Back to the US

Our flight back to the US was absolutely exhausting!

Since there are no straight flights out of Odessa, we had to connect through Budapest and then stay overnight in Rome. Now, trust me, I'm not really complaining about a layover in Italy! And it's a good thing Arun and I have been there before, because we were really able to maximize the few hours we had in the evening to enjoy the city.

First thing's first- we headed straight for some dinner. And the pizza was amazing as well as the ravioli. Even though we were stuffed to the brim, we couldn't help but stop for some gelato as well. Oh yummmm!

Next stop: Trevi Fountain.

And since clearly the coins in the fountain brought me back to the city, as promised, I simply had to throw three more coins in!

We walked to the Piazza di Spagna and finally decided to reluctantly head back to the hotel. The next morning, we were awoken to sounds of construction in the suite above us. Great... right before a trans-Atlantic flight. But perhaps I should be thankful that we didn't MISS our flight, per usual!

Rome to Chicago was fairly uneventful; but very comfortable thanks to all those upgrade points from Arun's Exec. Plat status. And finally, our flight to Atlanta got us in at close to midnight. I made a straight beeline for the bed.

The next morning, Arun simply HAD to satiate his 8-month craving for dim sum, so after we loaded up our cars for shipment across country, we headed out to Canton. Let's just say that there was a lot of soy sauce on Arun's shirt by the end of brunch. It's the one food that he's willing to make a mess for!

Saturday was a VERY long day because we drove 4 hours (each way!) for a wedding in Nashville. Needless to say, we got back to ATL at 3 in the morning to get a few hours rest before our 8:30am flight. And guess what? We arrived at the airport to find out that the flight had gotten canceled. Oh, how we lamented those few extra hours of sleep we could have gotten!

Dallas- Oh what a day!

We had dim sum (again!) at Arun's favorite place- Kirin Court. And we were so lucky to have so many of our friends join us. We hung out with Brad, Bhavna and Sachin, Dorea and Danny (and Dylan!) and all I remember was being giddy about seeing everyone. I don't even remember the food at all!

Then Arun decides to head for Fun Asia to catch a last minute Hindi Movie. Poor Brad, he always gets dragged to the most B-rate films!

Shoborna and Iqbal met up with us at Zyka for some lassi and catching up.

And then we were off to Thai Chilli for some dinner with Priti and Suneel.

By the time we caught our 11:30 flight to Tucson, we were stuffed, and could barely make it to our seat before our eyes shut in exhaustion.

But we made it! Back to the US!!
Stay tuned for our adventures :)