Feeling refreshed and ready to start the planned shopping day, Alistair and I left to walk to nearby shopping mall. What a lovely gardened urbanisation…let´s take a photo! Oh no….camera not working. Called in at camera shop to get it repaired. Guy tells me it can’t be fixed. Hmmmm Is he just wanting to sell me a new one?. Must seek second opinion. Disappointed not to be loading up pictures on this Blog.
First Indian breakfast consisted of round rice cakes (Idlis) served with two small bowls of sauce…one spicy and the other liquid coconut chutney and then tried Masala Dosa which is a salty/sweet buttery pancake in a triangle shape and inside is spiced potato. This is also with the same dipping sauces. Trying not to think of the calories.
Alistair returned home to allow Amargit to join me for some retail therapy. I had packed very few clothes as I had this idea of buying lots of good quality bargain cotton clothes in Indian styles. After a few shops I was getting disheartened. Then a half hour taxi through busy, noisy Bangalore to a well-known store called Max cheered me up. A medium kurta , a short kurta (tops), a dupatta (crinkly scarf), and salwar (very baggy trousers) cost about 20 euros. I now feel authentically dressed…photos will follow! In such a hot country what surprises me is the women’s trouser styles. They are either very tight leggings which bunch up around ankles (too clingy for comfort) or huge baggy things with loads of pleats and fabric (“Does my bum look big in this”?). Comparing clothing with what we wear in the heat of Spain, it’s quite different. No shorts, bare arms or shoulders shown….but long pants and sleeves for protection against mozzies is a must. So far I haven´t seen any T-shirts that I would wear at home. Tomorrow is another shopping day…..I am seriously in need of more clothes.
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