Day 2
The chilly morning in Amritsar forced us to remain tucked in the bed for a considerable amount of time. That put our morning palns of stepping out early on a slow track. Nevertheless , once up we quickly got ready and decided to continue with our city trail. Today's plan was to visit some historic places situtated in Amritsar. One of them being Bhagwan Valmiki Tirath Sthal. However , there is a popular saying in Marathi "Pahile Potoba mag Vithoba" . So we obediently listenend to our tummy growls and decided to have an authentic Amritsari breakfast. There are very few options for breakfast here in Amristar if you want to have an authentic one. Atleast that was what we were told. On a chilly winter morning, it is best to have variety of stuffed Kulchas and Paranthas accompanied with chana and lots of curd. I have to be honest , we had one of best ones ever.
Once our tastebuds were satisfied , we decided to visit the Bhagwan Valmiki Tirath Sthal. We were told that the temple dates back to the period of Ramayan and the place is famous for Maharshi Valmiki.It is this place where her gave shelter to Sita , after she was abandoned and where her sons Luv Kush were born. Apparently this also the place where the great epic Ramayan was written by Maharshi Valmiki. It has a 8 foot tall , 800 kg gold plated idol of Valmiki. The place is in middle of a pond and gives a complete serenity to the surroundings.Also for this provided us a lot of scope for self photography. We clicked self pictures , group pictures in every angle, on every spot . Sometimes i felt that finally the camera from our phones would pop out and and proclaim "Moms ab bas bhi karo. Main Thakk gaya hoon" . Yet we continued to click click click. Clicked to our heart's content , we decided to proceed to our next destination. Ooops and we realised that the place we had decided to visit next was closed for the next 2 hours. What next ; with superwomen in tow , we always have a Plan B. And what Plan B was it. We decided to visit Hall Bazaar , the most happening place for Shopping. On our agenda were 3 important things.
Fulkaari, Jootis and Spices. In the Fulkaari shop time flew like that of speed of a falcon. Oblivious to what was happening in the surroundings , we just kept selecting-deselecting duppattas , sarees , dress materials. Each other's opinions on a particular piece mattered here the most. Irrespective of whether you like it , if the friend's disapproved , it got de-selected. Like this we seleceted 75-100 pieces in total , shortlisted few, and again filtered few. So much patience , I observed the last time when I was taking Jr. Cutlet's lessons. Finally victorious , we stepped out of the Fulkaari shop to get into the Woolllens and then the Spices shop. After finishing the shopping ; once concern that kept bothering us was to how do we take so munch stuff back home. Nevertheless we said to each other, now that we have bought it, we will buy another bag to fit in the shopping stuff. Which means another shop for the bag. However we decided to postpone this for the next day. Because by our brunch had already settled in the tummies and Shilpa was on the verge of throwing a hunger tantrum. So we decided to have an early dinner at 6 in the evening.
Post dinner we proceeded to Gobindgarh fort for a laser show. We thought it would like any other typical laser show, however much to our surprise , the show was spectacular giving us history of Punjab, the fort and also briefly about the Indian Independence struggle. The creatives and the narration was brillinat and so were the folk dances post the show. We roamed about in the fort for sometime , sat by the bonfire chit chatting realising that it was very late and time to wind up. Although we missed going to a couple of place, it was a very fulfilling day. The mind and body we screaching and demanding for rest. While I hit the bed straight away; the girls decided to stay awake for some more chit chatting. God has made women really special. They might not find time for hundred other things; however they will always find time for a good round for chatting with their girlfriends. Kudos to the spirit.
Signing off for now for a better tomorrow
The chilly morning in Amritsar forced us to remain tucked in the bed for a considerable amount of time. That put our morning palns of stepping out early on a slow track. Nevertheless , once up we quickly got ready and decided to continue with our city trail. Today's plan was to visit some historic places situtated in Amritsar. One of them being Bhagwan Valmiki Tirath Sthal. However , there is a popular saying in Marathi "Pahile Potoba mag Vithoba" . So we obediently listenend to our tummy growls and decided to have an authentic Amritsari breakfast. There are very few options for breakfast here in Amristar if you want to have an authentic one. Atleast that was what we were told. On a chilly winter morning, it is best to have variety of stuffed Kulchas and Paranthas accompanied with chana and lots of curd. I have to be honest , we had one of best ones ever.
Once our tastebuds were satisfied , we decided to visit the Bhagwan Valmiki Tirath Sthal. We were told that the temple dates back to the period of Ramayan and the place is famous for Maharshi Valmiki.It is this place where her gave shelter to Sita , after she was abandoned and where her sons Luv Kush were born. Apparently this also the place where the great epic Ramayan was written by Maharshi Valmiki. It has a 8 foot tall , 800 kg gold plated idol of Valmiki. The place is in middle of a pond and gives a complete serenity to the surroundings.Also for this provided us a lot of scope for self photography. We clicked self pictures , group pictures in every angle, on every spot . Sometimes i felt that finally the camera from our phones would pop out and and proclaim "Moms ab bas bhi karo. Main Thakk gaya hoon" . Yet we continued to click click click. Clicked to our heart's content , we decided to proceed to our next destination. Ooops and we realised that the place we had decided to visit next was closed for the next 2 hours. What next ; with superwomen in tow , we always have a Plan B. And what Plan B was it. We decided to visit Hall Bazaar , the most happening place for Shopping. On our agenda were 3 important things.
Fulkaari, Jootis and Spices. In the Fulkaari shop time flew like that of speed of a falcon. Oblivious to what was happening in the surroundings , we just kept selecting-deselecting duppattas , sarees , dress materials. Each other's opinions on a particular piece mattered here the most. Irrespective of whether you like it , if the friend's disapproved , it got de-selected. Like this we seleceted 75-100 pieces in total , shortlisted few, and again filtered few. So much patience , I observed the last time when I was taking Jr. Cutlet's lessons. Finally victorious , we stepped out of the Fulkaari shop to get into the Woolllens and then the Spices shop. After finishing the shopping ; once concern that kept bothering us was to how do we take so munch stuff back home. Nevertheless we said to each other, now that we have bought it, we will buy another bag to fit in the shopping stuff. Which means another shop for the bag. However we decided to postpone this for the next day. Because by our brunch had already settled in the tummies and Shilpa was on the verge of throwing a hunger tantrum. So we decided to have an early dinner at 6 in the evening.
Post dinner we proceeded to Gobindgarh fort for a laser show. We thought it would like any other typical laser show, however much to our surprise , the show was spectacular giving us history of Punjab, the fort and also briefly about the Indian Independence struggle. The creatives and the narration was brillinat and so were the folk dances post the show. We roamed about in the fort for sometime , sat by the bonfire chit chatting realising that it was very late and time to wind up. Although we missed going to a couple of place, it was a very fulfilling day. The mind and body we screaching and demanding for rest. While I hit the bed straight away; the girls decided to stay awake for some more chit chatting. God has made women really special. They might not find time for hundred other things; however they will always find time for a good round for chatting with their girlfriends. Kudos to the spirit.
Signing off for now for a better tomorrow
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