Birthdays in Kolkata.

So, Allison turned twenty last week- while we were in Bangkok. To be honest, it was a total bust. We were both ridiculously jet-lagged and cranky and ended up eating Italian, lol. We decided early on that we needed a re-do, but we just kept putting it off. But tonight we finally succeeded- epically. We decided to go to Flury's- it's a famous tea and sweet shop on Park Street. After browsing for a while in the Oxford Bookshop yesterday I had found a whole book on the store, so we decided that we must go. We invited our friends from the hostel who volunteer with us, Sol and Joy, and we set out. Originally the plan was to eat there, but one look at the menuy told us that it was alittle out of our price range, ha ha. So, we decided to venture down the road and get curry. That was an interesting experience because we were the only people in the restaurant and had like 6 waiters to ourselves, but it was good food. Then we went back to Flury's and got cake. Because we had waited and it was later now we were relegated to sitting at a counter (me ON a counter because there was no room) --- but the cake was really good and it was a really nice, clean looking place , with bright lighting. Ironically, it is right across the street from the McDonalds- yuck. After we had been there for about 20 minutes the power went out. It was an interesting experience to be in one of the more historical and fancy spots in Kolkata during a black out.

After cake (but before the power came back) we headed back for Sudder St. There was another birthday party that we wanted to attend. The juice boy at Juice World turned 16 today and was having a little party while he was working this evening. We'd never actually met him before, but once we did he was instantaneously recognized as a real charmer. He walked right up to me, party hat and all, and shook my hand. Quite impressive for any teenaged boy. :)
(Of course- I can say that now at the ripe old age of 20, ha ha)

All in all, I think we made up for the Bangkok failure.