we had passed a Pizza Hut not far from the guesthouse. But the manager shook his head and said,that we had cooked for us! We are ecstatic. He proceeded to sit us down and bring out several courses of awesome Indian cuisine. This trend has continued for several other meals as well. Now this is an India that I can get on board with!
On Saturday we went shopping for silks and scarves and other gifts. I can't tell you much more because they are for my family, but it is all good stuff, I am excited! Then we found out that Bangalore had an English speaking movie theater, so we decided to make a girl's day. We had iced coffee and lunch on the veranda of the nicest hotel in town, then we got pedicures for 400 rupees ($8), and went and saw "He's just not that into you." We had to surrender our camera batteries and boys had to get pat down searches. At first we thought, bomb threat! but it turns out that pirating is huge over here so they are very strict. The Indian movie theater is an experience in itself. There was an intermission where waiters ran to us asking our orders for popcorn or full out meals, and Elena enjoyed her new favorite India snack, a tub of steamed corn. Nope we are never going back to popcorn, it's extra sweet niblets at the movie theater all the way now! We finished the evening by meeting our friends from CMC at Hardrock and eating cheeseburgers. I think that the red meat shocked our digestive system and we have all paid for that meal in the past 24 hours. Still. worth. it. We are such girls and such American's but it was just what we needed!
Sunday we met our friends again and rented an minivan!!! to take us the Mysore, a city of palaces and temples of the royal Woodeyar family that ruled there until the British came into power in the late 1940s. The palace was awesome, but checking our shoes, bags, and cameras, outside was annoying. Also unsettling was our driver. He was perhaps the worst that we have had in India. which if you know anything about driving in India, this is saying A LOT. We feel very lucky to be alive and not have vomited with all of the swerving and stop and go action that happened during our 3 hour car rides both there and back. Tommy, I will never complain about your Dallas-style merging again!
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