it's been a year since we moved to Belfast. in hindsight, we took even less time to settle here than we did in the home we rented after we got married, in Mumbai. Going through my memories on facebook, it seems that in just a month we went from eating supermarket ready-to-eat stuff in an airbnb to cooking our favourite foods in our kitchen, with pots and pans we purchased the day we moved in, getting our daily fix of youtube on the chromecast hooked up to our tv, which is ever-so-slightly bigger than the one we had in India.
so... what did we do in the remaining 11 months?
we got our social groove on.
we resumed traveling (not the same pace as we used to in Mumbai, but we'll get there soon!)
we got our own bicycles, tent, and other outdoor stuff.
we got a turntable, amp and speakers. transported some of my old records here, and also purchased a few more.
i got my lego here. oh yeah!
we also resumed collecting souvenirs.
i tried my hand at gardening, and gave up when i realized i didn't enjoy it much.
i'm in the process of learning to drive, and also in the process of getting my motorcycle license. and eagerly waiting for the day i can get my own two wheels!
it's hard to put my finger on the exact time i could say our move was complete, but i can definitely say that when we visited india for a vacation in december, it felt like we were leaving home.
i guess it'll take a long while for Belfast to feel as familiar as Mumbai does (did?), but that's just a matter of exploring the city and its surroundings. i could still say that i know this city as well as i knew mumbai after my first 18 or so years in mumbai!
it's very interesting to see how quickly we settled in, mainly because it seems like moving seems easier to us now.
i'd go as far as saying that we could probably pick a spot that appeals to us on a map, and if circumstances were right for us, we'd settle there happily.
this one year seems to have changed us in ways we never imagined it would.
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