My super awesome walk home today

I had the best adventures walking home today and I'm going to write this post just as it happened.

I left work and headed in the direction of the metro because I was thinking about checking out a Republic Day concert and wandering around Connaught Place.

I saw a giant wedding procession over a block long, with lots of people on white horses. But they all seemed older and I couldn't see the groom, so I went closer to watch.

Unless it's a quintuple wedding?

A few kids in front of me suddenly ran away...and a firework/sparkler caught me on the chin.

This is what a sparkler to the face looks like.
I'm okay.

I cleared out for a bit and went to the back of the procession where there was a band and listened for a bit. Then I walked up the side of the procession because I wanted a better picture of the white horses that were near the front.

They carried a generator to power the lamps

And in the middle there were camels! WHOA giant camels with little kids on the back. I couldn't get any pictures of camels in Jaipur last weekend so I was pretty excited.

The camel seemed less that thrilled to be pulled by the nose, but patiently carried the passengers.

And then in a park behind me I saw kids playing

WITH A GERMAN SHEPHERD

AND THEY HAD A RUGBY BALL

They tried to make the german shepherd stand still, unsuccessfully.

So I walked in and asked if they played rugby. I played catch with about 10 boys ages maybe 8-14 for the next half hour. They had a technique of chucking the ball to try to make the next person drop it, and I tried to teach them the torpedo scrumhalf pass. There was some mud and I got my freshly handwashed clothes dirty but it was totally worth it.

They ran towards me as I took the picture, and the lighting was really poor.

My new rugby buddies

And then one kid walked over CARRYING A 1 MONTH OLD PUPPY (looked like a jack russell mix).

I got to play with the puppy. It had been a perfect half hour and it was getting dark so I called it a night. On the way home a very lost looking (and not unattractive) guy from the Netherlands asked for help getting to the metro as it was his first day in Delhi, and I was able to help him out.

Did I mention there was a 1 month old puppy!!!

What an awesome walk home. I really needed that today.