Birthday Celebrations India Style
So I turned
29 today- one step closer to 30! (As
everyone keeps kindly reminding me) It was weird having a birthday so
far from home but the team spoiled me rotten. They made me a fabulous birthday
card-as shown below-and bought me a funky bag to carry my mountains of
Diorolite and teaching notebooks.
We went
shopping in the market for appropriate clothes to wear to the schools as they
are quite conservative, especially regarding women. No ankles or shoulders
ladies! The clothes are so beautiful, I was like a kid in a candy shop trying
on kurtas, dupashas and saris.(I know what all of those are now.). Had a great
time haggling in the market as well, learned some handy Bengali phrases which
I’ve been trotting out smugly at every opportunity.
How
much?...... Koto dam?
Please……….Kharap
Thank you…….Dhonyabad Don’t rip me off
Mr!............Dada, beshi neben nah!
We went out
for dinner to celebrate in style and got kitted out in our fabulous new
outfits. The food-oh the food! I can’t stop eating, everything is so delicious.
A dinner of paneer tikka masala, rice and garlic naan cost 220 rupees-that’s
about 4 euro. The street food is gorgeous and so cheap-14 rupees for a bowl of
lentils with bread, 45 rupees for a chicken egg roll (soooo good) 20 rupees for
a samosa. 65 rupees is 1 euro so if I want to be sensible I can spend about 2
euro a day on food, if I get extravagant it’ll be about 5 or 6 euro. Love
India!
Rocking our kurtas.
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