So, finally I managed to come back to write a new blog. I wonder how people like Mr. Amitabh Bachan could write a blog daily. Although I’ve read only one of his Blog related to this ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ controversy but the very fact that he is so busy but still carves out time daily at this age is really amazing. At least, this I've learned in my life now; the higher you climb in your professional life, the better you get with your organisational skills. In that way, I think I am moving in the wrong direction :-)...anyways I wanted to scribble few sentences and inspire myself to start writing my travel blogs. It has been 5 years in Europe and I think; I've been to lot of places and today when I tried recalling them; I couldn't remember much. But there are few memories which are so fresh and intact in some corner of my heart; like I still remember the first Flight of my life; landing to Istanbul and the very first day in Bonn...hmmm.
Before coming to Germany, I hardly had any alcohol in my life and on April 21, 2004 my first night in Bonn, I had Vodka :-). That very first day in Bonn was so amazing, I still can't forget that smell in the air and it was 2200 hrs outside but it felt as if it was early dawn time. This was something which I never felt again. Coming to Germany had always been my dream since 2000 and it was really an accomplishing feeling; landing on to the country of your dreams. Sometimes, I really wonder how come we human beings start ignoring our accomplishments in our life and always keep worrying about the future. It's a vicious circle of so called '99 Club-matlab ki 99 ka chakar'.
Anyways coming back to the point in these 5 years I've been to different places in Spain, Switzerland, Poland, France and Germany. In fact, I was so lucky to go around places in India and while writing this blog; this program on NDTV- ‘Unstoppable India’ in front of me made me remembered my visit to Mumbai in the year 2007 wherein I stayed in the hotel Taj Mahal on the very 5th Floor of the hotel which was completely demolished last year in Nov 2008; terrorism I’ve no words for it and to be honest it has no place in my blog. Coming back to the Taj; staying in Mumbai's Taj Mahal was really a different feeling; and today I really feel pity that this all I could have captured somewhere in my Blog. This doesn't means that I am not planning to visit Taj again; if God give me a chance I would love to be visit Taj again and again but that very first visit; and the innate feeling out of ignorance and innocence is not comparable; anything good and different happening for the first time gives us a feeling which is beyond everything.
So this time, I will definitely take out some time to write all my travel blogs ; to start with, I am very much excited about my next visit to India in December. I've got a long list of places to visit; so guys the plans is like this; I am flying on 4th December- Frankfurt-Delhi-Jaipur (my home town)-Mumbai (still called Bombay among elite class in Mumbai - strangely a German friend of mine who's living in Mumbai told me this; I am not sure if it is true or somebody made a fool out of him but if it’s true then it is really sad as personally I prefer Mumbai over Bombay)-Bangalore-Pune-Kashid-Murd-Pune-Khadagwasla-Jaipur-Delhi-Frankfurt (5th Jan 2010). I promise myself to take out some time whilst my travel to update my blog. So, I hope to come back to my blog soon.
Signing off!
Aa-Pa (this is my new name given to me from my Jaanu my 3 year old Son Aaru)
Blogging! has always been a mind boggling for me :-). I've never been a voracious reader but always wanted to be one ;-). From last few years, I've been following few interesting blogs and I personally feel this world of blogging has totally uplifted the concept of expressing your views in front of the world. There are few people like Sachin and many others who are making optimum utilisation of this by disseminating their new innovative ideas thru this channel. I must say that I agree with few floating bits in the internet which sees blogging as a new paradigm in the internet world which is leaving its impression almost on every sector be it technology, management, marketing, health, tourism or any damn sector or topic. But eventually, what has really enthralled me is the different locution style in this free world, it really amuses me seeing the level of fineness and captivating art in people's expressing skills. I wish that I should have started blogging very early but nevertheless it’s never too late to start.
