A Few Days in Delhi

Today (Thursday) is our fifth and last day in Delhi. We have been very fortunate to spend time with several friends. On our first day, Sunday, we took the Metro to Mayur Vihar, where Anju (Lal) and Sandeep live. We had a good visit and some tea, then headed back to the hotel. 

On Monday we were able to meet up with Darab and Naz, long-time Woodstock friends. Darab was our student back in the 1970s and lived with us in Goshen for a year and a half while he completed a teaching degree. They were on their way home from Mussoorie to Pune and were able to stop at our hotel. We went to lunch and talked and talked. In fact, we were so busy talking, we neglected to take the obligatory photo.

Tuesday morning we were happy to run into Dar (Seaman) and Tom at breakfast. We had been in touch, as I knew they were attending a class reunion in Mussoorie around this time. Again, lots of talking, and this time we did remember a photo!

Wednesday we were back with Anju and Sandeep, and very grateful for Sandeep's help with some problems with our upcoming domestic flights. All is well now!

We had lunch several days at a nearby restaurant, The Beer Cafe. This dish of chicken meatballs was very good (as were the other dishes we tried).

This hotel, the Hyatt Centric Janakpuri West, is very comfortable. The peacock below decorates a wall looking down from the 8th floor to the 4th.

The breakfast buffet is excellent, with both Indian and western dishes. Eggs are made to order, there is a variety of fresh fruit, multiple pastries and toast, and North and South Indian breakfast foods.

Fresh poories, with potato bhaji

Two kinds of wadas, a South Indian staple

We took a shopping trip to Khan Market on Tuesday, hoping to find some things at FabIndia. We took the Metro again, which stops very close to the market. But by the time walked around and climbed the stairs to the store, I was quite breathless from the heat and pollution. (It isn't really all that hot, but I don't adapt very well above the upper 70s F.) A kind clerk gave me a bottle of water, which helped. Dan climbed another flight to the menswear department and found a few things. I tried on some tops, but nothing was quite right. Today Dan has gone into Janpath and Cottage Industries but I decided to stay back and rest up.

Tomorrow we head to Meerut to visit our old friends Brij and Viola Lal. I'll post some photos, as many of my readers remember them.