The Journey

This must have been my most boring trip ever! Nothing went wrong, no hassle at the check-in, no problems with the tickets, no quarrels with the security control, I didn’t even have to open my bag, no delays, no queues, nada, rien. But we better start at the beginning.

5:30, 19th of June 2008 – Good morning Switzerland: Did I ever mention that I truly HATE getting up early in the morning! Anyway, one last gaze at a familiar landscape.

No problems at the Zurich Airport so far.

7:50 – Goodbye Switzerland, goodbye Zurich, goodbye ETH *snief*:

9:15-11:50 – Hello & Goodbye Germany, Frankfurt: We had over 2 hours to change gates which were about 500 Meters apart. What a stress! On half the way there, we had to buy some coffée at McCafé or we wouldn’t have made it. Ah, and I like to introduce some of my collegues, from left to right: Conrado, David, Me, Shenji. There is a 5th student, Romain, who departed at Geneva and joined as in Frankfurt.

So, off we went, Frankfurt-Bangalore directly. It was a long flight (more than 8 eights), in fact, it was very long, and only two movies were shown, one of them in Hindi with English subtitles. So what do you do when you are bored too hell? Well, just visit my photostream on flickr to see the different stages I went through ;). Luckily enough, for the last two hours, I could borrow a PSP from Conrado, because everyone seemed to be very tired and not that communicative.

0:05 (Local Time), 20th of June 2008 – Welcome Bangalore: Well, there wasn’t much to see as it was already midnight at the time we (finally arrived). Luckily, our baggage arrived as well, although it took quite some time until it was transported from the airplane to the baggage claim station.

Somewhere around 2:00 – Welcome @ Prestige St. John’s Wood: The adventure we missed so much on our flight eventually surfaced when we were brought by taxi drivers from the Airport to our final destination (not THE final destination I hope). It’s a story by itself, so I’ll tell it later. The good news: We are still alive.

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Ready, Set, Go!

One day remaining… it’s time that I teach you something. Today, we learn about compression. Compression is the act of putting some stuff under stress in order to reduce its volume. Yes, I’m talking of packing one’s bags. You all know the problem of putting all of your belongings into just one tiny little case. Therefore, I give you some very valuable advice. To reduce the volume of your stuff significantly, just take less with you. Ingenious, isn’t it? I’m fully aware of the fact that most women can’t live without half of their household but it actually works! It really does, no one needs 7 pairs of trousers or 20 shirts or 5 pairs of shoes, even if 3 months are a bit more then the average holiday durations.

 

With the fairly large case and the appropriate amount of clothes to take with me, the packing was a success. And unbelievable as it is, the whole case weights only 14kg! So there is plenty of space left to be filled with things I buy over there. Shopping paradise, here I come!

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A blog’s coming to life

Hey there,

I finally managed to set up my all new shiny blog which accompanies my stay at Bangalore, India. India? Well, just visit my About page (right at the top) if you are one of the few people I didn’t tell about my trip. Although I am employed by Accenture Switzerland to actually work there, I’m sure there is still plenty of time to discover a totally different country. So, whether you are bored to hell or just interested in some of my activities there, I hope my blog may offer you some enjoyable stories.

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