Touring Chronicles - Part-1
The 18th of December goes down as one of the most eventful days in my life. Eventful because I got a German business visa that was long evading me. Eventful because I was asked to travel to Spain via Germany at a short notice of 7 hours. Yeah, I do agree that I was preparing for this for more than about a week but 7 hours is very very less in any case. I had to run around collecting my Visa, collecting my travel tickets, collecting my Forex and every damn thing that is needed. Also had to inform my friends and family about this. Called up a couple of close confidantes to inform them the news, but I did not even have time to speak at length with my family members. Granpa and ma were right here in Hyderabad or else would have faced even more troubles.
Before all this I pleaded with my manager to give me an extra day, so that I could prepare myself better for the trip. So with all the futile efforts and rather a stupid advice from Raghu, I started on a journey to the far off lands with no knowledge of what life had in store for me. Deeps, Budds and Prasad came with me to the airport to see me off. Thanks to these guys, I started off with a smile. Met Kishore a fellow infoscion who was on his way to Philadelphia on the same flight. Got a couple of very valuable insights on travel and a lot of other things from him. Life is a great teacher. It throws avenues for learning at every end and shows larger avenues to pass for the willing. After a long long wait of almost 2 hours, came the call for boarding. Was almost dying for taking a first look as to what an airbus looked like from inside. Went in and was thoroughly disappointed at the way the flight looked like. The business class was good but the economy class was like a zammed up city bus with seats crammed up to fit in as many as possible.
For all they guys who are going to take an international flight for the first time, here goes my two cents. Do not even expect the flight to be comfortable, if you are taking a economy class. Ok…to move further…wait wait…did I mention before that, I was taking a Lufthansa flight? I was really surprised to see more than 90 percent of the people on the flight were parents going to visit their children in the US of A and students flying to the land of opportunities to pursue their higher education. Was questioned by many as to which university in the states was I headed to. Even the immigration officer was a bit surprised when I said that I am not headed to the states and rather was flying for some business meetings with the client. Lufth has become the best partner in taking out people to the far off shores.
Thanks to my stars that shone on me on this particular day…I did not have to share a three seater in the middle and rather was sitting in the two seater. Met Harsha one more fresh out of college engineer on his way to pursue his masters. After the initial jitters pleasantries were exchanged and we started talking. Slept for sometime and just got up to see what had really waken me up at that ungodly hour. The air hostesses were serving food and drink. Had a bite and went back to sleep. After that again woke up. This time got to see an edited version of Krishh…Great to see an edited version….Finally after flying over a lot of places, the flight was about to land in Frankfurt….. To be contd
Before all this I pleaded with my manager to give me an extra day, so that I could prepare myself better for the trip. So with all the futile efforts and rather a stupid advice from Raghu, I started on a journey to the far off lands with no knowledge of what life had in store for me. Deeps, Budds and Prasad came with me to the airport to see me off. Thanks to these guys, I started off with a smile. Met Kishore a fellow infoscion who was on his way to Philadelphia on the same flight. Got a couple of very valuable insights on travel and a lot of other things from him. Life is a great teacher. It throws avenues for learning at every end and shows larger avenues to pass for the willing. After a long long wait of almost 2 hours, came the call for boarding. Was almost dying for taking a first look as to what an airbus looked like from inside. Went in and was thoroughly disappointed at the way the flight looked like. The business class was good but the economy class was like a zammed up city bus with seats crammed up to fit in as many as possible.
For all they guys who are going to take an international flight for the first time, here goes my two cents. Do not even expect the flight to be comfortable, if you are taking a economy class. Ok…to move further…wait wait…did I mention before that, I was taking a Lufthansa flight? I was really surprised to see more than 90 percent of the people on the flight were parents going to visit their children in the US of A and students flying to the land of opportunities to pursue their higher education. Was questioned by many as to which university in the states was I headed to. Even the immigration officer was a bit surprised when I said that I am not headed to the states and rather was flying for some business meetings with the client. Lufth has become the best partner in taking out people to the far off shores.
Thanks to my stars that shone on me on this particular day…I did not have to share a three seater in the middle and rather was sitting in the two seater. Met Harsha one more fresh out of college engineer on his way to pursue his masters. After the initial jitters pleasantries were exchanged and we started talking. Slept for sometime and just got up to see what had really waken me up at that ungodly hour. The air hostesses were serving food and drink. Had a bite and went back to sleep. After that again woke up. This time got to see an edited version of Krishh…Great to see an edited version….Finally after flying over a lot of places, the flight was about to land in Frankfurt….. To be contd
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