India Trips - Most Favorite/ Least Favorite Parts

My favourite
Staying with my parents
Indian food, I go to top restaurants as well as street food
Jasmine flowers
Having maid for cleaning

 

Obviously, the most favorite part is staying with parents. I always cherish those moments ......
2...Spending time with my sister's family
3...Going trips , visiting temples especially going to Tirumala by walk
4...Shopping for Jewelry , salwars and Sarees.
5....Indian seasonal fruits and food
The least favorite part is staying with Mil and Sils for few days.

 

Most Favorite : Good food , shopping for Indian clothes
Least favorite : Traffic,weather , mosquitoes , family politics, power struggle with the IL about my schedule and which relatives to visit and when . I win most of the times

In short , my India trips are very stressful . There is good food available here and I have also started shopping online . So my two reasons to visit India are not that compelling anymore.
P.S sorry to be a Debbie Downer !

 

Mine too

 

Most favorite: Getting to meet parents/relatives, the food(yum!), mom's South Indian coffee, shopping for clothes/accessories, the climate, TV, the casual atmosphere overall
Least favorite: Traffic jams, long local travel time, family politics, bad hair days (for some reason the water has not been agreeing with my hair in the last few trips :O, having to clothe "decently" at home especially PILs', despite the unbearable heat depending on season

 

Most fav part- almost everything right from touchdown . The minute you land in Des, the feeling of being home seeps in automatically. Last time it was raining and both of us didn't want our driver service or Uber . We wanted to be pukka Desi and took our two wheeler on the streets , got drenched and enjoyed the open atmosphere and the freedom to do anything you want. We stopped at a tapri (Street side tea stall) and had the most unhygienic but tastiest pakoras and chai. My MIl's heart was racing when she heard that we will be using two wheeler in such weather but we firmly believe that "when in Rome do as Romans do" . There were some restaurants that used to open at 7 am for breakfast and we along with our kids were always the first visitors there . Nothing can beat a hot idli or dosas ,vadas or vada pav along with tea,coffee for breakfast . It's the freedom to do anything and live life to the fullest is what I enjoy the most . Somehow ,I enjoy shopping in India amidst the crowd so much than here . And no shopping is complete without roadside snacking or trying out some eaterie in a mall .

The least fav part - actually I hate this the most and it is the final goodbye . The sudden realization that it's time to leave everything behind including your parents , it's very, very emotional and something I don't look forward to. Last time , my FIl and parents had tears and never ever have I seen them so weak emotionally. The return flight back to US is always heartrending .After coming back here , it always takes me a good few months to get over it.

 

+1, Lord,where are the good DILs???

Most favorite: Eating mom's food, eating Delicious outside snacks (batata vada, samosa)and restaurant food (though I have had allergies the last 2 trips, thanks US for reducing my immunity), going overboard shopping ethnic wear, jewelry, visiting my favorite temples

Least favorite: Crowds, pollution, Stress , anxiety and tension starting from the time I board the plane to end of trip, first worrying about how my Pil stay will be and then actually living it..