Pune here I come..

Started my trip... Part II

After all the fuss and drama... Finally at 7:45pm (8 May) I was told, I will not be able to make it for my connecting flight from Munich.... So my tickets were rebooked for today 9th May

And the lady who rebooked told me that I bet we will be delayed tomorrow so let's book a ticket with 6hrs of transit... I said hmm anything is better that confirms (or increase my chance) that I can travel to my Home.

2:00pm I checked the flight status and to my surprise "the flight was on time"
I reached airport by 3:30pm for my flight at 5:50pm, and then I came to now that flight is late by 3:00hrs and schedule to depart at 8:45pm.... Due to "volcanic ash" it's route a longer way and I will have 1 hr of transit..!! I will have to sprint my way to catch the transit flight

Meanwhile i was in the line for checkin I met the same person from yesterday who was also travelling to Pune on the same flight, he to was rebooked with me....

I met a interesting lady yahead of me, she was 70yrs and was from Germany, and for next 2+ hours we were talking on:
- the place she visited in her last 3 India trip
- on Aganta Elora
- Jaipur and it's palaces + Gyatri Devi last princess of Jaipur
- Kolkata 
- Delhi and the city itself
- Hydrabad
And I talked on
- my place in Pune
- how culture is different in Germany / India/ US
- family struture... Large family / Nuclear family

All this discussion was just interesting.
After all this talk now when I am sitting at the waiting area, I realize that I have not asked her name... 

But I guess at time the people are to be remembered by the act and not just by name....

This time I hop to make to Pune....

Once again take 2 "Pune here I come"

Pune here I come...

This time I am travelling by Lufthansa, with a planned stop at Frankfurt (a fellow passenger told me that it's Munich and not Frankfurt)... One of the finest cities in Germany....

What I love is as your travelling days near all your friends and colleague start conversation with one question "So is the packing done"... And i say... Dude what there to pack... I feel any early u start packing the more permutation and combination u have, and still the chances are high that you are to miss something....

So my mantra.... Start with last minute packing... That's what I did... My flight is due to depart at 08:00pm and earliest I have to reach is by 05:00pm... I started to clean by bag and picking up things only at 01:00pm, and I next 20mins I was done... My friend dropped me to airport... And then I realized that I am traveling with the only pair of shoe that I am wearing, I missed to pick USB hard drive, my phone charger... That’s the list I am aware... And I bet it will grow further....

Waiting for checking I came to now a person who was visiting his son and is also heading to Pune... My flight is an hour late already I guess it's a good sign to start....

So Pune here I come......

Day and half to go!!!!

If u are staying away from your home and far away from your native country.... I guess and tine u plan a trip back home it has to be special or rather it becomes special....

I am travelling to Pune for a three week vacation, can say I am bit fortunate in my vacation planning as I get to stay in Pune for three week and still end up with only a week of vacation....

Homesickness intensifies more from the day you book your travel tickets; I have been counting days since then....

If you ask me why another trip in just 6 months... I would say now hmmmm... I better come up with a convincing answer... I say "will take a pass" and this would be the interesting part... "Would spell the beans once back" hahaha

Okay back to Pune trip, what all I am looking forward for... I am big time foodie so would love to eat at all street side cart... It's like you never now when I might get next opportunity to have all those...

Tomorrow by this time I would be busy scrambling to find or to search what all I have to carry and what I do not want to miss...

So probability the next post would be from "Amchi Pune"....