Now back to my preparations for India... Since getting home on Saturday, I have been running around Vienna to buy all the final items I needed. After numerous trips to the pharmacy, I finally have all the medicine I need. I started my malaria medicine today and didn't feel any bad side effects. Fingers crossed this remains the case throughout my trip! Thanks to some neighborhood friends with family in India, I was able to be hooked up with an Indian iPhone and some rupees to get me through the beginning of my trip. For those who are curious, one USD is worth about 50 INR.
My Indian phone and some rupees! A big thank you to the Choudhurys for the help!
The designs on the rupee bills are so beautiful. Foreign money always makes me think US dollars are so boring!
I also spent a lot of time figuring out what clothes are culturally appropriate for my trip. Unfortunately, this means I will be leaving all of my shorts at home! I tried to pack pretty light and am bringing only three pairs of pants and a handful of tops along with two sets of FIMRC scrubs that I plan to wear most of the time I am working.
#scrublyfe (shout out to Alysa)
My clothes ended up filling up about half of my suitcase. I was pretty proud of this as I tend to be an overpacker. The rest of the room was quickly filled up with various odds and ends such as toilet paper, mosquito netting and my first aid kit. I had just enough room for everything and think I will actually have room to bring home some souvenirs!
This suitcase contains eight weeks of my life... supposedly.
Here's to hoping my suitcase is under fifty pounds otherwise I may have to throw away my towels before I even leave the USA (yes I'm looking at you, Pat). I'm unsure if I will have access to the internet while I'm en route from NYC to Kodaikanal so this may be my last post for a few days.
Until then...
Liz
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