Our school organizes a staff retreat each year, mostly for new faculty, but is also welcome to any faculty and families at the school. We traveled a couple of hours outside of Delhi this past weekend into the rural area of Neemrana. Amongst a very local village, our hotel was set along a hillside, and it was once an old fortress and palace. The hotel was beautiful where each room was unique from the next. Our room happened to be two floors, a bedroom and bathroom on each floor. To get downstairs, there was a winding staircase with a long braided rope that reminded us of Rapunzel's hair hanging from the ceiling as something to hold on to as we made our way down the steep clay steps.
Much of our weekend was spent with other families from the school around the pool. Justin and I also went zip-lining through the hillside. We also took a great family hike through the countryside to the step well where locals once collected their supply of water long ago. We walked the stairs to the bottom and admired the architecture of the old building and the birds. During our hike to and from the well, we also came across lots of wildlife. Some of the highlights were camels, peacocks, cows, and piglets (the girls loved them the most).
On Saturday, we attended a dance show at the hotel where Indian dancers performed by balancing objects on their heads and interacted with the crowd; we even had flower petals sprinkled on each of our heads during the show. The girls loved the show and are really embracing all that they can learn about the Indian culture.
Much of our weekend was spent with other families from the school around the pool. Justin and I also went zip-lining through the hillside. We also took a great family hike through the countryside to the step well where locals once collected their supply of water long ago. We walked the stairs to the bottom and admired the architecture of the old building and the birds. During our hike to and from the well, we also came across lots of wildlife. Some of the highlights were camels, peacocks, cows, and piglets (the girls loved them the most).
On Saturday, we attended a dance show at the hotel where Indian dancers performed by balancing objects on their heads and interacted with the crowd; we even had flower petals sprinkled on each of our heads during the show. The girls loved the show and are really embracing all that they can learn about the Indian culture.
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