Someone please show me some more people on the streets….
Shocked! In every sense of the word. I would never have thought myself in a world, so desperately devoid of people. No buzzing of horns, no groups of people haggling around on a tea stall, no tea stalls for that matter! Oh surely! I am surely not in India!
Instead I am in a land of absolute beauty. It seems as if each pebble in the city has been planned for its position. Dirty Streets? do they even exist? And sun; does it ever set? (well, we have already talked about it…, so not again). And above all, the people: This is what you call self discipline. Faces which smile as they look at you…maybe even say a Goedmorgen sometimes… Oh yes! this is a dreamland. Hats off to the Dutch for creating a small, wonderful land of theirs.
I must admit, it was me who stood in awe most of the times, understanding and appreciating this absolutely foreign culture; however it was interesting to see them fascinated about Indian terrains like Himalayas, Indian Mythology like the Ramayana and curiously enough, the Indian Marriage system. 🙂
It has been almost a week since I arrived here. I am still under a significant workload, so have not got a chance to visit Amsterdam or other parts of the Netherlands. Not much regrets for that as of now because I am still rejoicing the beauty of this super-organised world. More on the trips and experience in later posts. For the time being I leave you with the following snaps I took on the way from the University my the place of residence at Nijmegen.
Ya… the monotonicity of the colour of the houses confuses me a lot…
It has been the fourth time in six days today that is have entered the wrong building assuming it to be mine…
And yes, it rains too frequently here… (just wanted to share it as a fact)
May 26, 2013 at 1:35 pm
loved to see the dutchland..Hope u keep posting..pics and thoughts..
May 26, 2013 at 1:41 pm
thanks…
June 1, 2013 at 6:42 pm
Looks beautiful. I love traveling, because it is so interesting to see how people live in other parts of the world.
June 4, 2013 at 10:13 am
I had to laugh at your first sentence. I left Europe for New Zealand as I found Europe overcrowede 🙂
June 4, 2013 at 10:18 am
Oh man! visit India someday, and you would feel ‘so lonely’ in Europe or as you just mentioned, in New Zealand 🙂
June 10, 2013 at 12:20 am
Beautiful photos, especially the last two photos.
June 10, 2013 at 7:14 pm
Thanks!
June 18, 2013 at 2:30 pm
OMG you were in Netherlands! Lucky you! I totally understand what you mean by people with self decipline and clean fresh air! 🙂
June 18, 2013 at 2:33 pm
🙂 Yes its a lovely country…
But I envy you too… You are enjoying the monsoons and not me..
June 18, 2013 at 2:40 pm
BTW, you are in Srilanka currently; is my guess right?
June 18, 2013 at 2:42 pm
You guessed right, but only got here two days ago. 🙂 So thats a pretty good guess.