A Wedding in Palampur

Palampur is a beautiful place in Himachal Pradesh. Attending a winter wedding there is quite a wonderful experience. We drove from our home in Ambala to Palampur. It was an eight hour drive. We went there to attend my husband's RIMC batch mate's wedding. For all those who don't know what RIMC is please google it. I always tell my hubby 'That's the reason I married you'. Well the actual reason is that we both are from defense back grounds so we are compatible. Coming back to Palampur. We reached late in the evening and were too tired, hungry and cold to admire the beauty of the place. But the next morning we were so amazed with the view outside. We could see snow capped mountains from our hotel room window. It felt amazing. We got ready and went to Taragarh Palace which was the venue for the wedding.
Taragarh Palace is on the outskirts of Palampur, on the way to Manali. Its a beautiful Heritage hotel. It made me feel that Indian Royalty had quite a wonderful time when they were in power. It had exquisite wood work and marble flooring. I wanted to settle there but then I came back to my senses when I saw the rates per night of the suites.
The wedding was a typical Rajput style one, with seven pheras. And the ceremony took place between 1 am and 3 am. My hubby and I were awake for the entire ceremony. The bride and groom made a really cute couple. After the wedding we slept for a few hours and headed towards Manali that day. Will be writing about that soon.

The Surprise

It had been almost 2 months since I had signed off from ship. For all those who have not been in a long distance relationship, let me tell you one thing - its not that horrible/pathetic/sad etc etc. Cause you tend to be more loving when you meet after a long time.. and yes you have fewer arguments!!! Anyways, my hubby had this whole surprise planned out for me. He kept telling me that he will be back in mid-December but he arrived in mid-November. His mom and dad did a really good job of keeping mum about the whole thing. I was getting a weird feeling the they are hiding something from me, especially on the morning he arrived, my father-in-law and brother-in-law were missing at the breakfast table since they had gone to receive him at the airport. But my mom-in-law told me with a straight face 'They've gone to play golf'. It was a very lovely surprise and a few days after he arrived we travelled and attended weddings!! Will be writing about that shortly.