Cafe Coffee Day- What the Fun?

Another eventful day in India. J and I headed out to find a part of Pune called Korogan Park. The rickshaw driver wanted 300 rupees which was incredibly overpriced. After he wouldn't negotiate J and I waked away and asked some Indians who work at the hotel what the price should have been. The most expensive it should have been was 180. Glad we realized it was too much!

Instead we waited for our new German friends, Daniel and Jonas, and they took us to a "real" coffee shop that they like called Cafe Coffee Day. They serve a brand of products called WTF? that stands for What the Fun. J and I split a drink, got tandorri chicken sandwiches, and FUDGE BROWNIES! Although the brownies weren't like our moms they sure satisfied our sweet teeth. J has been craving Dr. Pepper, Reeses, and ice cream. So far I'm not craving anything in particular, just getting used to the food here. Both of us are really enjoying Indian food. A man at the hotel cooks breakfast and dinner every night and it sure is delicious! We've very lucky to have traditional Indian food included with our stay.

On the way to the coffee shop we got our first glance at camels and a slum. The camels were being walked on the street. The men kept asking if we wanted our picture but we are saving our rupees to ride an elephant later this month. Next weekend we are planning a trip to the Pune Zoo and Snake Park. Were going to also try to make it to the old city of Pune which is still very traditional.

Tonight we went to a place to watch the IPL cricket match between the Super Kings an the Knight Riders. Tonight was the equivalent of the Superbowl for India. People here are very passionate about the game. We learned a lot more about the game by watching the match tonight. It's like a more exciting form of baseball!

Tomorrow is J's first day of work. He's really excited. His company is only two doors down from where we are staying this week. Hopefully we will know by tomrrow night when we can move into the flat. I also have an exciting day. I'll be presenting my past work in hopes that I'll be hired. It would be nice because J an I will be working in separate building, in complete different departments but we can still have lunch together and split a rickshaw when we move. Keep me in your prayers tonight, I'll be presenting most likely at 9:30 Indian time.