Europe Memories :)



I desperately waited for my chance to visit Europe and when I did I was mesmerized. I’m loaded with memories. With time I might just forget a few of them but some memories and a few People I met will always remain afresh in my heart.

Quite a few people I met in Europe asked me what the weirdest thing about Europe was?...My answer always was ‘nothing is really weird’…Now I do have something to say, Which I have been thinking almost every day from the time I came back.

I haven’t found anything weird, but there are a lot of things which will never go of my mind and which I will cherish all my life.

Each time I think of my tour what first comes to my mind was my Landing in Pairs .It couldn’t have been better. I can still see the picture perfect shade of green carpet like farms. It makes me smile and feel amazing.

When my Colleague Zoltan Virag offered to drive me all over Slovania, Went out of the schedule and took me shopping it made me feel happy.

When my colleagues Arthur and Zoltan crossed the borders of Slovenia only to make sure I had a glimpse of Italy and took me to Sistiana, happiness flushed in me. Driving down the cliffs to see that blue ocean in Sistiana was a treat to my eyes. It was one of the moments in my life where I couldn’t stop smiling and couldn’t stop admiring the ocean. It was one of the moments where I wanted to jump, scream and laugh all together. I was overwhelmed. It was what I never dreamt off.

When Strangers offered to click my photograph while I struggled with my camera for a self photography I would literally beam.

When I was suggested to eat the local cuisine and I was told it was the best, I felt lucky and savored it.

When my Colleague Sabor offered to walk me around the town of strakoniche,Czech Republic I felt like he read my mind. I wanted to do just that. I was smilingJJ(it makes me smile even nowJ).

When my friend Annabella invited me for a picnic with her friends at the Eiffel, I happily said yes, without thinking for another second...I knew this was going to be once in a life time. I was introduced not just to her lovely friends but also to some lovely French Wine and Some Yummy French food. Every effort they took to make me feel one of them and when they spoke in English (and not French) to make sure I was involved in their conversation made me smile again. This was one of the sweetest gestures.

When Annabella offered to climb the Eiffel at midnight even after a very long day and with those sleepy droopy eyes, I felt guilty that I was asking for too much. I did feel lucky too, not everyone gets to see the midnight beauty of Paris.

When the cab driver in Paris dropped me around the corner of the hotel and said he would wait until I get into the hotel lobby just to make sure I was safe, all my fear was gone. A stranger who was concerned about my safety was a blessing in disguise. I never ever felt a genuine care of a stranger before. For a moment I just stood and smiled at him. This was one of those kindest gestures. I might never meet him again but the smile on his face as he waved me back from a distance as I entered the hotel is like a captured picture in my mind which will never be erased.

When a stranger offered to guide me just looking at my confused look made me breathe a sigh of relief. I feel guilty I doubted him first but that was a “scared me” struggling for directions in a whole new world. Again a blessing in disguise.

I have all of this fresh in my mind. I have been thanking all of them in my mind each time I think of my experience.

These people made me feel blessed, tried not to make me feel lonely and gave me so many reasons to cherish my Europe tour. All I can do is thank them for all my Europe memories and never forget themJJ.