First day at New Jersey was quite interesting for me.
We reached the Newark international airport by sunday afternoon. When I boarded the flight in Brussels airport, one of the passengers scared me enquiring about the snow storm in NJ. This was my first trip to such a cold country. All the worst snow storms i had seen in the movies came to my mind. The flight was supposed to reach by 11:00. But it whirled round n round and the landing happened two hours later.I had a weird feeling for those 2 hours, as our flight moved in and out of the clouds, with a lot of turbulance. The airport looked beautiful with the snowclad runway and the hazy atmosphere. After 30 minutes at immigration, we got our luggages at the baggage claim.
We had planned earlier to book a car and do lot of shopping after reaching home. We came to our new home by 3:30 PM. Both of us were very hungry but we dint have enuf time to have our lunch, as the flight wasted our two hours of shopping time.
We hurriedly started towards walmart.
Setting up a new home couldn't be more fun. We bought watever we saw in walmart. With 2 shopping carts full, i felt i became the object of attention to many people there. I am listing here all the items that may be useful for setting up a new home.
By evening, I started experiencing a mild drowsiness. This must be the jet lag. My husband still looked fresh and he did the whole shopping. We had peppermint mocha which quenched our thirst and hunger to some extent. On our way back to home, we bought all the groceries and vegetables needed for the next day cooking.
Our grahapravesham happened at 10:30PM. We started our life at our new home in states with the traditional 'milk boiling' ceremony.Had the chappathis we brought for our flight trip. Within minutes we were sound asleep.
Almost everything that happened on this day was completely planned. Credit goes to my husband.
1. The car we hired was wonderful. Ford Edge helped us in all aspects. For such a shopping and transferring all the luggages we bring in the flight, I would suggest this SUV.
2. Whatever we need to buy in walmart - we made a list and classified them based on their priority and the frequency of purchase(either we have to purchase every month or one time investment).
3. List of groceries required for the month.
4. Maps and travel direction printouts to n fro our home to the shops. Google helped us a lot in this regard. We had the print outs of google maps and directions. The car had the GPS in it. And with this much organised traffic, driving becomes a pleasure.
5. Cameras and batteries as i felt clikclik all i c. But I cudnt take much snaps as i felt very hungry. Lesson learnt - Fill ur tummy b4 going out in US. Shopping takes minimum 3 hours.
6. Good quality winter gears - jackets, ear grips, gloves and shoes.
All these we decided in advance. This helped us a lot in our trip.
We reached the Newark international airport by sunday afternoon. When I boarded the flight in Brussels airport, one of the passengers scared me enquiring about the snow storm in NJ. This was my first trip to such a cold country. All the worst snow storms i had seen in the movies came to my mind. The flight was supposed to reach by 11:00. But it whirled round n round and the landing happened two hours later.I had a weird feeling for those 2 hours, as our flight moved in and out of the clouds, with a lot of turbulance. The airport looked beautiful with the snowclad runway and the hazy atmosphere. After 30 minutes at immigration, we got our luggages at the baggage claim.
We had planned earlier to book a car and do lot of shopping after reaching home. We came to our new home by 3:30 PM. Both of us were very hungry but we dint have enuf time to have our lunch, as the flight wasted our two hours of shopping time.
We hurriedly started towards walmart.
Setting up a new home couldn't be more fun. We bought watever we saw in walmart. With 2 shopping carts full, i felt i became the object of attention to many people there. I am listing here all the items that may be useful for setting up a new home.
By evening, I started experiencing a mild drowsiness. This must be the jet lag. My husband still looked fresh and he did the whole shopping. We had peppermint mocha which quenched our thirst and hunger to some extent. On our way back to home, we bought all the groceries and vegetables needed for the next day cooking.
Our grahapravesham happened at 10:30PM. We started our life at our new home in states with the traditional 'milk boiling' ceremony.Had the chappathis we brought for our flight trip. Within minutes we were sound asleep.
Almost everything that happened on this day was completely planned. Credit goes to my husband.
1. The car we hired was wonderful. Ford Edge helped us in all aspects. For such a shopping and transferring all the luggages we bring in the flight, I would suggest this SUV.
2. Whatever we need to buy in walmart - we made a list and classified them based on their priority and the frequency of purchase(either we have to purchase every month or one time investment).
3. List of groceries required for the month.
4. Maps and travel direction printouts to n fro our home to the shops. Google helped us a lot in this regard. We had the print outs of google maps and directions. The car had the GPS in it. And with this much organised traffic, driving becomes a pleasure.
5. Cameras and batteries as i felt clikclik all i c. But I cudnt take much snaps as i felt very hungry. Lesson learnt - Fill ur tummy b4 going out in US. Shopping takes minimum 3 hours.
6. Good quality winter gears - jackets, ear grips, gloves and shoes.
All these we decided in advance. This helped us a lot in our trip.
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