After our six day journey it is good to return to Delhi, not because it is less crowded or less polluted. But simply because it is familiar. My twice a week schedule still allows us to get out and explore the city, and this week we discovered the India Crafts Museum, or at least the gift shop of the museum, which is about as far as we got. They stock handicrafts and accessories from all over India, and as it is a government shop, there is thankfully no bargaining. I think we pretty much completed all of our gift shopping there. In addition we discovered a wonderful restaurant next door to the gift shop, where we will definitely return to again.
We also ventured out to the India Habitat Center, which hosts a variety of cultural events including music concerts and lectures--most for free. There we discovered a not-so-nice diner called the All-American Grill or something like that, which is made up to look like an old-fashioned American diner except that given that this is India there are no hamburgers and the food that remains on the menu bears only a physical resemblance to its American counterpart. I can vouch that the chocolate shake is little more than milk, chocolate and ice mixed together.
We alos went out to another movie. We were hoping to se La La Land, and even though it was listed on the theater website it was not playing there. Instead we saw Moonlight, the film that wont he best film award at the Oscars.
We also ventured out to the India Habitat Center, which hosts a variety of cultural events including music concerts and lectures--most for free. There we discovered a not-so-nice diner called the All-American Grill or something like that, which is made up to look like an old-fashioned American diner except that given that this is India there are no hamburgers and the food that remains on the menu bears only a physical resemblance to its American counterpart. I can vouch that the chocolate shake is little more than milk, chocolate and ice mixed together.
We alos went out to another movie. We were hoping to se La La Land, and even though it was listed on the theater website it was not playing there. Instead we saw Moonlight, the film that wont he best film award at the Oscars.
On the downside, we have been struggling with an ant infestation. But with Jane's tireless effort we seem to have things under control.
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