Renu's House

I am just wrapping up my first weekend in Mumbai. I am, for the most part, settled in...I spent Friday just relaxing. It was the first time I had been alone in a while. On Sat. Renu (my mentor) and her husband picked me up. They took me to another mall close to my place to show me around. I was able to get money changed and the converters I needed for my plugs, but the cell phone attempt did not go well. I need more "proof" apparently?? Like what, I don't know?? They are going to make some calls for me. After the mall trip, they took me to their home to spend the night. Renu and her husband live in a lovely penthouse condo near the college where I will be teaching. They have 2 children (son and a daughter) both in their early 20's, both engineering students and both will be earning their MBA. When I arrived, I met the son first. He was at his computer listening to some American music, 4 Non-Blondes to be exact, and I commented on that, so we started talking music....he loves rock from the 70's & 80's, of course. He asked my favorite, I said Guns and Roses, to which he immediately jumped up and drug me to his bedroom where, you guessed it, he has a giant poster of Axl Rose on his wall! I was dying, we were instant friends. He made me talk about all the concerts I had been to, etc.
Then Renu's daughter came home. She was perhaps the most beautiful girl I have ever seen, no lie, 6 feet tall and absolutely gorgeous. The entire family was absolutely awesome. I felt completely at home and was stuffed full of homemade Indian food...again....(all my favorites and some new favs. as well). Today they took me to see my first official Bollywood film...3+ hours of film and I knew about 10 words....but my Hindi is improving. I know about 5 words now....in a nutshell that was my weekend...tomorrow is the first day of school and this should be interesting....