Day by Day

October 6th - Fly to Delhi and arrive at 9:15 in the evening!! Find a roach in our hotel...uh oh... go to bed.

October 7th - Shop at the amazing market in Delhi. We got the most amazing scarves!! Then we went to this crazy market where you can buy western clothes!! It was heaven because it reminded me of NBC - a lot of digging for cute shirts that cost about $2!! My most prized purchase was a cute calf length gray dress!! Get ready Thailand!! In the afternoon we go to Max hospital to visit Ballgame. He informed us that he had just walked to the American toilet for the first time since the accident!! Our team is freakishly close!! Yea for his recovery.

October 8th - All day trip to Agra to see the Taj Mahal!! It was so amazing. It really is all that it is cracked up to be!! We rode little buggies pulled by horses up to it even though our tour guide was dying for us to take a bus. Our team took about one thousand pictures - the typical ones (jumping over the taj, holding the point, etc) and even some creative ones!! How fun!


October 9th - Another fun day in Delhi! Stephen, Brittan and I went up to the hospital to spend some more time with Ballgame. He found out that he is probably going to be going back to the US this coming weekend to start physical therapy!! Then Brittan and I went to lunch with the Millers and shopped a little at the expensive mall!! At 10 pm we leave to begin the longest bus journey of our lives!! We were told the drive to Manali was 12 hours but it ended up taking 18!! Wow!

October 10th- Happy Birthday Stephen!! Spent the morning still driving but arrived halfway through Stephen's 29th birthday!! We were able to celebrate in the Himalayas so it made the drive totally worth it!! We ate lunch at Chopsticks (our whole teams new favorite restaurant) and walked around the city. It is an amazing place!

October 11th- Paragliding in the Himalayas has to be the coolest thing I have ever done in my life!! Our drive up the mountain was hilarious because about halfway up the mountain we ran into an extreme traffic jam. Turns out, a bridge was under repair for about an hour. Well the cars on both sides piled up so it took us forever to get up!! Typical life in India right (You can imagine that we were all praying big time as we crossed the newly repaired bridge) Well we finally made it up then we were off...running off the mountain to see the most amazing view of our lives!!

October 12th - Happy birthday Matt!! The good news was that Matt got to spend his birthday in the mountains, the bad new was that he was sick all day. He was a great sport about it though!! Stephen and I went for a little alone time and had brunch at a cute German bakery. We talked about all of the experiences we have had as a couple since we got married. It was a really fun time! We also did some shopping!!

October 13th- Happy birthday Erin!! Back in the van for the trip back to Delhi!! Our trip home was a bit more fun than the night trip because our bathroom stops were a little less shady!! It's amazing what a decent bathroom can add to a road trip. We all talked about our trip a lot and had a good time together!

October 14th- Fly home. It was a great trip to say the least!!