Saturday, April 24, 2010

Pondicherry! Part 3

So after dinner, we went to the Promenade, the hotel on the beach road, that Ranjith and Sabita were staying. It was almost midnight, and we were the only ghosts on the road. The silent city, slumbering in the dark was truly a sight to see. There's something magical about a little town when it's sleeping.

So we took the elevator to the roof, without anyone's knowledge, Ranjith got the champagne that was chilling in their room.
The roof was pitch dark, illuminated only by the street lights below, and the stars in the sky. This was exactly the kind of night, that I'd like to spend with my husband, lying on the roof, neither of us speaking. This was the night to 'be'.

We climbed up on the parapet wall, something that was definetely a 'no' in any hotel.

I dont know if it was the alcohol coursing through us, counting in the uncertain afternoon, undecided trip, the long journey, and the late hour, but we were all so awake, so alive, and we made so much noise, that I'm sure that anyone awake would have heard us.
We broke open the bottle of champagne, shared two glasses among 8 people, and stood there watching the stars.


Then we went down to their room, ordered ice cream at 1 am, chocolate.
Smitha, the star of the night, was so high, she started seeing the floor swimming under her. She started saying stuff like, 'I wanna swim on the floor'. It was so hilarious


So finally, after finishing the bottle of champagne, we finally left for the night.

Happy Birthday Sabita. You made our day! Thanks for being the amazing cool teacher that you are. And Ranjith, Cheers! :)

 

2 comments:

Harish Sreedharan said...

So!!Did i miss something??!?!?
And yeah i wonder y u didnt like ratatoille.I luvd it.

Tina Dawson said...

Harish, everyone, including Sabita thought the food wasn't authentically French. It tasted more like the brinjal curry we make at home :P
I'm gonna wait till I get to Paris before I pass judgement on French Food :D