Well...more like a Sunday walk actually. Today, Tully had gone to the Breach Candy Swim Club with the family who lives upstairs and Larani was dealing with a bit of Bombay Belly. So, Rick and I headed out on foot to explore a different section of our neighborhood.
We are pretty familiar with the road that takes us down to the sea front, otherwise known as "Sweet Street" due the ridiculous number of dessert shops that line the road. We often walk down Sweet Street to the promenade that lines the Arabian Sea for an evening stroll. Today, we took a good look at a Google Map of our neighborhood and went a different direction! Union Park Road is a one way street (which really doesn't mean a thing in India!) that runs in front of Petit School for Girls. We were very pleasantly surprised to find a little grocery market and a popular restaurant called Candies just at that intersection! Nice to know there is a place to pick up a "box" of milk or a loaf of bread so close by! (although, we usually just call Choice, tell them what we need, and they deliver it to our door in about half an hour or less!) We took a right and walked a short distance to a great clothing store called Fab India. Rick and I both purchased an Indian kurtas, and I got some pants called salwars. Rick got some cotton draw string pants that look SO comfy!
Coincidentially, Fab India is just 2 buildings away from the flat where we were invited to dinner tonight, we took the opportunity to make sure we knew where we were going!
Upon leaving Fab India, we hailed a rickshaw and had the driver take us to Pali Market. This is the area where we do all of our grocery shopping. It took all of about 2 minutes to get there! Another pleasant surprise! We have been take rickshaws to the market, not realized how close it really is! We picked out a few things we needed from Choice, asked to have them delivered and then circled back around Pali Hill to home. It was on a 10 - 15 minute walk!
It was a great day for a Sunday walk and we continue to enjoy finding our place in Mumbai. We ended our day going to dinner with new friends who have a son that goes to school with Tully. We had a beautiful evening stroll back home. While it is still monsoon, and it did rain several times today, we were blessed to avoid getting rained on! The funny thing is, even if we would have gotten rained on, it would have been ok. Being in Mumbai really puts things into a different perspective. In Rogers, I never would have walked to the store, or walked home from a friends house at 10:00 at night. I am loving our new home and neighborhood and can't wait to turn right at the top of Sweet Street and see what awaits us in that direction!
We are pretty familiar with the road that takes us down to the sea front, otherwise known as "Sweet Street" due the ridiculous number of dessert shops that line the road. We often walk down Sweet Street to the promenade that lines the Arabian Sea for an evening stroll. Today, we took a good look at a Google Map of our neighborhood and went a different direction! Union Park Road is a one way street (which really doesn't mean a thing in India!) that runs in front of Petit School for Girls. We were very pleasantly surprised to find a little grocery market and a popular restaurant called Candies just at that intersection! Nice to know there is a place to pick up a "box" of milk or a loaf of bread so close by! (although, we usually just call Choice, tell them what we need, and they deliver it to our door in about half an hour or less!) We took a right and walked a short distance to a great clothing store called Fab India. Rick and I both purchased an Indian kurtas, and I got some pants called salwars. Rick got some cotton draw string pants that look SO comfy!
Coincidentially, Fab India is just 2 buildings away from the flat where we were invited to dinner tonight, we took the opportunity to make sure we knew where we were going!
Upon leaving Fab India, we hailed a rickshaw and had the driver take us to Pali Market. This is the area where we do all of our grocery shopping. It took all of about 2 minutes to get there! Another pleasant surprise! We have been take rickshaws to the market, not realized how close it really is! We picked out a few things we needed from Choice, asked to have them delivered and then circled back around Pali Hill to home. It was on a 10 - 15 minute walk!
It was a great day for a Sunday walk and we continue to enjoy finding our place in Mumbai. We ended our day going to dinner with new friends who have a son that goes to school with Tully. We had a beautiful evening stroll back home. While it is still monsoon, and it did rain several times today, we were blessed to avoid getting rained on! The funny thing is, even if we would have gotten rained on, it would have been ok. Being in Mumbai really puts things into a different perspective. In Rogers, I never would have walked to the store, or walked home from a friends house at 10:00 at night. I am loving our new home and neighborhood and can't wait to turn right at the top of Sweet Street and see what awaits us in that direction!
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