2013 !!! My Year in Review !!!

!!! 2013 Year In Review !!!

Everywhere in the World Everyone is Reviewing the Year 2013 let it in Sports, Politics, News etc.. etc.

So I thought Lets Review Myself on what did I do this year ? what did I loose or gained ? What did I make or break ? Where I had been or not been ? I will provide you a month by Month Analysis of my 2013.

January

2013 started with  a BIG BANG for me Perhaps the biggest month up till now in the history of me. I had received a job offer from Luxembourg in Europe in OCT 2012 and I had accepted the offer and January was the Month that I was supposed to move there.

Well it was big month for me as I had been Outside India before but not like this, not for 2 Years. So this was big step for me both financially and emotionally.

I was going to miss my family and friends a lot. When I arrived at Luxembourg I had the experience of my First Snowfall which is good enough for a few days but then it got boring and sad. I moved during the Hardcore Winter Time to LUX.

High’s :  Moving to Luxembourg.

Low’s  :  Missing my family and friends.

February

This I believe was the most Longest month of my life. Most of the Month was spent in searching for a new apartment. Work was hectic and I lived in a Small Studio Hotel Room provided by the company. Talking to my friends back in India I was getting angry, jealous and sad because they were still going out on Friday and Saturday nite's and here I was stuck in my Hotel Room with no friends and nowhere to go. Temperature outside hitting new Low’s like it -16 or something.

Winters especially FEB in Europe is big thumbs down people are cooped in their houses not going out and all It Sucks. Also I was not able to find any apartment for me to Move into for the whole month and believe searching for apartments in Freezing Temperatures is not so exciting. Finally by the End of the month I found an Apartment which was close to my work place and had an Amazing view. The building was OLD but the view was to Die For.

High’s : Found an Apartment and my First Euro Salary.

Low’s  : The Freezing Temperature.

March

March was more similar to February in terms of the weather and all. However there was some respite friendship wise as there were some people who moved from India and I had some friends who I could talk too. Most of the Month was spent working sometimes even on the Weekends However nothing special Happened in March. However Barca's Comeback Against Milan after a 2-0 defeat was simply awesome.

High’s : Barcelona Come Back victory against Milan and Made a good friend who Relocated to Lux from India.

Low’s  : Still Freezing .

April

In April it started to warm down a bit but only a bit it was still cold but getting better day by day. However April started out very bad for me My HOTEL said that they could not extend my stay and that I had to leave. Yes I was still leaving in a hotel Even though I had an Apartment and I was paying rent for the same for the past 1 month. The reason I was still in the Hotel was because my Cargo from India had not arrived yet. It took them more than 3 month to ship and it was getting on my nerves. So finally with lot of Bags I had to move into my cold and empty apartment. However I did get the Cargo after a week or so after sleeping on my cold apartment floor. I also joined the group of Couch Surfing which is an internationally known group who like to share their couches or Sofa for people who are travelling the world. Also I was sad that I missed HOLI :( . but the best thing about this month was that I bought my First Mercedes. Yes I say my first Mercedes because yes I am going to buy many more. It was Mercedes C200 which is like the Lowest One but you always start from the bottom right. We Had Easter holiday in April so we decided to rent a car and Visit Berlin!!! It was good experience Big City with Great History. My Cousin was getting married in India and I was here hearing that all my family had gathered for the wedding kind of made me sad.

High’s : MY MERC !!!! & Berlin.

Low’s  : Missing my Cousin's marriage, Missed HOLI and being Humiliated by the Hotel Guys.

May

Spring was finally here and it was time to throw away the BIG HEAVY WINTER Jackets and to wear Light Sweaters. This was the month I had my first Couch Surfer a girl from Russia who was travelling around Europe by hitchhiking and she was an expert in Hitchhiking she had travelled more than 70,000 KM and 65 countries only By hitchhiking. She wanted to hitch hike to India however I told her that all the countries bordering India are their enemies so it may be difficult. Attended my first Couch surfing meeting of Luxembourg made a few friends some who I will mention later. Prasad (The Indian friend who relocated with me to Lux) were actively involved in Couch Surfing events. I had my First PUB Crawl with my friends until now I did not know what a PUB Crawl Was. I started making friends thick and fast and I did not feel lonely no more. I also drove to Antwerp just to have Dosa (a south Indian Dish) it was around 250 Km.

High’s : Couch Surfing Group, Events and Friends.

Low’s  : Not exactly a LOW Month.

June

The summer was finally Here the sun used to SET at around 10 Pm in the night which was awesome lots of day time to roam around and have some fun. The people in the city started to be more joyful and have fun which made it even more appealing. I visited Interlaken; Switzerland had my first hostel experience. Attended my first 2 Day Rock Festival in Luxembourg it was good. Attended the Luxembourg National Day Fireworks Ceremony which was legendary with  my couch surfing friends but the after party was to DIE For. The whole city was on the Streets Partying it was Amazing. The Rock Festival was really good had a nice VIBE to it. Liz, Tom and I became really good friends. We also planned our next Event.

High’s : The Summer, National Day After Party, National Day Fireworks ... The Entire month of June !!!

Low’s  : Still missed my Family.

July

The Summer was still on and we were having PICNICS at 9 Pm in the night can you imagine that it was so amazing. I visited Paris for annual Paris CS event.

The EVENT was not at all Interesting however Paris was beautiful. Saw the Eiffel Tower, did some stupid shopping, bought my HARD ROCK T-Shirt from Paris.

Walked a lot in PARIS.I will be visiting it again. This was the first Long Ride with My CAR. This was also the Month that my sister got engaged and I was sad

because I was not there to be a Part of it.

High’s : Paris Trip and Late Picnics.

Low’s  : Paris CS Event  and missing my sister's engagement.

August

We Gonne Party !!! BECOZZ!! IT's MY BDAY!!! PARTY!! BECOZZ!!! IT's MY BDAY !!! yes it's my B'day month and as every year it did not Disappoint it was also liz's Bday Month her B'day was on the 9th and mine on the 2nd.We had a Pub Crawl organized for my B'Day along with some Open air Movie I think it was Charlie Chaplin's "The Great Dictator" but the Highlight was the Trip to Spain. I and LIZ had planned this with others but others backed so it was only me and Liz that were left. There is an Entire Blog about my Spain Trip it was absolutely amazing especially when I saw Camp Nou for the first Time. It was like a dream come true.

High’s : Spain

Low’s  : Heartbreak

September

Autumn was here and the temperature started to drop.The spain trip was my last long vacation for the year.I had to preserve my vacation days until January for my sister's wedding. So September was all about work.Still I had time to hang out with friends and visit a few places.Xavier B (One of my couch surfing friends) organized a get together at his place and it was really good.September we visited a lot of friends at their home. Pierre B had a games night at his place which was awesome especially SLANDER MAN.I had made a good group of friends who liked to roam around visit places and have fun quite similar to my peops in India.

High’s : Visiting Friends.

Low’s  : Work :P

October

Nothing much happened in my life was mostly at work or home.A very Dull month.

High’s : Nothing

Low’s  : Nothing

November

Winter is Coming!!! Winter had arrived with temperature going down into the negatives. The BIG HEAVY winter Jackets were back on. This Time I was prepared for it. Made a new Friend Rosa she is Valencia and similar to me new to Lux. We had a couch surfing Event to Amsterdam where I had the Space Cake it was similar to Bhang but it was stronger and lasted for a long time. It was fun to be walking around Amsterdam HIGH. Amsterdam Made me realize that it was good to live a little and also that I SNORED while sleeping I kept explaining that I was just breathing. So When I got back to Luxembourg I fixed an Appointment to get me Deviated Septum Operated. It was Diwali time in India and I was missing it. Halloween was a drag and not that much fun.

High’s: High in Amsterdam.

Low’s: Missing Diwali and Snoring.

December

So we finally Arrive to December.It started of with Lot of work and paying off a lot of bills.However the christmas period was magical from 1st till the 25th Dec the City was lit up like a candle it was so beautiful all the small X'Mas shops.I attended 2 X'Mas Markets one in Cologne and one in Trier both in Germany.There is nothing Open or working on X'mas day here so those days was kind of boring. X'Mas is a big family thing here in Europe so people like and always will spend it with Family similar to Diwali in India.Most of my European Friends were out to visit thier families and friends. I was in Luxembourg getting ready for my Big Next year.

High’s : Christmas Market's in Europe.

Low’s  : Missing out on New Year Celebrations.

So this was my Year In Review.

I still miss my Family and Friends back in India however here I have found new friends who have helped me get over the Loneliness that I faced when I arrived in Europe.

Thank You GuyZ!!! Liz Leonte,Prasad Shukla,Pierre Blondelle,Xavier Besseron,Rosa Rosae,Charlotte,Tom and Artak (My Colleague who is learning how to play Billiards from me). You All have helped me so much this past year.

!!! I wish all my Friends and Family a Very Happy New Year !!!!

La Tomatina !!! Bunol,Valencia,Spain.

La Tomatina !!! Bunol,Spain.

La Tomatina Bunol,Spain it's known as Europe's Biggest Foodfight Organised in a little town called Bunol around 35 Km from Valencia.

The Weapon used for the fight are Tomatoes.For this year it was estimated around 200,000 Tomatoes were used to Fight.

Well you might be thinking what is this DESI Doode doing in the La Tomatina Spain Can't he Play HOLI in India.

Well there are many reasons for that but before I get into reasoning let me make one thing clear HOLI cannot be compared to Tomatina !!! Holi is at completely Different Level both in my heart and my Mind ...

The Reasons :

            1> When I was kid like in the 8th or 9th Grade or so I used to watch the show in the discovery channel know as travellers I don't know if guyz remember it or not. It was like there are 3 people who go around the world to attend special events. One of their shows was about spain The Bull Run, The Tomatina etc. So that's when I decided That I had to do this. So reason 1 can be that it was life long dream it's not because of the film "Zindagi Na Mille Dobara !!!".

            2> I have moved to Luxembourg because of work so I was not able to Play HOLI this year and I absolutely Love Holi ... Tears start to roll out of my eyes when I see the song "Rang Bharse Bheege Chunar Waali Rang Bharse !!! " . So reason 2 is that I went to tomatina as an Alternative to HOLI (But it was no where near to HOLI).

            3> And Last but not the least 20 Years from now I want to tell my Kids "Bachoo Tumhara Baap Bond hain  !!! Woh Tomatina Bhi Khel Ke Aya Hain !!!" to Translate "Kids your dad is a bond (Metaphorically not literally and yes BOND 007 one.) !!! He has played the Tomatina !!!". So Reason 3 is for Future Reference of My Greatness to my kids.

The Arrangements !!!

As I am currently staying and working in Luxembourg So I don't need a VISA or something special to Enter Spain. I have a residents permit which I can use to Travel teh Countries of European Union with some minor checking. So My VISA cost and all was not there. So the 2 things left were Transport and Accomadation.

For Transport I booked a Low Cost Airlines called RYAN AIR you are allowed to Carry one Hand Baggage in your ticket. The Ticket from Brussel Charleroi Airport to Valencia was around 48 Euro's Which was good enough. Brussel CHarleroi is very near to Luxembourg its like 3.5 Hrs by BUS. The Bus cost's around 17 Euro's more.

For Accomadation I booked a Hotel in Valencia known as IBIS Hotel it's part of accor group. I did not get any place to stay in Bunol as there are no hotels or something over there ... Also even if there is something there it will be pretty expensive. So Valencia was fine.

This Year that is 2013 there was something new introduced in Tomatina which I came to know just in time. This was the first year in the Tomatina history that they charged the Event,it was because To Many People come to the Festival that the authorities can handle. I came to know about this just in time as I got one of the last 30 Tickets or something. I booked it from Spaintastic tours Website as they were also providing Pick Up and Drop for the event from Valencia so it was pretty good deal. The Entry to Tomatina as charged by the Counsel of Bunol was 10 Euros and the Bus Ride from Valencia and Back was around 25 Euro's.

The Travel !!!

We started from here around 3:30 Am in the morning to catch the shuttle from Luxembourg to Brussel,Charleroi.

From there we caught our flight to Valencia. I was sleeping all the way what did u expect I was up until 4:00 Am not sleeping. So forgive me if I don't tell you how the Take Off and Landing was. Only thing that I know is that we reached Valencia ON TIME because the RYAN crew kept shouting about it on the Speaker.

Valencia !!!

We Reached Valencia on the 26th Aug 2013. Since it was a Monday and the Tomatina was not Until Wednesday We decided to roam around the city and meet some more Couch Surfers for the next 2 days.

Well the First day we just walked around the City Center had my First Pallela (Spanish Dish) and Sangria (Spanish Cocktail) Well the Cocktail was good it was Sweet and it had like a Strawberry Flavour. However the DISH the Pallela well imagine a Biryani Without it being spicy and hot but only the Color and Chicken Pieces Floating on Top of the Rice well it’s a pretty good. Well firangs (People outside india) please don't Judge the pallela based on my Review well I am from India and we are used to having some high quality stuff (BURN !!!). Moving on then we walked along the centre for some time looked at the amazing buildings and returned to our Hotel.

The second day that was 27th Aug 2013 Tuesday was basically the same we went out had some sightseeing we went to the Mordern Part of Valencia which is like this Completely new city with really awesome building. We went into Europe's Largest Aquarium in Valencia well it was expensive for 28 Euro's but it was good.First time I saw a white whale for real. That was nice. Also saw trainers feeding the seals that was nice too.However the highlight of the aquarium were No! No! not the CRAB PEOPLE but THE SHARKS !!!! Yea !!! Just to see The Great White Moving easily over your Head was just simple Awesome.

After the aquarium we met some couchsurfers who were also in valencia for the Tomatina festival and here comes the weird part Not even a single one was from Spain. It's like Holi being played only by Firang's (WTF!!! No Chanas in HELL !!!). There was this girl from Israel,3 guyz from Egypt and they were sitting and talking to each other that was kewl !!! I was feeling like there rite at that moment that there could be a thing called as World Peace !!! Met a few Desi's too 2 Guyz from Tamil Nadu and 1 from Nashik. So all of us decided that we will meet tomorow at the event and we all will be together well we met nobody at the Event Except for this German Guy and his Sister.

The Day of the Tomatina !!!

The Day of the Tomatina began Early as we had to get up Early to catch the BUS. We got up around 4:45 Am to catch the Bus as I had booked the 5:30 Am bus.

We had to go to the Jaquin sorolla Station to catch the BUS to bunol. It took the Bus around 1 Hr to Reach Bunol. My first impression of the Town was that it was so small Unlike any town in India it was very small, The Streets were narrow, A lot of proper houses, a very few apartment buildings I had a feeling that it was a very small town to host an Event of this magnitude.The Spaintastic Tour Guys had setup Camp on the Garden of an Apartment Building Complex. We had to register first showing our ID and Proof, This part pissed me off because all over their website they were crying and shouting warnings that if you don't bring your ID you will not be allowed to Enter and all that bull.And when they were checking the Proof they did not check anything Bloody Shit !!! and I had bought my passport as proof Arrgghh !!! So to save my passport from getting lost or spoilt I had to take a so called locker so that I can put my passport safe I also bought a spare Short so that I can Use it for the Tomatina and then throw it away.So after waiting in a long queue for putting all our Stuff in the Locker we went into the town as I had said before it was small Town with narrow streets and with white Painted walls of all the houses.

The Tomatina !!!

It was around 8:30 Am in the morning and crowds of people were rushing into the streets of bunol.Most of them dressed fancily like Little Red Riding Hood,Some as Tomatoes,I also saw the Mario Brothers 2 doodes from Japan Dressed as Mario Brothers that was good.The Crowd was from all over the world Australia,England,US,Canada,Brazil,Argentina,Nigeria,Egypt,South Africa,Russia,Japan,China,etc. So we were following the crowd deep into Bunol then we got to point when we could go no futher so we stopped over there in the middle of the street in with lot more people crowding up behind us and we were then STUCK at that place so we decided that this is the Place that we will MAKE OUR STAND.

The Grease Pole !!!

Well I had done some research on Tomatina and I guess I had forgotten about this before the trucks filled with Tomatoes Come in there is this contest.The Contest is that there will be a Giant Piece of HAM Hoisted on a POLE and people have to climb the pole and pull down the HAM.Well the Catch is that the POLE is completely covered with Grease.The Pole was bit far away other wise I would have tried to get on it also I did not want to loose my group it was too crowded that I would not have made it back to my Group.However I was able to see the whole contest from Far away and you could see all the People Trying Desperately to get to the top using someones Face,Neck,Back as a stepping stone to get to the Top.It was around 9:30 Am and we were still still waiting for the Trucks someone told us that it would take another hour or so. So we stood there watching the Pole Contest and laughing about when suddenly it started.

Small drop of landed on my Cheek I thought that it could be someone throwing around Sangria or something Like that,Then an another on my head and before you know it was pouring down from the Heavens the Gods had decided to add some Awesomeness to the Festival,Even before the Trucks with tomatoes came we had started the festival. The Rain Started pouring down Heavily the people were all wet specially the girls started to look reaaly hot all WET. Then suddenly at a distance it started I could only faintly hear it and I was trying to recollect where I heard it before it was the greates chorus of all time from the song "Seven Nation Army - White Stripes" and in a matter of seconds 20000 people joined in it was absolutely AMAZING "OOOOO AAAA AAAA OOOOO OOOOOO".

The Tomatoes have Arrived !!!

It was about 12:00 noon or 11:30 am I dun't know what time it was I don't remember the time as I did not care I was having too much FUN. There was group Australians behind us who were realy into it one of them Pointed to the Direction and Shouted "MEN !!! Prepare for Battle !!! FOR TONITE WE DINE IN HELL !!! " the others and I responded with "AHU AHU AHU " then I looked at the direction where he had pointed and there they were THE TRUCKS !!! THe whole crowd had gone WILD and there was frenzy people pusing shuving to be near the TRUCKS ... the Organizers pushing everyone back to make way for the TRUCKS .... and the people on the TRUCKS Hailing Tomatoes at US. Suddenly the same Australian Guy shouted again "Men !!!! Give me nothing !!! BUT TAKE FROM THEM EVERYTHING !!!" we started catching Tomatoes and started throwing it back to the people on the BUS. I think got one aunty rite on the HEAD and on guy on the Eye YEAAAHHH !!! AHU AHU AHU !!!!.The Truck stopped right in front of us and opened its behind to let some tomatoes come out and that was all the information that the people needed the whole crowd pounced on the Tomatoes and started throwing it everywhere. There were no more friends,Brothers,Sisters,Wives,Husbands,Sons,Daughters there were only Targets. Even I did not hold my self behind ... I gathered around 5 - 6 tomatoes in my hand and shouted the famous Indian War Cry "HAR HAR MAHADEV !!!! " and Hit the first person I saw it was an Middle Aged Aunty ... Hit her right on her face .... But I did not have any regrets or remorse because this was WAR and Everything was Fair ... "BRING ON THE TOMATOES !!!!". Then The Aussies pointed out a guy standing on a pedestal he was built and shooting with a camera with no shirt and showing off his 4 Packs and his muscle one of the Aussies shouted "Let send that MF Back to the GYM" we all replied "AHU AHU AHU" within seconds the guy was hit on every single part of his body and he felt the pain believe me guys he felt the PAIN "REVENGE OF THE UNFITS".

The Second Truck came and everybody was pushed aside the back of the Truck opened and they dumped some tomatoes on the ground there was a Pile of people who wanted to pick up the tomatoes it was such a crowd that people who are first to pick up the tomatoes ended up in the pile of Tomatoes ... it was pure chaos and I was loving every bit of it. The chaos continued for 2 more trucks then we came to know it was Over ... I thoought that it went on for the whole day but sadly I was mistaken. In the chaos my friend lost his camera that meant that there are no pictorial proof of me going to the Tomatina other than the Wrist Band that I wore to get in. So then people started moving out of the city.

We waited there for sometime to search for the Camera and all of a sudden from no where someone hit me with Tomatoe filled T-SHIRT right on my Head.WTF !!!.

I turned to see it was and I found no one so then I realized that it was my turn now. So I wrapped the T-SHIRT UP into a wet tomato filled Ball chose my target it was this girl who was on this Pedestal who just sitting there and throwing tomatoes whatever she could catch a cute little thing ... just playing along with the water,and the rain and then BAAAMMMMM !!!! rite on her Head the T-SHIRT Landed. Yeaaahhhh !!! I got my revenge ... I was Happy and I now I could go ....

The Long Waits !!!

After the festival we had to get our clothes back and eat the free payeya and sangria and believe after all that chaos you just don't to wait in a queue.

However we had to and that too for 2 hrs to just our clothes back the organizers had messed it up and people had to search the clothes in a big mess.

We Finally got it then ate the payeya and sangria. caught the bus and head back to our hotel.

Lesson Learnt for Tomatina !!

Well in this Trip I learnt the following :

Ø    Always go with a Friend.

Ø    Always make freinds before the Tomatina so you will have more targets during the event.

Ø    Valencia is a very beautiful city spend some time exploring it and meetingnew people.

Ø    Wear clothes to the Event that you don't want.

Ø    Just take the Tickets to the Event and xerox copy of the passport.

Ø    Don't keep anything in the locker go to the event empty handed just the ticket and the copy of ID proof.

Ø    Rent a car if possible and park it outside bunol its better this way because then after the event you will not have to wait for the BUS.

!!! And Last but NOT THE LEAST !!!

Absolutely Show NO MERCY because you will not get any.

           

My Trip to Interlaken Switzerland !!!

!!! Interlaken Switzerland !!!

Interlaken Switzerland !!! Why Interlaken when I could have picked any place I wanted to go in Europe ? Well the Answer is simple I wanted to be in some place where i can be alone for few days and go around the city alone ... Interlaken is perfect for that it's not as busy as Paris ... not as business minded as Berlin ... not as Religious as Rome .... it's just a beautiful place and Yes most of them speakenzie the English ... Which is a big plus. Also it's small and quiet and not many site seeing options u know some places where you run around whole day just going from one site to the other ... it kind of becomes exhaustive and at the end you don't get to spend enough time at the place.

The Journey !!!

I had thought of taking the RYAN Air flight to Interlaken !!! Which would have been cheaper but decided against that because I wanted to experience the Trains !!! So I booked the train tickets to Interlaken from Luxembourg it cost around 200 Euros ... Yes Yes !!! It's expensive ... It was train which started from Brussels - Luxembourg - Metz - Strassbourg - Mullhouse - Basel ... from Basel I had to change the train to Interlaken OST. I started on 24th Morning at 10:39 Am from luxembourg and reached Interlaken at 5:55 PM and let me say that train ride was not so boring it goes through some amazing scenary however I would suggest to take the flight instead because its faster atleast till basel and then catch the train from Basel.

The Stay !!!

I had booked a Hostel in Interlaken it was called the Funny Farm it's in Matten it's kind of place in Interlaken.I booked the hostel online through hostels.com so you can get the details from there. The booking experience was quite good .. the  site  was good and all just had to mention it so that you guyz can give it a try it's really good specially for people who are travelling alone and don't want to pay much for their stay. So after reaching InterLaken OST station I followed the directions for the hostel provided by the site and got lost. After trying to figure out for 30 Mins and failing I asked a person does he know the place.He did not say anything he just smiled took my bag put it in the back of his car and pointed to sit in the car I noticed that his wife seated in the front seat and she told me that she speaks english and that they will drop you to the hostel as it was on their way .... That was so fucking NICE !!! Finally I reached the hostel and after thanking them for 20 times I went into the reception of the hotel they took down my details and gave me a card.The Importance of this card is that within InterLaken you can get discount with this card for certain attractions like site seeing attractions also you could use the bus for free. Nice !!! The Receptionist gave me the keys for my room she was not formally dressed or talked formally which I liked and expected as it was not a big as hotel which charge you half the fee for the very same shit !!! How are you sir and all that ... Thinking that it was hostel and I will be sharing the room with some other people from the other part of the world ... I was excited but to my disappointment my entire stay in the hostel I was alone in the room with 1 Bunk Bed and 2 single beds to keep me company and TV off course. The Internet was only available in the lobby as the form of free wifi which was little bit inconvenient but I could live with that. the Best part of the Stay was the View and it was just simply beautiful you could see the snow covered mountains from room balcony and that was Awesome !!!

First Day !!!

My First Day in InterLaken was spent in finding the hostel. So as soon as I reached the hostel room I took a dump,took a few pictures from my mobile camera and uploaded it to FaceBook to make my friends jealous. Then I went for a walk and this is when I realized which I had noticed before when I entered Interlaken but forgot to mention it earlier.Nearly 60% population in Interlaken are tourist comming from different part of the world. Off that 60% almost 20% are indians,30% are chinese and then the rest of the world mostly from the middle east. So if i would have shouted out a bad word in hindi very loudly atleast 20 people would have come to beat me estimating that 100 people heard me. Most of them were visiting on their own. No stupid tourist buses no guides just of the train like me and walking around alone. Nice !!! Back to me well after walking for little while I got my self a map just so that I know where I have to return and started searching for something to shop or buy to remember the trip. I had noticed in one of the blogs that they had mentioned to buy a swiss knife from there because there are lot of shops over there who sell swiss knife well to my amazement all the shops sold swiss knife even KIOSK (it's like a small tourist shop which is present in almost all the countries in europe) but they were damn expensive. So after not buying anything and walking around for a while I started feeling hungry.Well here is the thing about me when I am alone I try to avoid Indian food as much as possible.So I had some italian food. Then Went back to hostel watched some stupid movie on my laptop and slept.

Second Day !!!

Got up at around 11 Am !!! Who cares I am on a vaccation !!! then went out to get some breakfast. After having some breakfast I realized that there was a spot I could visit today it was called HarderKlum !!! It was like this old monument which situated in the top of a mountain. There was an Altitude difference of almost 800 Meters. So I started my Trek to the TOP ... Really you are thinking that I will trek all the way there !!! There is this small train that takes you there it takes around 10 Mins in the train to reach and it cost 13 Francs since you have the special card which I told you about earlier otherwise its 16 Francs. On Top there is a restaurant and a beautiful view I was there for some time admiring the view and clicking pictures it was beautiful.You could see the beautiful Lakes of THUN and ----- divided by the InterLaken city.I guess now I know what InterLaken means between Lakes see figured out all by self no wiki,no guide. So Back to the scenary it was simply beautiful you could see the Valley behind InterLaken filled with small houses. They did not have a single high rising building which was a great thing other wise it would have spoilt the beauty of this place.So I stood there admiring the beauty for some time sipping on my Hot Choclate it was Nice !!! After comming down from HarderKlum I went to HOOTERS !!! I wanted to know what is there so much to HOOT About well besides the waitress being X-SuperModels the food was not that bad. So After having a burger over there I went to the train station to enquire about the ticket to JungFrau Region. It's the highest point of Europe and is very cold but after listening to the price I just dropped the idea it was 200 Euros for a 2 and half hour train ride I thought i will give this one a miss after all it was only 4559 Meters Above sea level :P .so I went back to my room watched some movie and slept !! You may be thinking why is he not visiting more places or trying out different stuff or going to some pub or something !!!  Well This is my vaccation I like to do stuff which I like which is first and foremost Relaxing !!! I don't Care if I don't see anything I just want to relax and relieve of all the Stress.

Third Day !!!

The First Day I came here it was raining heavily and I thought that the whole time I would be stuck in my Hostel room Doing nothing,The second day it was kind of cloudy and rained in the evening but I did not totally loose that day as I was able to go to HarderKlum and roam around for a while. The Third Way was SUPER !!! It was sunny,there was no cold winds blowing,Clear Sky perfect day for a boat ride on the Lake.The Boat Ride that I took was from InterLaken West to THUN which approximately takes 2 Hours and it cost 54 Francs. But other than some scenary and some old castles the boat ride was pretty much boring and finally I had time to take some pictures of mine as earlier I was busy taking pictures of the scenary :D. Well After the boat dropped me off at THUN near the railway station.I straight away took the next train back to InterLaken as I could not do the boat thing again. Btw the water in the Lake was light blue which really nice and there was no smell from the water that means the city dumps it's shit somewhere else.  Nice !!! Well this was the last thing I did in InterLaken the next morning I got up packed all my stuff in this newly bought backpack and left.

Thank you InterLaken for Letting me Enjoy My Vacation with 

Peace,Tranquillity and off course Beauty !!!

Free Advices ::

1.            Try the plane

2.            Don't shop in InterLaken except if it is for Winter Clothes and your shopping for it in the summer.

3.            Don't Buy watches from there (you get cheaper stuff in India)

4.            Don't goto JungFrau if you are alone it's more like a HoneyMoon Spot which you will enjoy with a companion.

5.            Buy a Swiss Knife.Buy it you will know what I mean when you see it.

6.            Last but not the least Don't come here alone I came because I had to get out of Luxembourg but if you are planning to come don't come here alone have a companion preferably of the Opposite Sex !!! you will know what I mean when you see the place.

IT Hurts.

It hurts to know that she is gone
I wish that she had a clone.

it hurts to see her with some other guy.
I feel that this is all a big bad lie.

It hurts to dream about her every night.
but more to know that she is out of sight.

It Hurts to feel all alone.
I dun't know when i will stop to mourn.

It Hurts to cry about her in a song.
I wish my heart could just sing along.

It hurts to feel this way.
Now i know that i should have stayed away.

it hurts that i did not express my love.
i was busy waiting for a sign from above.

But the sign did not show
and my feelings kept on to grow.
what my poor heart did not know
was that i was too slow.

I still dun't know what i have lost or gained.
I really wish that it would rain
on this heart that is about to drain.
I really cannot bear this pain.
Because It really hurts to be HURT AGAIN.


Hey Guys this is my very First Poem.
Please Read it and feel free to drop ur comments on it.
I dun't know when i will be inspired to write a second one so go head and enjoy this one.

First Impression Is The Last Impression

What if you had a time machine? Think about the different things you can do with it? What would you do with it? Some would say that i would go back a few days and buy satyam at Rs 6 !!! Hmm thats a good one. Some would say that i would go to the future and come back with the latest technology and ideas and start my own company....... So and so Forth ...... BUT Me .... I Have different PLANS ..... I will go back to the exact time when some idiot wrote these very words ..... First Impression Is The Last Impression ...... and smash his head with a jackhammer ..... you have no idea how much these words have cost me..... to be exact a 1000 girlfriends and 500+ jobs ..... you see i am not a bad guy .... i am not a compulsive eater ....I am not a lazy ass who sits around all day doing nothing ....... But my first impression shouts out these very qualities ..... you have no idea how difficult it is to change a first impression that he or she has made up for a person ..... tha person would need at least another 20 meetings to get things right ...... but this only applies if the first impression was bad ..... if it was good then your a STUD and you will never have any worries in your life ..... Also this does not hold true if your attending a interview ... because believe me there FIRST IMPRESSION IS THE ONLY IMPRESSION .....

So where does this hold true by the way I am talking about the 20 meetings .... well lets see say if you have a girl in your School / College / Office you are attracted to her and you are such kind of a guy who did not have a Girl Friend at all in YOUR LIFETIME ..... so because of the CURSED PHRASE you will mind yourself around her so that you don't screw it up ...... But as the great Murphy says When You think some thing's gonna go wrong something will go wrong ..... and that wrong could be anything from a stain on your shirt to the amount of food you eat to the SIZE of your WAIST to the BURP That you let out BY MISTAKE at the end of the meal etc etc ..... I know the burp is 2 much but what to do .... it was embarrassing for me too ..... so now that you have screwed up ur first impression you can either sulk to the bottom of the earth thinking about the missed chance .... or get back up on your feet and keep trying again .... well hold on don't be too optimistic you only have 10% chance of over riding your First Impression ....... ASK ME out of the 16 to 18 girls I had in my college only 2 of them still talk to me .... Others thought that I was some kind of a FREAK ..... This was college ..... SCHOOL WAS HELL .... One girl I remember jumped as though she had seen a RAT ..... I have never forgotten that day .... Well no use digging up the past ....

Mostly it is very difficult for a guy to make a girl forget what her first impression towards him was ... so you have to be very careful what you choose to pose while your around her .... If your quiet, ignoring her, engrossed in your friends, doing nothing but minding your own business then you’re selfish ,Rude ,Unfriendly , who thinks that he is too smart .... If you go up to a girl and crack some joke you make her laugh …. You will be her JOKER friend and you will remain that for the rest of your life …. So it’s very difficult to say what you should pose yourself to be around her ..... most people would say be yourself .... but we guys have tried so many different Things to impress a girl that we have totally forgotten our TRUESELF ..... So guys I am sorry but I am not the Love Guru or Will Smith from the movie HITCH who guides you on what to do and what not to do around a Girl....But I will say this NEVER EVER EVERRRR SCREW UP YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION.

Hey guys this again is something that was cooking up in my head for a long time ..... so just scribbled it on ...... This is just a boy's point of view .... so girls don't get to anti male about it ...... Also my usual disclaimerism ....... Thank you For reading this .... Also i would appreciate your comments .....

Hum Motte hain toh Kya hua Dil Walle hain

IT's like a Greatest sin in this generation to be fat or to be out of shape......
"Abey teri thond nikal aayi hain "...... "abbe kya tyre latka ke ghoom raha hain ...." etc etc are the common slangs that you here if ur friends realise that you have put up a ponch or started developing a beer belly....But thats nothing compared to the humiliation that really obese or fat people get....some of the more familiar jokes like "Abbe tere do weighing machine lagenge ....","Abbe tu jeene ke liye kha raha hain ke khane ke liye jee raha hain...." yea i know the famous saying "eat to live don't live to eat...." whoever said this i would be glad that he never comes in front of me.....the worst part is that when you have a crush on a girl or boy in your office school college or anywhere else ..... "First Impression is the last impression" this is the second guy who i wish i could kill ..... the person you are interested in straight away looks at you without knowing you makes a judgement about you and Walla !!! Khatam Kahani arre bhai humse baat toh karke dekho ..... some one had said so beautifully ... "surat pe mat jao seerat pe jao" ..... these are all the things that freinds talk what about when you get back home from work .... your mom will be contantly behind you nagging you of-course they are doing this becoz they care for us and they love us but constantly hearing the same thing over and over again really irritates us ..... and that too while they themselves are serving us dinner...."Beta look at yourself what is this reduce your weight ....eat less....join a gym ... go on a diet ....Blah BLAH BLAH!!!" when we do so they will embarass us by informing the whole community that my son trying to reduce his weight and the community instead of appreciating my effort they will be like "Dekthe hain kitna din chalega ..... " or "Ha Ha tu aur diet" yea i know what you will be thinking "so what you should listen to no one and be adamant on your decision......BLAH BLAH BLAH".

Boss its not that we are not trying to reduce our weight believe me we are even lady eve could not resist the temptation of the forbidden apple we are just humans with some different kind of temptation.For a Fat guy humor is his best ally.......he should have the strength to withstand or bare whatever is thrown at him and after that be strong enough to laugh at it ....... because if he doesn't then his freinds will never be true to him ....... they will always say behind his back "arre yaar usko kuch bol mat woh toh dil pe leta hain ......" my personal policy is that let them crack as many jokes on you as they can ... akhir kabhi na kabhi toh pak aur thak jayenge ...... becoz yaar freinds for people like us are to come by and that too freinds ......

This blog just some scrap that was cooking in my head ..... i just wrote it all down ..... feel free to comment on it .......and this is my personal experience .............. so i am activating the disclaimer policy .......

Consider this blog just as an incident in my life ......