Jessica

I find it difficult to write a blog entry on the first day of our trip, possibly because it still has not hit me yet that we are finally here. I have been so excited for this trip for so long, and I think things will only seem real once the excitement wears off.

My biggest impression of Mumbai before I came here was from the movie "Lage Raho Munna Bhai." It is a Bollywood movie that I watched on the airplane to and from New Delhi when I took this course last year. The movie takes place in Mumbai and I remember thinking that the city seemed far more developed than the areas we went to in Northern India. It seems to be true so far. The buildings are higher, and the campus where we are staying right now has a more modern design than the places we stayed in the north, and it also has a lot more computers and AC everywhere.

Right now I am excited to get rolling; I'm not tired at all and I just want to keep on exploring all day and night. So far my favorite thing has been meeting the students; they have all been really nice and interesting. That said, I think I am going to go talk to some of them now.