Sari for such a late post!

Last weekend, a majority of the interns went away on a pre-planned trip so my friend Lindsey and I had our first weekend in Bangalore. Friday evening we went to a summer solstice party that Lindsey's dance coworker invited us too and it was really neat. There we met a bunch of other friendly expats and Indians, one of whom invited us to a wedding! We were originally taken aback by this offer as it seems a little crazy to invite two strangers to someone's wedding, but turns out it is very common. It seems that with Indian weddings, the more the merrier...even if you don't know anyone there! It is especially normal to invite foreigners as it is assumed that an Indian wedding is a unique cultural experience that everyone should experience. Very excited for this event, Lindsey and I spent the majority of Saturday running around trying to find nice saris for a decent price. Ironically we settled on the same one in different colours! Pictures are below, some of which are stolen from Lindsey, who has a lovely camera.

Lindsey took some model shots of me on our penthouse balcony:

The downside of this story is that we needed our little sari tops made by a tailor within less than 24 hours. Turns out when our tailor said the tops would be ready at 10am, he was talking Indian time and actually meant 1pm. So, we missed a lot of the wedding. We arrived around 2pm and really only got to enjoy the lunch - all of the processions and ceremonies were finished. But the bright side is that we got an extremely lavish Indian lunch...and part of me has a feeling that this won't be our last wedding invite.

I also took some photos while out on the hustle of bustle of shopping streets:

Behind the lady selling jewelry above, I tried to secretly sneak this photo...we thought was a good glimpse at the eccentric oddities of India. Her child was so relaxed and sound asleep on a tarp behind her on one of the  most chaotic street corners with people and rickshaws all around.

We bought some coconuts from the below lady to rehydrate after shopping exhaustion. Shopping in India is super overwhelming. People lean out at you from all sides and if you are caught eyeing something you are immediately roped into a sales pitch. That being said, it is really fun...the colours are so vibrant and the patterns are so unique. The sales people can be really hard to say no to but it helps that everything is very inexpensive. 

Another blog post coming soon! Thanks for reading!