Halloween Trip To Badgerland

I was once again in bliss. I was in Madtown this weekend after graduating 2 months back. Me, Waj and Arvind flew there on Friday evening. We rented a car from Ohare at 8 and reached Madison around 10:30. On the way I was sleeping on the back seat of the car using Waj's huge jacket as my comforter. In Madison, the first place we stopped was Olin Park. The cold winds made standing on the pier quite amazing. I saw once more the city of Madison shining brightly on the edge of waters of Monona. The city looked calm and beautiful as always. I was wearing my blue Columbia jacket which I had worn all my student life in the utter winter of Madison. The cold winds which blew on my face while i stood on the pier felt very familiar. From Olin Park we headed to the State Street to see the Halloween party. There were quite a few people dressed up in different interesting costumes walking on the Street which led to the Capitol. We walked and watched the people. We came to Isha's house at around 1:30 and I had an interesting night to spend trying to sleep on the floor. Well, that did not work so I was just killing time in the night waiting for morning. On Saturday morning we left Isha's place and went to Engineering Hall and CAE. It was a football Saturday and the Badgers were out all over the place enthusiastic and dressed in red. We went to Union South and had the same coffee in Red Oak Grill along with the French Fries with tonnes of Mayonnaise. I was reliving the moments which I had spent in Red Oak reading 752 papers whole day with Coffee and taking short naps in Copper hearth lounge next to Quick Byte in Union South. We went to the West town mall for an hour passing by my 1664 Monroe Street Apartment and lake Wingra. The small lake was surrounded by trees in beautiful Fall colors. In the afternoon we had the typical lunch of lentil soup over rice in Mediterranean Cafe which we used to after the 755 Class. After that I did splendid shopping at the University Book Store. That was followed by an evening at Mendota and a babcock sunday at the Memorial Union. I sat besides the lake trying to think nothing and absorbing the calmness and beauty of the lake in my heart. We then headed to the hotel followed by a delicious dinner at Laos La Xang. After that we headed to State Street for the Halloween party which was wild and crazy. My legs were shattered by this time and still we walked till the Capitol before heading back. I slept like a log after returning to the hotel that night. Sunday morning i got up late at 9 as we rushed as we had just a few hours left to spend in Madtown. We went to the zoo and I picked up some stuff from their gift shop. We then went to India Durbar for the usual buffet. After that we went to Olin Park and I lay in the sun on the grass for a little while staring at the lake. To conclude we met a couple of friends- Sunil, Magesh at Engineering Hall before heading for Ohare.
Overall a fun filled and colorful weekend with lots of sweet memories and golden moments relived.