Trip to Pune - Day 3

 If all had gone right and everyone woke up on time we would have gone to Simhagad fort, Khadakvasla lake, the Zapurza Museum of Art and Culture near Khadakvasla and such stuff. But since the waking times moved from 7 am to 1230 pm, we set out to lunch. And it struck me that we could very well check out an old favorite - The Place - which was famous for its steak. Mahesh got his car to drive us around and we were happy to go with him - he was disappointed that the big plans to show us the musuem had fallen off - and made up by driving us past Shaniwarwada which offered us scope for a couple of been-there pics. There was a scary cop out there who was threatening young kids who came there for some harmless flirting - go inside the fort of go to jail was his threat!

Shaniwarwada

The Place

Then we headed to The Place and found some place. Anjali smartly ordered a Kobe steak, Mansi went for a chicekn sizzler and we tried some mix chicken sizzler. The chicken stuff was bad. Kobe was good. Anyway we did it more for memories than anything else - three decades ago when we were young and wild and free, Chhaya, the connoisseur in the group, led us to these places. 

Marz-O-Rin

Steak ticked off, we headed out to Main Street where A and M shopped for some street clothes in Pune's version of Fashion Street. We passed the Aurora Towers building which has been a huge landmark over the years and continued shopping until we hit Marz-O-Rin which was pretty much on the list. Chiecken sandwiches were packed, drinks consumed, Budhani chips bought and we called Mahesh and headed right back home.

The Metro and the flowers

The girls went off for another walk while I napped. The evening meal was to be at Jyo's new house at Baner and we went there. They have this beautiful terrace that Kalpak designed which should look really beautiful once the plants grow. Dinner done, had a long chat with Asha maushi, fixed up with Part and Maria for a morning walk at Vetal Tekdi and headed home. I read Paulo Coelho's 'By the River..' and had started on Gouri Dange's '3 Zakia Mansion'. 

Hectic day. Off to lala land.