I returned home to find a special present in my room from our house staff. Suravanan, our chef, made me a beautiful fruit salad (as fancy as you’d see at a nice hotel) and wrote me a little note that everyone on staff signed – it was precious.
Dinner at Little Italy was really great. There were about 15 of us there celebrating my birthday and bidding farewell to Tuyen and Jenni, who both head back to
I was lucky enough to get two birthday cakes this year: one from my team at work, and another at dinner from the expats. The best part is that on both cakes, my name was spelled S-P-A-C-Y! I think I may have picked up another nickname…the list just keeps growing.
Me, at the entrance to "Ah, Holla!"
Friday night we went out to dinner at a place called
Saturday we celebrated Jenni’s birthday in style. At least 15 of us got dressed up, and met up at Ahala, another of Hyderbad’s clubs. The place was awesome, and we had an entire section of the restaurant area for our group. We, joked all night that were at “Ah, Holla!” Good lord, we’re so American! It was a really fun night! All of the clubs and bars here close before 1am, which is actually kinda nice, because we get home at a decent hour. Most everything here (shopping, restaurants, bars) are at least a 15-20 minute drive from our house. We're located on the outer rim of the city, which is nice because less hectic.
I was in training today at the Taj Krishna. There were about 25 of in the class, and I was the only American. The training was led by a third party, a father and son team both with connections to
Sunday was my first day venturing out into the city. A met up with a few coworkers around noon, and headed to brunch at the Taj Krishna (a hotel here in
My journey began in
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