Goa, India

Hey guys! Right now I'm in Goa, which happens to be on the coast of India! Which means I'm kinda @ the beach! My mom and Dad are here for training and strategy with some of our friends' company. Im just here for the beach! LOL! I hope you are all doing well! I have enjoyed being able to talk, text, and call some of you guys! There are a lot of things that are different about Goa than Pune. First of all, it's not so dusty. Also, there isn't as much trafiic. But, I LOVE Pune so much better because it is so much cooler there! The sun here is so intense and hot. I'm enjoying a little vaction though! It is kinda odd, most of you guys go to the beach in the summer, while it's winter here and I'm @ the beach! I wil post some pics, again, once we get internet in our house. I think it will be up and running a few days after we get back from Goa. Well, that's pretty much it! Talk 2 you guys later!

Airport Chaos, Plus More!

Ok… Hello to all of you awesome India4Teens readers! I have a lot to tell you guys! First of all, I’m so sorry for not posting before now! I know it’s been like 3.5 weeks since I posted last. We don’t have internet in our house yet, so I’m posting this from a wifi hotspot. All right, let me get started! Right after I posted that QuickiePost about our travel plans, my dad got an email saying that our flight from Greensboro l to Newark was canceled! After that we drove another 10 minutes from McDonald’s to the airport to try and get things straightened out. When we got there the lady at the desk first told us we would be taking off to go to somewhere, I’m not sure where, around 12:30pm. The thing you have to realize is that we thought we had to check 19 bags, eat lunch, and board the plane in 1 hour! We were about to have a heart attack! Anyway, we ran down to the airline kiosk to check our bags. Then we told them how many bags we had. They said one word, and I quote, “No”. So, after that we went back down to our original airline kiosk. The lady at the desk said that the only thing left to do was for us to stay in a hotel overnight until the next flight the following day. Bummer.  My dad was talking to her, trying to see if there was any other possible way to get to Pune, India without spending the night in a hotel. He told her that we would be willing to drive to Charlotte to fly out of the Charlotte airport or something. So, that’s what we did! We drove to the Charlotte International Airport which was 2 hours away from where we were @ that time. Our plane left from Charlotte @ 8:10pm. I enjoyed some Pizza Hut and Cinnabon in the airport! Yum! So then we flew from Charlotte to Frankfurt, Germany. Once we got to Frankfurt, we had some layover until we left from there for Pune. Thankfully all of our bags made it to Frankfurt with us! I have to give Continental Airlines a big hand for that! Now, the first flight we were on had some pretty cramped seats, but the flight from Germany to India was actually another airline called Privat Air. So, that plane turned out to be a business class jet! Yay, free upgrade! There was a considerably larger amount of leg and seat room. My dad was all smiles to the new leg room! We got to Pune and I was feeling like I was about to be sick. We went through customs which was actually pretty quick and easy! One of the other m’s in India came to the airport to pick us up and take us to the hotel we stayed @ for a few nights before we were able to get furniture for our house. Unfortunately, I was sick for the first 4 days we were in India. (But now I’m feeling great, if you are wondering!) So, now we are almost totally settled in. I think we will be 100% settled in about 2 more weeks! I’ll tell you 2 funny stories for now. Ok, we were @ a store during the first few days we were here and my dad was talking to a few of the sales people. There was another sales guy that noticed I wasn’t feeling well. He came over and was trying to cheer me up. First of all, my dad towers over the Indian men, who are pretty short! The guy I was talking to pointed to my dad. Then he acted like a giant! It was hilarious! He said my dad looked like a wrestler! I thought that was very funny! The other story involves my mom and a hair dryer. I’ll start from the beginning. While we were still in Virginia during the month of January, we went to Target so my mom could get a hair dryer that would work in India and the US. Well, after 2 associates’ help and a lot of searching, we found one. Once we got to the hotel my mom plugged it in to freshen up or something. The hairdryer had a little switch on it to switch from 120 volts to 240 volts. She didn’t switch the switch. Maggie started screaming, “THE HAIRDRYER IS SMOKING!!!” If you think about it, the cost per use for that hair dryer was about $15. I’ll never let my mom forget that! I’ll post pics and videos in their sections as soon as we get internet in our house! Thanks 4 reading!