Mugdha Godse's Himalayan holiday

It was a long overdue vacation for actress Mugdha Godse who had been vying for a break for long now.

“I had been planning to take a break since a long time but never got the time for it,” says Mugdha, who immediately cashed in on the offer when she got a few non-working days in hand. What fuelled it all the more was her mom’s birthday.

She adds, “I had a few days off and my mum’s birthday was also just around the corner. So I thought there couldn’t be a better chance than this. I booked the tickets immediately and we went off.”

However, this wasn’t like any other vacation for Mugdha. “We did not get to shop at all,” she exclaims. But that was more than made up for with the “quality time” she got with her mum. “The trip was planned in such a fashion that we got to spend more of quality time together. And moreover, we were staying at the base of the great Himalayas national forest. So you can imagine other than greenery and fresh air we could not see much but it was truly enjoyable.” But how could the greenery and quiet ever satisfy the shopper in Mugdha? “Towards the fag end of my trip, I managed to enter the city and buy a couple of Kulu shawls which is really famous there. And trust me, they were pretty,” she grins.

She tried the local cuisines, which she says, was “different” and “enjoyable”. “There was also a variety of Punjabi, South Indian and Chinese dishes but out of the local ones, what I liked the most was this fresh cornflour grounded in water, which people there have with milk for breakfast,” she explains.

So what was the high point of her trip? “Just the fact that I got a holiday was a high point but more than that the fact that I was with my family made it even better. I could completely let my hair down and had total fun!” she squeals.