So here I am, experiencing another culture and a different world. Our whole trip to the oriental world started on Saturday morning 3.30 a.m. After a long packing night and 30 minutes of sleep, we were heading down the bus-stop "Wachtelstrasse" in Barmbek. It was really cold and the bus made us wait for some minutes. The "172-bus" was taking us down to the airport of Hamburg and there we checked-in at the check-in desks - easy and fast, a great way to make your journey smooth and fast! Standing in the line I was so excited to get to India, I pushed my suitcase into the legs of an old man in front of us - "great success" :|. Lufthansas reputation - being punctual - really showed it's best side. Arriving in Frankfurt we had about 24!! hours until the next flight to Milan would take off. We tried to check-in our laguagge, but at the counter the woman said, we could do that in the evening, 19:30. So our bags had to spend the day with Mr. Boogie. We went to the city, not knowing what to do, and climbed on top of the Galleria Kaufhof. On our way down. we decided to see a movie (in english, of course!) so we went to the "Turm Palast", enjoying "Flush away". Zub (now called Temthan) was so tired he passed away after 20 minutes and sweet american kids were making this film a "great success" :P! After the film we still had more than 12 hours until the next flight, so we went to the crowded "Weihnachts Markt", listening to a singing fake-moose while we were drinking mulled-wine. Frankfurts old city is really beautiful, worth a visit. Later the day, at 19:30, we checked in our bags and got "x-rayed". Zubin had the pizza from our dinner earlier that day and through the x-ray it looked "very nice" :). Our flight to Milan was: start-up-down-land=50 minutes. In Milan we just had a short stay and when we were boarding, some indians were complaining about us trying to get in front of them. Suddenly another queue was started and we were happy to be one of the first in that line. All of a sudden these people were screaming and really being weird, telling us we don't have manners and that we will never change.... no comment on that. :| To be honest we were really surprised about the punctuality but the service on-board is horrible! So bad and good.
Arriving at the airport at 23;00 the first thing that hit me leaving the plane was the garbage-smelling air from the suburbs of Mumbai. It actually reminded me on my stay in Indonesia, to be honest. When we approached the Immigration Beaureau of Mumbai we were facing an incredible long line of international passangers. Finally getting to the laguage claim for a short time we were actually believing that Alitalias reputation - loosing laguage - would happen to us. In the end we got our bags and could head for the exit, "great success"! Outside Pearlie and Rustam were already waiting for us and they took us out into the wild traffic of Mumbai - very scary! Compared to german traffic this is a rollercoaster and actually I don't understand how people can drive here not having an accident every 5th second - great respect!
When we arrived at "The Homestead" it was already 1 p.m and we were really hungry. Luckily we could head down to the Golden Crown to have my first Indian dish in India, "great success"! After that our little souls were tired and we had to get to bed. The end of two really interesting and active days finally approached.
..... to be continued.
Arriving at the airport at 23;00 the first thing that hit me leaving the plane was the garbage-smelling air from the suburbs of Mumbai. It actually reminded me on my stay in Indonesia, to be honest. When we approached the Immigration Beaureau of Mumbai we were facing an incredible long line of international passangers. Finally getting to the laguage claim for a short time we were actually believing that Alitalias reputation - loosing laguage - would happen to us. In the end we got our bags and could head for the exit, "great success"! Outside Pearlie and Rustam were already waiting for us and they took us out into the wild traffic of Mumbai - very scary! Compared to german traffic this is a rollercoaster and actually I don't understand how people can drive here not having an accident every 5th second - great respect!
When we arrived at "The Homestead" it was already 1 p.m and we were really hungry. Luckily we could head down to the Golden Crown to have my first Indian dish in India, "great success"! After that our little souls were tired and we had to get to bed. The end of two really interesting and active days finally approached.
..... to be continued.
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