Wednesday was our third wedding anniversary and we actually celebrated it. We were living in Hungary for our first wedding anniversary and it fell on a Sunday. So we went to church and then spent the afternoon in Budapest, the highlight being going to the old Synagogue and seeing some depressing displays on the holocaust. We were in Pittsburgh for our second anniversary, but Lyssa was pregnant sick and we didn't do anything. This year, since the semester is already over I had the day off of work, so we spent the entire day celebrating.
Lyssa woke up and checked her email to find a little e-card I had made with pictures of our wedding day, wishing her a happy anniversary. More importantly, it had the number of a local spa which performs reflexology (which Lyssa has been dying to have done). Originally I had planned to get her a gift card, but since she'd have to call and make an appointment anyway, I figured it would be nicer to have the personalized card. I will say though, it took her a while to find the card. She checked all her facebook updates and read at least three or four other blogs before getting around to checking her email. She got a huge smile on her face when she finally did.
We went over to the Villaggio mall to walk and pick up some groceries. Lyssa ducked into the Virgin megastore to buy me some DVDs (one about Sri Lanka and the other about Berlin, both of which we're considering a visit to). While she was there, I went to a florist and bought a bouquet of three red roses, one for each year we've been married. She got done shopping before I did, so I was able to sneak up behind her waiting for me and surprise her.
We grabbed lunch at the newly refurbished Turkey Central (one of Lyssa's favorite restaurants which had shut down for a few months for renovations) and ate houmus, taboule, and kebabs for lunch. Christian was exhausted by this point, so we ended up back home so he could take a nap. In the meantime we watched the Sri Lanka video. It made us really want to go. Lyssa especially loved the footage of the elephant orphanage in Pinnewela. We'll have to see how much money we have lying around, I suppose.
We got all dressed up and dropped Christian off at a friend's house (his second time being babysat), and went to a Hyderabadi only Indian restaurant. Indian food in the United States tends to all be from the Punjab region, which although it is delicious, is only a small representation of all the sub-continent's cuisine. Hyderabad is especially renowed, so I thought we'd give it a try. We started with an absolutely delicious soup, followed by a prawn cocktail. Neither Lyssa nor I really likes seafood, but we really didn't understand our waiter and we apparently ordered the prawns. They weren't too bad, and we managed to eat them all. We also got a very tasty curry, as well as Hyderabad's most famous dish: Hyderabadi biryani. The rice was so soft, it simply melted in your mouth. All in all it was an excellent meal, truly fitting a wedding anniversary.
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