On Sunday last week, one of the math teachers graciously invited me to accompany his family for the day. We went to the Patna Science Center, the Patna Museum, and walked to the top of the Granary. The Science Center was basically a collection of science tricks similar to what they have at the Franklin Institute. The Patna Museum has archaeological artifacts from the region as well as some pretty impressive stuffed animals (a very large crocodile and bison impressed me the most). The Granary is a domed building constructed during a famine to concentrate the city’s food resources. Now it is used for sight-seeing, and after climbing the 1200 stairs**, I was treated to my first view of the Ganges River. Afterwards we went to a very nice restaurant (with a guard outside and glorious air conditioning!) for dosas and coffee. It was a fun but exhausting day. Everywhere we went people stared at me, and especially in the museums this was very exasperating.
**Update: My informant on the number of stairs has now informed me that he was misinformed. The actual number is closer to 145. I have left 1200 in the original post because that's how many it felt like in the blistering humidity of Patna :)
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