Double Vision

"What level are you on in Angry Birds?"

We visited cousin Sheila, her husband Navneeth, and their son.  Nikhil was very much looking forward to this because he wanted to meet their son who is also named Nikhil.  Even though our Nikhil is around 20 years younger than his Indian cousin, he insisted that he is "Nikhil number one."  So we just went with "Big Nikhil and "Little Nikhil," or "Your Nikhil" and "Our Nikhil." to avoid confusion in speech, there was no confusion in sight.

"He is heavy!  He's not my brother."

The boys enjoyed using the giant lacrosse stick to pick mangoes from the tree. It's not something that we get a chance to do in Maryland.

Vikram and Navneeth pick mangoes.

Vikram holds the mango, but Chad looks guilty.

That evening, we dined at NH1, a new restaurant endeavor by (big) Nikhil, Sheila, and Navneeth.   NH1 stands for National Highway 1 the modern version of which runs from New Delhi to Punjab (near the border with Pakistan), but originally extended westward to Lahore.  According to Sheila, the restaurant's theme is the food along that highway. The restaurant was not yet launched, but we were treated to a special menu from the executive chef and, as the only diners, we had the complete attention of the staff.  The only other times that I've had a restaurant staff's complete attention was when they were trying to get me to leave.

"Bring on dinner!"

The whole group enjoying dinner.

Valli and big Nikhil (in case you couldn't tell).

L to R: Shiv, Navneeth, Sheila, Jay

Sheila, Jay, and Chad

Sheila and Geetha

"Quick!  Act like I just said something funny."

We had a long day and, unfortunately, Vikram slept throughout dinner.  That's OK, I ate his share of the lamb and butter chicken. After dinner, we said goodnight and returned to the flat to get some rest.  The next day we were going to Bengaluru.