Adventures In Bangalore

cubbon park!

One of the trees in the park had a hole in one of its branches, and we could see the inside was hollow. We all spent twenty minutes to picking up small twigs and trying to throw them into the hole, a lot of us got them in. When we were about to leave, there was a gush of wind and there were tiny leaves flying everywhere, it looked like it was raining leaves. It was beautiful, the perfect way to end a nice day.

adventures in nandi hills!

For our next adventure We decided to go to nandi hills with our friend Kreethi. We slept over at Kreethi's house the day before and read creepy pasta stories in the dark (don't judge us) We woke up early, at 6 in the morning and left for nandi hills. We stopped at the Indian paratha company for breakfast, and their parathas are absolutely brilliant! We also got Irish coffees and they were amazing too. Just what we required for kicks starting our day. After a pleasant drive uphill we reached the top and the view was breathtaking. It actually felt like the top of the world. There were many people around and although it was very hot the cool breeze was relaxing. If it wasn't for the breeze, we would have burnt because of the summer heat. We trekked for a while till we got tired and got into a tree house and watched the monkeys. One monkey even looked into Sanaya's boot, to check what was inside! Sanaya says she had a bond with that monkey. While driving down we first stopped to get some cold sugarcane juice and then we stopped at a railway track that cut the road, and took some pictures, some people driving by thought we were suicidal! We even found a flower field nearby that had such pretty flowers, and reminded us of ddlj (dilwale dulhaniya le jayenge) scenes. All in all, it was a fun trip and totally worth the drive. Until the next adventure! -Sanaya and Rashmi

So the need to spend time with a best friend drove us off the couch this summer. The first place we went was Church Street, which is in Brigade Road. We got there in the afternoon, so the first thing we did was have lunch. We ate at Smally’s, we both ordered burgers and a lemonade, and both of them were absolutely brilliant! After that we walked down to Blossoms, if you don’t know Blossoms, it’s an amazing little store where you can buy and sell second-hand books. Both of us like second hand books better than fresh, new ones, because it feels like you’re holding a part of the book’s previous owner, it’s kind of silly. At blossoms, we bought The Fellowship of the Ring (the first Lord of the Rings book), The Magician’s Nephew (the first book in the Chronicles of Narnia series), The Merchant of Venice, and One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest. We also took some pictures and stop motion videos in Blossoms, inspired by one made by srishti students. You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVYJNbv0fPs After stuffing our little bag with the books we walked to the entertainment store. Walking though the store fangirling at everything. We ended up buying two badges that were game of thrones related. Then we walked back to Brigade Road and took some more stop motion videos on the street, a lot of people were staring at us but we didn't mind. We also bought two pairs of sunglasses on the road and even bargained like typical Indians. We had gola on brigade road, because what is summer without gola? Kala Khatta and pink lemonade flavored ice. In 38* hot Indian summer, the ice felt like heaven and blissfully melted and soothed our dry throats. After that we took a cab home and reflected on a day well spent.