"Shall we try our hand at it?"


I had a fabulous day in Chennai with Dr. Nancy, Daryl, Jared, and Nacey's sisters-- Alice and Carol!  We had the fantastic opportunity of taking an Indian cooking class through Story Trails (HIGHLY recommend it!), and then we finished the day with a visit to Chokhi Dhani-- a village of Indian entertainment and food!  So please enjoy these images as a way for me to portray my day :)


STORY TRAILS

Meet Lakshmi :)  She instructed the cooking class, and she is one of the most delightful women I've ever met!  We bonded very well!  Many times after explaining a certain food to us, she would say, "Shall we tray our hand at it?"  Yes-- definitely yes!  So I tried my hand at everything I could today :)
Yummy looking greens

Making cheese!!!

Nutmeg among different types of rice

Coconut and coconut water

Spices

Spices

Spices

More yummy looking greens

Me crushing/grinding something...

Me cooking something...

Me cooking another something... (the names are so hard for me to remember!!!)

Lakshmi and me simply bonding some more :)

Yum!

They have a lime tree outside that they access from the balcony!

Me cooking something again...

Meet the charming group from today's cooking class!  We had  Marton from Canada and Alison from Australia in our class as well!  Fantastic!  (The main cook, Baby, and her daughter are also in the picture.)

The best cooking family!



Chokhi Dhani

Me dancing in a silly horse costume!  What a random time!
Beautiful dancers with fire on their heads!

Dancing with them :)

I might want to live in a house like this-- charming!

Loving this door!

Namaste

Getting a head massage!!!

Sooooooo gooooood!

Awesome wall to a cute maze

Camel!

Same camel!

Me on the camel!!!

Fabulous Indian dinner with the crew :)  (So... I hope when the servers go  home tonight that they tell everyone what a silly, confused white girl they served!  I seriously was having the most confused time with what to do with my food!!  We all laughed about it, haha...)


We saw many amazing things that aren't pictured here, like a tight-rope walker, a man on stilts, more dancers, exciting gift shops, cows, horses, and more!  It was a great place, and a great way to spend the end of the day :)

Thank you, Lakshmi, for inviting me to try my hand at "it" today!  I think I experienced a lot!

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