India

I never thought I would travel to the East- I was always afraid that I wouldn't survive my trip and was more interested in visiting Europe or some other more "American friendly" place. When I was growing up, I was friends with three girls who would come visit their aunt and uncle at the house next door every summer from England. The grandparents lived there too and they were from India. I was fascinated by the sarees the grandmother would wear and hang on a line to dry in the backyard. I love all the sparkles and colors. I loved the smells in the house- to me it smelled of a place far far away (now I know it was the curry, cumin, daal,etc)! My sister and I would go over and have Hindu classes and eat yummy foods with our hands- it was wonderful and felt like magic. So now in my life I feel the pull to the East, perhaps a trip with Krithika is in my near future :P