Indian Adventure

A typical scene of rural India.

Going to India was definitely the most amazing experience of my life. Of course being able to see the monuments and architecture that we had studied all semester was fascinating. But more so, being able to see local Indians and how they live was enriching. We had so many anecdotal moments, most of which had to do not with architecture, but in interacting with local Indians. It was great fun when we stopped in a small village for a while and got to experience how life there is. We had, let's just say, an eventful bus ride that took a little longer than expected, but it took us through rural India. On the face of it, it was a horribly long arduous journey, but we got to see real India. Most of India still lives in villages and we wouldn't have been able to see that without this detour. I feel like I got more out of that bus ride than maybe at any point of this trip. It gave us great insight into a whole different culture.