Day 16 - Off to see Harbir!

A very early start as our flight was scheduled for 8:10am. The Goa to Mumbai leg went smoothly, but the next leg to Chandigarh was delayed. We finally boarded the plane an hour late, only to then sit on the tarmac for at least another hour, before we finally took off.

On arrival in Chandigarh we were met by Harbir (henceforth to be known as "H") and his cousin Bunny (I don't think that's his real name, or even if I've spelt it correctly), and driven back to H's house in Sector 33 (Chandigarh is a planned city and it's divided into around 50 or so sectors, each of which is like a suburb with its own facilities such as markets, schools, etc.).

There we met more of H's family, including his mum, and more cousins and uncles. We were shown to our room, which happened to be on the third floor of an empty house two doors down - we have the whole house to ourselves, though only the ground floor was fully furnished, the other floors pretty much used for bedrooms but all have ensuites.

After we settled in, we headed back to Harbir's house for a snack. Harbir(from now on known as "H") lives in a 2 bedroom single story house with a large roof area for entertaining. After we then headed out to Sector 17, which was like a "shopping sector", with all sorts of shops spread out over a fairly large area. We were driven there by one of the drivers that had also been engaged for the wedding preparations, who waited for us while we browsed a few shops and K bought stuff (surprise surprise).

On our return, we were invited onto the open rooftop of that house where there was a fire, and a very generous selection of (alcoholic and non-alcoholic) beverages! We settled in there for the evening, as various friends and family drifted in and out for a drink and a chat. During the evening food was also brought up, courtesy of the cooks who were in attendance as part of the wedding preparations.

We had to pull the pin some time around midnight, as we'd had a pretty long (though not particularly strenuous) day!