Trip up North

May 25, 2007

This was the day when we flew of to Atlantic City, called mini Las Vegas. It was a hectic yet admirable trip overall, since we tried to cover a lot of land in minimal timeframe.

Day 1- we started as usual in the morning, as it was our half working day. Amit picked me up from work and we headed straight to the airport from there. At the airport, I was too hungry and as soon as I went to grab a pizza slice, I stumbled upon an Indian (not so famous) bollywood actress, Amit Nangia. She was flying off to Newyork and was on a vaccation to see Disney with her kids and hubby. I didn't get time to capture her or talk to her at a stretch, as our boarding time was cutting too close. I had to scratch my head several times to remember her name, and explain it to Amit as to who I met :). Anyways, we boarded our flight and we reached Atlantic City airport 10 mins late.

The car rental peeps were waiting for us and without wasting much time, boarded the shuttle and reached the rental place. The rental place was secluded and did not have much options to choose from. However, we got Toyota Corolla (red) car. We drove from their to New Jersey area to meet Sweeny, Manish and Tulika. As soon as we arrived at their house, we saw a man working in their front yard. It was hard to recognize, but very soon we realize, that yard man is none other than, Manish, Sweeny's hubby. Sweeny greeted us, and gave us the tour of their house. They have recently bought the house and it is beautiful :). Must be around 3400sq ft.
Hats off to them, they have furnished their house so soon! After grabbing home made food (which was incredibly yummy), we drove down to Philly (short form of Philadelphia). Tulika was still in her beauty sleep while we were taking the downtown trip. It was impressive to see such a nice architecture and nice master piece buildings. We stopped for quick photo shoot and headed back to NJ.

We might have reached back home around 2 am. And man! Manish was looking so tired but still was up for gupshup :). It was sincerely a nice stop over at Sweeny's and Manish's place.

DAY 2

mmmm our day started around 8:30 am and soon after finishing a very healthy breakfast (Aalo ke paranthe cooked by Sweeny)...we headed for New York, Battery park. Nice city, new roads, and new traffic pattern, was all new to us.
I have yet to post more, but will do so later...