Wall E on Saturday and Back to the Oberoi on Sunday

The movie Wall E opened up here in Bangalore this weekend. I knew that movies were huge here... seriously, Bollywood is more of an obsession here than Hollywood is in the US. More than half of the newspaper coverage is about Bollywood every day!

The movies here are awesome, for many reasons...

• The movie begins on time, not after 20 minutes of previews
• You pre-order your tickets and get to pick your own seats when you purchase
• Tickets are 150 Rupees each ($2.50 USD !!)
• There is an intermission, so you can get snacks and use the bathroom
• Popcorn and a Coke costs 100 Rupees... a bottle of Aquafina water... just 40 cents... and they have individual concession stands outside of each theater!
• The theaters are beautiful! We went to the Inox in the Garuda Mall... here's a shot of the corridor...
  

We spent some time in the mall before the movie. We ate lunch in the food court, where they have at least 30 different eateries. Not feeling adventurous, we had Subway and corn from the American Corn stand...

Lauren dragged Pat to the Roll Over Cafe for her chocolate fix...

After the movie we went out for dinner at a great place in the city called F&B (stands for food and beverage)... it's a terrific restaurant, great food from all around the world and super kid friendly. We called ahead (actually here you simply SMS text ahead for your reservation and they text you right back with your confirmation and directions!!) for a table near the kid zone... check out this picture of the kids play area... can you imagine this at Siro's??

On Sunday we went as a big group of families back to the Oberoi where we had brunch two weeks ago. The kids dressed in traditional garb...

A fun time was had by all!

This is one of my favorite series of pictures... I was just snapping a few pictures of the kids all playing soccer (oops, football!) in the field at brunch and I realized after that I had captured Andrew spotting a frog in the grass, showing his friend and then showing me! You can dress a boy up, but...

Some of us returned to Frederique and Rob's (from Holland) villa for a little after hours party. Julie whipped up some cosmos...

Rob just bought this classic 1970 Italian Vespa, for $400 USD... we took it for a few spins up and down the block. Taylor did not ride it Mom, don't worry, this was just for show!

Another great weekend! The kids washed up quickly in the tub and off to bed...