Bengaluru, India (Internship and more!)

HAL

This is Christmas time of the year. It reminded me of the time I spent in Bangalore three years ago!
I had stayed in Bengaluru (or Bangalore) for a month. I do not know in detail about the place (besides being an IT hub, place for research institutes like HAL and NAL, IPL team Royal Challengers Bangalore), but I would definitely recommend it for visiting atleast once.

After doing bit of research, I did find out! :D
Located in the centre of southern India, in the heart of the Mysore plateau at an altitude of 920m, Bangalore is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Its official name is Bengaluru, with Bangalore being the anglicised version of it. Due to its high elevation Bangalore enjoys a mild climate throughout the year, one of the best climates in south Asia.

 I had all kinds of experiences in that one month-period. I and my teammates used to be working in HAL (Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.) for the whole day and would go exploring the city in the evenings and on weekends!

So funny! :D
At a Punjabi restaurant there.

We had tried lot of eateries in that month, which I had never heard of before!! I loved Shavarma specifically!! :) Mysorepak was one of the major delights!
I also did learn few words in Kannada, which is the language spoken by the majority.


Having lived in Pune my entire life, I did find lot of similarities between the two cities! Even the places had ditto names (MG Road, Shivajinagar)! :D


It was also my first time spending Christmas, not with my family! But we did manage to reach back home (Pune) on 31st! :) :D We visited this wonderful church St. Mary's Basilica in Shivajinagar!

Brigade Road

While traveling, I also got to see "Majestic bus station", large one in central Bangalore! It has this peculiar semi circular layout. It reminded me of Swargate station in Pune! :)
We visited various places for shopping! The main one and the busiest one was Brigade Road!



We also visited the Heritage Centre and Aerospace Museum at HAL Airport Road. It houses a library on Aerospace and displays various kinds of aircraft models. It also has a motion simulator which gives the realistic feel of flying fighter jets and commerical aircrafts!

Mysore and Ooty are close to Bangalore. We thought of visiting those places, but couldn't fit it in our schedule then. I couldn't see all of Bangalore too. But I would definitely love to go next time whenever I am in India. In the meantime, please look up the hyperlinks too! Only a month stay in Bangalore impressed me a lot! You will surely love it! :)