It's been two weeks now that I've been in India and I've experienced one complete work week. By now, I've got my daily routine down. Let me paint you a picture of my day... I wake up by 7 every morning, typically being woken up to the sound of the doorbell by my cook (yes, we have a cook at the flat). The cook wakes me up with some chai and biscuits and then proceeds to prepare breakfast, after which I head off to work. If I'm lucky, I carpool with my co-workers (who all live nearby). If not, I catch the metro, which is very easy and convenient. When I take the metro, I opt to walk to the station which is a 30 minute walk, but hey, I need to get my exercise somehow! The metro takes me to the suburb where I work, it's about 40 minutes followed by a 15 minute walk to my office. I enjoy my morning routine and I love the people watching on the metro!

Today, though, my daily routine was a little shaken up. For whatever reason, the metro had some issues. I got to the station and waited for 20 minutes before the metro came (typically it comes by every 5 minutes or less). Once I got on the metro, it proceeded to rest excessively at each stop. All in all adding another 40 minutes to my journey! In my rush to get to the office, I opted for a pedal rikshaw once I reached my stop. I can't complain too much though, the weather was beautiful (cloudy, breezy, and in the 80s. WOHOO!) and the 15 minute rikshaw ride made up for the metro craziness. Of course, once I got to the office, I was assured that this would not be my last run-in with a delayed metro!