After a couple days of traveling, we arrived at the retreat center around 4 AM. We didn't get to sleep until about 5:30 AM, and then woke up at 8 AM for breakfast. After breakfast, we spent the morning doing group activities. These let us get to know each other a lot better… We explored our comfort zones, discussed our goals for the first few days of the trip, and played games. We ate lunch on the campus of the retreat center, and then loaded the bus to go to Bangalore Palace which was about 1 hr away. We toured the palace by an audio tour. It was beautiful! After the palace tour, we took the bus into the city of Bangalore to tour the marketplaces. We started by crossing the streets, which is surprisingly very difficult considering the lack of traffic lights and the reckless driving of many motorists, rikshaws, etc. The streets here are very different, filled with clutter. The open market place had a lot of different vendors sitting on the sidewalks, selling things like shoes, jewelry, and clothes. On our way through the open markets, we saw many wild dogs and random cows. Once we got to a indoor market, there was a lot of fresh items (fruit, vegetables, flowers, animals, etc.) After walking about through the chaotic streets, we arrived at the bus and rode it to a restaurant called Barbecue Nation. The restaurant was really nice and had a lot of options for dinner. It had grills on the tables in front of you where the servers would put chicken, shrimp, fish, etc. Everyone was really exhausted from the previous days of travel and only getting 2-3 hrs of sleep, and was pretty much falling asleep at the table. Later, we rode back to the retreat center and went straight to bed. It was really good first day, with many things to do and a lot of immersion into the Indian culture. We look forward to the next few days in the city of Bangalore!
Eden and Crosslin
Happy Father's Day to all our fathers!
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