First day in Hyderabad

It's Monday, April 2nd. My first full day here in Hyderabad. I had a GREAT night's sleep last night. I was worried that I wouldn't because I took a 6 hour nap yesterday. I ordered room service (first time ever doing that) for dinner. It was great. Tomato soup (my fav), naan and dahl. Yum! The naan was my favorite part - if you don't know what naan is, it's a round, flat bread usually baked in a clay oven. Dahl is a spicy curry-ish thick soup with herbs and lentils. It was also wonderful.

This morning I woke up around 7am and decided I felt good enough to find the workout facility and get the blood moving. They have a very nice workout room with some treadmills, etc. and weights. 2 minutes into my workout, Ara (our tax HR person for San Diego...as well as LA and OC) says "Hey Steve" to the guy next to me and I sort of turn around and she says "Hey Kelley". She was with 2 other tax partners showing them around. Steve, who I had been emailing with but never met, introduces himself. Small world of Deloitte-ians all right there. Pretty funny!

After I showered, I went down to the restaurant for breakfast. They have a nice, big buffet with lots of different stuff. Good for trying new things! After breakfast, I decided to lounge by the pool and soak up the warm weather and sun. It's pretty warm here. I saw on TV it will be 38 degrees Celsius here today. That's high 90s Fareinheit. It sounds terrible, but it's actually not bad at all (but, I like it hot!). There was a nice breeze when I was by the pool, so I stayed out there about an hour reading my book and taking some pics - see below.

Tonight I am meeting up with a co-worker from the LA office for a drink before a "Tax Executive Dinner" here at the hotel. Our CEO, Chet Wood is here, along with a few other big wigs. Should be interesting!