Last November, I went to India for two and a half weeks. This was really special for me because I got to see my grandparents again after two years! I have a lot of special memories. In this post, I will share some of my most cherished moments. Right from the start, I will say that this post is on my cool lane.
One special thing that I did in India was meet my friend. Actually, he is my sister's friend. He used to live right here in our town, but then he moved to India. He has been in India for a year and he goes to school there. It was really nice meeting him. We played with a toy called SnapCircuits. Basically, you snap together electric pieces to make circuits. Normally, you use batteries to power the circuits, but we were (safely) experimenting with different power sources, such as soda! We also went to a place called EcoPark. It wasn't that much fun, but it's still a nice memory because I was with my friend.
Another thing that I did was go to a place called Science City. It was a really big building. There was a theater where we wore 3D glasses and watched a movie about King Tutankhamun, and how he lived and died. There was also a big dome theater. There were recliner chairs so that we could see the whole screen on top of us. That show was about adrenaline. It showed the way our bodies make adrenaline and the science behind it. There were some cool examples of when adrenaline rushes through our body. Another exhibit was about prehistoric animals. To enter, we had to walk in a dinosaur's mouth, and when the exhibit came to an end, we exited through the place where all stinky and undigested food exits. There were also a few exhibits that had illusions and hands on experiments with motion, light, and sound. One of them was a vertigo tunnel. It was a slowly spinning cylinder with a bridge going through it. I tried to walk through it without getting dizzy. Sounds easy, but it's not.
I did a lot of really cool things at home too!(My grandparents' home in India.) One thing we did is Rangoli. We do it during the Hindu festival of lights known as Diwali. During Diwali, we make designs using colored sand on the floor. Traditionally, we use our fingers to make the designs, but I used special molds, since my hands aren't the steadiest.
Another thing that we do at Diwali is fireworks. Sometimes there are the big cool ones, but most of the time, they are hand held sparklers. These are called phooljhadi in India. There is also fireworks called chakri. You lay it on the ground, light the fuse, and step away. In a few seconds, it spins really fast, and throws sparks everywhere.
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| This is a Chakri |
I also started reading books by the author, Agatha Christie. I went to my grandparents'(on my dad's side) place for a whole day. That is where I read a book by Agatha Christie for the first time called "Evil Under The Sun". I didn't think that she was very well-known. But, it turns out that she is a very famous author. I didn't like some of her books that much at first, but maybe I will like them all when I get older. In fact, my grandparents on my mom's side has her complete works. Since I didn't want to forget about Agatha Christie, I brought some of her books back to America with me.
Apart from all this, so many other little things happened that if I had to write them all, I would be here all day and this post would go on forever. For example, one day, my grandfather took me to his tennis club. It was so much fun watching him play. Also, two of my mom's friends came over and my sister and I played with their children. And last, but absolutely not the least, my grandmom cooks the best food in the entire world and she loves to feed us. Since we were on vacation, we did not bother about eating healthy or nutrition. We just ate all the yummy food she cooked for us. This whole trip was so much fun. I really hope that I can go there again very soon.
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