar’ constituted the whole evening. If the shops at ‘Forum’ were too elite to go beyond window shopping, ‘Big Bazaar’ was the complete opposite with people buying stuff as is they were leaving on a spaceship to Mars by the next day!!! (And it seems this is the case EVERYDAY!)
Though I cannot be grouped as a foodie, the amount of chaat and aloo parathas I gorged on at ‘Anand Vihar’ was really shocking (even for me!). I think the only state in the south that is so unaware about chaat must be Kerala!
DAY 2
Shopping, shopping and more shopping on Sunday. A lot of the shops were open (good for us!). Met up with Girija Aunty and family after more than a decade. Sanju looks like ‘Laddu’ from K3G now and Sneha looks pretty much like ‘Poo’. And the scrumptious lunch at Pai’s was so heavy; I had no dinner that night and no breakfast the next morning!!
The last leg of the great weekend – MG road, Commercial Street and Brigades. Got the black sandals I wanted. And the earrings that all girls seemed to be wearing there – the tiny pearl ones.
And with that, it was good-bye Bangalore, hello Kerala and HI COLLEGE!