May 2013 updates
May was a very active month. Never at home. after the Shirdi trip on 5th we got ready to go to bangalore for 15 days. This was going to be lots and lots of fun. We travelled on 17th May. Grand parents and Manju mama was very excited to have us around. Manju mama has become very fat :)
We met Chandra mama, chintu, tanisha, sujay and his baby sis on 20th May. 21st we were all off to hyderabad. the entire family lots of fun in the train. The mango moussee melted by the time we tasted it. It was obvious for the hot May afternoon. It was a train which took the maximum hours to reach hyderabad. We reached their early morning.
Reached home at around 8.30 am and rest till afternoon. Hyderabad was very hot. Then planned up for Bhadrachalam for the night journey. We had all our berths booked. So after dinner we travelled by the hyderabad local which is very different from mumbai local. There are hardly anybody travelling in the train. The train to Bhadrachalam was at midnight. It was boring to wait at the station. Finally when the train arrived we all took our berths.
Bhadrachalam was like a fire bed. Feel very sorry for the locals there. At 6.30 in the morning it seemed like 12 noon and the add to it we didnot find the AC rooms so had to settle for a non-AC 3rd floor room. We just bathe and when for the Darshan. Lord Ram had mercy on us and spared us the climb of the steps. We took the lift and were on top in a couple of secs. The Lord is beautiful and worth the double darshan we took. the entire place seemed cooler on top. All our spiritual offerings were done by 11am. As we were coming down the hill we sense the heat was too much to bear so Avva suggested we return back to hyderabad at the earliest. We had breakfast and enquired about the buses to hyderabad. The breakfast was good but we only wanted to keep pouring something cold (lime soda, lime juice, butter milk). We took a bus to hyderabad and the bus journey was almost unbearable. Manju was sleeping all the time. Dhriti and i watched the movie in the bus (telugu movie Pappu). With no other option we watched it twice. For lunch the bus dropped us at kammam busstand. All that i could spot senseble for lunch was a dozen bananas, 1 kg grapes, 18 packets of butter milk and 4-5 bottles of icecold water. The bus droped us at the main hyderabad busstand. From there we went to Hyderabad Deccan to take a local to Hafeez Pet. Thatz the stop to getoff to Ravi's house. He was waiting for us at the station.
We went home, had dinner and just laid on the floor. Did not sense anything till morning. When we got up, the hyderabad heat did not seem hot after Bhadrachalam. That was the day we planned for Ramoji Film city but this time without the grandparents but with Ravi and Priya. The hyderabad express highway drive was fab.
Will be posting all Ramoji Film city photos in another post soon.
Dinner that day was the famous hyderabad biryani.
the next day was just rest. We confined to being at home and in the evening we went to Kalakendra with the grandparents. It was a nice place for all the art things. I did shop a few things. I loved the place very much. Ravi showed us a few things in hyderabad like the Hytec city, ISB campus, his office, microsoft office, etc. It was a relaxed day.
Sunday was our last day in Hyderabad. Our train was at midnight again. This train was booked to just ensure we had all the tickets confirmed berth. Sunday was special with the dinner being authentic hyderabad fish fry and chicken curry. Priya really makes nice chicken and the fish too was very good.
Evening we went out to see the city. Husain sagar lake, lumbini park, banjara hills, the famous karachi bakery. We shopped the return gift cookies for every body back in bangalore and mumbai.
After dinner we were all packed back for bangalore. The exciting week came to an end.
28th May was mom and dad's aniverysary. we stayed home and mom made the special ghee rice, mushroom curry & vada. I made payasam.
It was a complete rest day. It was required after a hytic week. Wednesday was gold shopping day. Thurday and friday we went out to visit all the relatives. We finished everybody's house visit.
Friday afternoon we came back home and then i went shopping with Shilpa. We brought some very nice dresses for my self and the birthday dress for dhriti.
Saturday we started packing out bags and the lovely jovely vacation came to an end.
We met Chandra mama, chintu, tanisha, sujay and his baby sis on 20th May. 21st we were all off to hyderabad. the entire family lots of fun in the train. The mango moussee melted by the time we tasted it. It was obvious for the hot May afternoon. It was a train which took the maximum hours to reach hyderabad. We reached their early morning.
Reached home at around 8.30 am and rest till afternoon. Hyderabad was very hot. Then planned up for Bhadrachalam for the night journey. We had all our berths booked. So after dinner we travelled by the hyderabad local which is very different from mumbai local. There are hardly anybody travelling in the train. The train to Bhadrachalam was at midnight. It was boring to wait at the station. Finally when the train arrived we all took our berths.
Bhadrachalam was like a fire bed. Feel very sorry for the locals there. At 6.30 in the morning it seemed like 12 noon and the add to it we didnot find the AC rooms so had to settle for a non-AC 3rd floor room. We just bathe and when for the Darshan. Lord Ram had mercy on us and spared us the climb of the steps. We took the lift and were on top in a couple of secs. The Lord is beautiful and worth the double darshan we took. the entire place seemed cooler on top. All our spiritual offerings were done by 11am. As we were coming down the hill we sense the heat was too much to bear so Avva suggested we return back to hyderabad at the earliest. We had breakfast and enquired about the buses to hyderabad. The breakfast was good but we only wanted to keep pouring something cold (lime soda, lime juice, butter milk). We took a bus to hyderabad and the bus journey was almost unbearable. Manju was sleeping all the time. Dhriti and i watched the movie in the bus (telugu movie Pappu). With no other option we watched it twice. For lunch the bus dropped us at kammam busstand. All that i could spot senseble for lunch was a dozen bananas, 1 kg grapes, 18 packets of butter milk and 4-5 bottles of icecold water. The bus droped us at the main hyderabad busstand. From there we went to Hyderabad Deccan to take a local to Hafeez Pet. Thatz the stop to getoff to Ravi's house. He was waiting for us at the station.
We went home, had dinner and just laid on the floor. Did not sense anything till morning. When we got up, the hyderabad heat did not seem hot after Bhadrachalam. That was the day we planned for Ramoji Film city but this time without the grandparents but with Ravi and Priya. The hyderabad express highway drive was fab.
Will be posting all Ramoji Film city photos in another post soon.
Dinner that day was the famous hyderabad biryani.
the next day was just rest. We confined to being at home and in the evening we went to Kalakendra with the grandparents. It was a nice place for all the art things. I did shop a few things. I loved the place very much. Ravi showed us a few things in hyderabad like the Hytec city, ISB campus, his office, microsoft office, etc. It was a relaxed day.
Sunday was our last day in Hyderabad. Our train was at midnight again. This train was booked to just ensure we had all the tickets confirmed berth. Sunday was special with the dinner being authentic hyderabad fish fry and chicken curry. Priya really makes nice chicken and the fish too was very good.
Evening we went out to see the city. Husain sagar lake, lumbini park, banjara hills, the famous karachi bakery. We shopped the return gift cookies for every body back in bangalore and mumbai.
After dinner we were all packed back for bangalore. The exciting week came to an end.
28th May was mom and dad's aniverysary. we stayed home and mom made the special ghee rice, mushroom curry & vada. I made payasam.
It was a complete rest day. It was required after a hytic week. Wednesday was gold shopping day. Thurday and friday we went out to visit all the relatives. We finished everybody's house visit.
Friday afternoon we came back home and then i went shopping with Shilpa. We brought some very nice dresses for my self and the birthday dress for dhriti.
Saturday we started packing out bags and the lovely jovely vacation came to an end.
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