Got tired of the usual Sunday timetable. The usual meaning…a lunch at a swanky restaurant or the club…a movie…time out at the beach front or the movie….the park…the arghhhhhh!
So when we had the election day break, decided to be a lil adventurous. Packed the kids in the back and the wife in the front(of the car, stupid) and swung the car in the opposite direction of the usual city drive.
Was surprised to find how close to the city outskirts we were. Took hardly ten minutes to find the view changing from endless buildings and concrete to green expanses…trees…blue skies…birds. Found myself whistling …and the wife smiling. By now the kids whining “Why not the club?” had changed to “wow, see that big cow” and more. Felt genuinely sad seeing how close we were to nature yet so far and made a mental note to make it more often.
Stopped at chai shop, one of the infinite ones that dot Kerala called the “chayakada’. This one was different cause the chai wala was a lady. She called the kids in and fed them with the specialities of the day. Hot crispy vadas, and “vettu cake” a speciality of kerala. The chai was fabulous and zahi and zoh were sipping it as though for the first time. Clicking some snaps, we soon had the panchayath around us posing with the kids and the chaiwali.
Just across the chaishop was the barber shop with a line of oldies sitting across staring as though we were martians. The kids and me walked across and shook hands with all of them. Am sure it was a new experience for the kids and for them too. On the side wall of the barber shop was a bright, stud looking painting of MohanLal the actor in a greenish jacket with bandana and curled mush and Rayban glasses. Zohrab and Zahi posed in front of the painting.
We moved along and the road split in two. Decided to take the one without any signs and less travelled. We soon came to a spot that looked so picturesque and beautiful like straight out of a painting. The kids were introduced to touch me nots and were sent off hunting for more of them while the wife and me sat down on the greens and shared some romance. It was like a time travel back to those days when we had no care in the world. Wow. I loved the feeling.
Next week we plan to discover more of these places close to home. Like we decided “ If you cant appreciate your own backyard…then who will’. Take time off and travel unknown alleys and lanes. You never know if Life awaits you there. Have a great weekend guys. Love you all.
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