After our perfect lunch today, we headed to the travel agent to finish paying for our travel week! Yay!! We’re all booked! I am beyond excited to see a new part of India and I won’t say I’m not looking forward to the freedom too. Just four of us girls exploring a whole new world, if you will. We’re heading to Amritsar, Dharamshala and Dalhousie for one week with a few hours overlay in Delhi on the way back. We’ll be going to the Golden Temple and watching the border ceremony with Pakistan in Amritsar (don’t worry, it’s perfectly safe). And the rest of our trip is going to be in the foothills of the Himalayas. Fresh air, mountain views and no city noise or pollution. Perfection. Relaxation. I can’t even explain how much I’m looking forward to this! Apparently Dalhousie has been described as the Switzerland of India and, considering Switzerland is by far one of my favorite places I’ve ever traveled to, I’m excited to see how it compares!
But our day doesn’t stop there! That wouldn’t be enough excitement for one day. We walked to Laxmi Road next to do some Salwar Kameez shopping. We found a fantastic little street shop with cottons, silks, chiffons, synthetics, and so many more fabrics to choose from. After removing our shoes at the doorway, we headed upstairs, sat on the floor and watched the adorable little old man begin pulling out options left and right and helping us choose. Well, sort of. When J asked him which one out of her five choices she should get he grabbed one and put it aside, counting off. Then a second, and a third. Then a fourth. And the fifth. He thought she should get them all. Laughing, she said no no no, not all of them! Just ONE out of the five. He was jokingly disappointed. As I sat with several options laid out in front of me, he kept pointing to ones saying I would look great in this or that color. I would’ve believed him except he kept saying it so his words started to hold less meaning. Or maybe I just look great in everything according to him? I’ll take it. I ended up settling for two sets of nice cotton dress material. This included the fabric for the top, pants and scarf. I spent less than $20 put together for both outfits. Now the next step is to find a tailor to stitch up the fabric for us. Once they’re done, I’ll take pictures of the final product! I have never had so much fun shopping before. We spent at least 30 minutes hanging out in the upstairs on the floor, chatting with the old man, comparing fabrics, colors and designs and just having a ball. I loved it.
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| J, G & I surrounded by fabric options! |
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