by Simran Jayasinghe
Days 4-6 of our Sri Lanka Trip (December 22-24th) were spent at the Cinnamon Grande Colombo. Unfortunately, our family got sick during this time. Our dad got sick around Day 4, and then Svara, and then, our mother, and finally, me. Whenever someone in our family gets sick, it triggers a sort of chain effect and then, we are done for! We all had high fevers and just wanted to sleep! We spent those days meeting most of our relatives that lived in Sri Lanka. Our mom organized a dinner at the buffet in the Kingsbury hotel, where we met a lot of our relatives. Meeting all our relatives was interesting, and the food was delicious. We also ran some errands, and visited places that our parents remembered from when they were children. Kiran, Svara, and I also made sure that we had at least one day to just relax and play in the pool. I was still sick at the time, however, so Kiran and Svara got to play in the pool and I relaxed on a chair listening to music and pitying myself. We ordered food from the poolside cafe and relaxed.
