A week in Madurai

The past week has been a whirlwind of adventures and lessons. We’ve been hosted here for our daytime activities by the SITA center, where other international (college) students come to learn, and I’m very interested in studying here in the future. I’ve had some good chances to talk to people around the city, and learn a bit of Tamil, the language in the state we’re currently in (Tamil Nadu). We’ve taken Bollywood and yoga classes, and had several hugely beneficial lectures and discussions.One of the things I enjoyed most about our stay in Madurai was the chance to stay with a host family. Our family let us into their homes without hesitation, and treated us wonderfully. We experienced a bit of what daily family life is like in an Indian home, eating delicious home cooked Indian food, watching Indian movies (as well as American ones) and also having interesting conversations with all three of the family members there (the father is the only one not pictured above). Although we weren’t the first American guests the family had had, I think we all learned from the chance to spend time with one another, and honestly 4 days was much too short. 

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