3 wise men

Putney literally booted back to life a few minutes ago. One of the first things I've done after entering the flat was to get my laptop running. Amol was on facebook even before I opened my browser. The journey from Liverpool back home which should have only taken 4 hours instead had us on the motorway for more than 6. Ashish, being the "alpha male", prefers being driven around and hence it was just the 2 of us taking turns at the wheel.
At Liverpool, an oblique reference was made to the three of us in the context of a new bollywood movie called 3 idiots. I found the reference funny and under the influence of some alcohol being compared to anything popular does provide an invitation to flatter oneself. The alpha male amongst us I'm sure would not refer to himself as an idiot, wise is what he would prefer. And Amol and I agree probably concur. So, here's a list of things that the 3 wise men accomplished over the past few days -

• Drove 300 miles to attend a new years party in snowy Newcastle
• Managed to get their car stuck in ice, but managed to save the day with some engineering ingenuity. Those degrees weren't wasted on us.
• Were in 3 different dance floors at stroke of 12, teaching (or atleast trying to) the ladies how to groove. By the way happy new year guys, don't think we wished each other.
• Lost the keys to their hotel room, the engineering degrees didn't help this time.
• Met Amol's cool family on New Year's day, savouring some nice homemade cake and wine
• Found themselves in the cosy abode of an old-boy from school a few hours later. Another few hours and bottle of Scotch and Bacardi later, the 3 of us were convinced that he was family. We did shed a few tears.
• Post new years eve, which was a rather cold Jan 2 we watched American Pie : The Book of Love in our family's living room. However a fourth wise man used to join us every now and then, the 3 year old son of our hosts. What was challenging especially for Amol was to distract him during all the naughty scenes in the movie. Hilarious!!!!!
• Later that evening, an hour's visit to another old-boy's house in Preston stretched until the next morning. The reason : Ashish celebrates his idea for an epic book.
• This morning begins with some appams and egg curry, one of the best we've tasted.
• An hour later we are at Manchester airport putting our Preston hosts on a flight to Kerala. Were they convinced that the only way to get rid of us was to go on a family holiday? Keep guessing.
  

Maybe the six hour drive was contemplation-time, for us to ponder over our trip and deliberate whether we could have done things better....................
I see a lot of scope for improvement. Amsterdam next?