India Post 2

School Blog:

I am so sorry it has taken so long to post more about India. Here we arrive in Vietnam tomorrow, and I am just finishing my India blog. Things have been really busy and I did not allow myself to do anything fun until after my two exams this morning (and I consider blogging fun).  I will be working to get some stuff up though the rest of today… sorry!  Also, if you have any interest in the package that was sent to the Mrs. Reardon and Mrs. Lesneski, please let my mom know. I do not know if she has the package yet, but when Mrs. Reardon and Mrs. Lesneski finish I believe that my mom will have the package at school for a while if anyone is interested.

One of the first things I did upon my arrival in India was attend a Welcome Reception hosted by a University here in India. It was very fun!  The Indian students who were very interested in chatting with us about Semester at Sea greeted us. We all received a warm Indian welcome and then proceeded into the reception area. It was at a hotel in Chennai but in their outdoor courtyard area, which was really nice. There were tons of Indian students there to interact with us. I had one of them teach me how to tie a Sari and also one of the students offered to draw a Henna tattoo on my hand. I gladly I gladly agreed and chatted with the student while she drew my Henna. I asked her if she does them all the same and she said that to her knowledge she has never even done two the same! Mine had a peacock, but you had to be pretty artsy to see the peacock in the design.  At the welcome reception there was a full traditional Indian meal for us as well. We did not get a whole lot of time to eat it though because they had brought lots of things for us to look at and buy too!  I did not know what to buy because I did not know how expensive things should cost in Dirhams, so I waited until the next day to shop. The last part of our reception was an Indian Dance College had set up a stage to perform dance and teach us about Indian dance. It was really interesting. I took some video that I can make into a movie later!