December 10th was a very busy day. We had a photo shoot, got married, and arrived at Dulles airport by 8:00pm ready to head to India for more celebration. By the time we got to the check in line at the airport, we were very tired. Unfortunately, this was the time that Turkish Airlines system went down and forced us to wait in that line for at least one and a half hours. At one point, I just plopped down on the floor and leaned against Abhijeet's legs in an attempt to get some rest. Eventually we did get through that line and reached only a short line for security. I was confused when I set off the alarm for the body scanner and had to receive a pat down. It didn't take long, however, to realize that the 30 or so bobby pins that Leah put in my hair for the updo had caused the alarm to go off. With just a few minutes to spare, we finally reached the gate and boarded the airplane.
Seventeen hours later we were in Delhi, India. As the sun came out to start a new day, we too began the next stage of our wedding celebration extravaganza. For lunch, we went out to eat with 2 other couples who live in Delhi. The guys all know each other from their university days at IIT Delhi. At one point during lunch, the topic of how each couple met, decided to marry, and shared news with family came up. One couple was an arranged marriage, another was an intercaste love marriage, and then there was us. It was both humorous and comforting to exchange these stories.
On Monday morning, we woke up and made a plan to get Vikram to his visa appointment and all of us to the airport for our 2:00pm flight from Delhi to Jodhpur. It was down to the wire, but luckily Vikram's visa appointment went smoothly and we were all able to head together to Jodhpur.
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