What I Think

          Korea Impression   I got a chance to go to Korea to attend my Korean friend's wedding few years back.  I love korean food and so I was very happy that finally I will get to eat real korean food 😀 My trip to Korea was excellent . In general I think people are same everywhere in the world , we all have same emotions , almost same  expectations from life . I would like to talk about my experience from my friend's wedding.  The wedding was a mix of American and traditional korean wedding rituals. So when actually the wedding ceremony started and my friend's mother stood in front of the  mike to talk, she was talking in korean. ofcourse none of us understand the language but at that point it was not even necessary to understand the language to feel the emotions of a mother who is sending her daughter to her new house , new family. Her chocked voice , and eyes filled with tears conveyed her emotions to us even wi...

           My Bharatnatyam Gurus My very first Bharatnatyam guru is Klara. When I was new in Germany, I came across Klara's Indian dance performances while browsing the internet. I was pleasantly surprised to see a German girl performing Bharatnatyam, so I reached out to her to inquire if she also taught Bharatnatyam. She responded affirmatively, and I went to meet her. She resided in a small village called Tengen, which was approximately a 40-minute drive from my location. I began learning from her, visiting her house every weekend for lessons. Klara, a young and sweet girl, became not only my guru but also my friend. Her mother was equally kind, and their beautiful typical village house created a welcoming atmosphere. I genuinely enjoyed going there. Klara and her mother made me feel at home, and we developed a special bond. Klara even invited me to New Year's party with her friends in Zürich, and we occasionally had lunch at her home...

             Wine Hiking When I first moved to the Heidelberg area, I heard a word I had never come across before: wine hike. I was already familiar with hiking and had enjoyed plenty of trails before, but a wine hike? That definitely caught my attention. In wine regions, these hikes are actually very common and popular events. As summer approaches and the weather gets better, various wine festivals and wine hikes start to pop up everywhere. The idea is simple but brilliant: a specified route winds through beautiful vineyards, with different wine stands set up at intervals along the way. Each stand represents a local winery, offering tastings of their wines. You walk the route, stop for a sip (or two) at each stand, and continue on to the next. There’s usually food available too, along with benches or standing tables where you can relax and soak up the atmosphere. It’s truly a fun activity, especially with a group of friends! The hikes a...

                                 Mansaf Mansaf is a traditional Jordanian dish made of lamb cooked in a goat milk yogurt and served with rice and topped with almond slices . it is very mild taste dish. This yogurt is prepared by the boiling of sheep or goat milk. This sauce has a very distinct fermented and salty flavor. It is Jordan's national dish. When we traveled to Jordan last year we had a unique experience of Jordanian hospitality while eating this famous dish Mansaf.  It was a day before we flew back home and me and 2 more friends wanted to eat this famous dish.  We searched one restaurant in the market area  and went there. One of my friends can talk Arabic so she talked with the cook and asked how to eat this dish and ordered accordingly for us. The yogurt sauce and rice is served separately and we have to take a scoop of rice and then add the sauce and some roast...

                                      Hotel zur Sonne Hotel Sonne is the hotel and restaurant I stayed for the very first time when I came to Germany. A small family owned hotel in a small village Donaueschingen.  My first job was in a small village Donaueschingen in black forest area and my company organized my accommodation in this hotel for first few months.  That was the first time I met this wonderful old couple and they became important part of my life and my first pair of parents in Germany.  I don't know how our relation developed and became so loving and real that I cannot imagine how horrible my life would have been without them around me at every step of my life. This was the only couple in that small village who was able to speak to English and very kind towards foreigners. I used to call them Uncle sonne and Aunty sonne.  Aunty was originally fr...

                                  परदेशी राहाताना.... लहानपणापासूनच   मला परदेशाचे   फार आकर्षण होत आणि २००१ मध्ये जेव्हा जर्मनीत नोकरीची संधी चालून आली तेव्हा मी लगेचच फार काही विचार न करता , जर्मनीबद्दल फारशी माहिती नसताना इकडे येण्याचा निर्णय घेतला. गेल्या १८ वर्षात खूपच बदल झालेले बघितले , अनेक चांगले ,वाईट अनुभव ही घेतले. प्रत्येक अनुभव काहीतरी देऊन गेला. इकडे आलेल्या प्रत्येकालाच पहिला शॉक बसतो ते म्हणजे रविवारी सगळे बंद . आधी तर शनिवारी पण सगळी दुकान दुपारी १ वाजता बंद होत असत . मग थोड्या वर्षांनी शनिवारी दुपारी ४ वाजता बंद होऊ लागली . मग रात्री ८ वाजता आणि आता काही वर्षांपूर्वी पासून   बरीच   सुपर मार्केट रात्री १२ वाजता बंद होतात. पण बाकीची दुकान मात्र ८ लाच बंद होतात. आणि रविवारी काहीही झालं तरी सगळं बंद.   Germany is all about planning in advance त्यामुळे आलं मनात , गेले दुकानात अस इथे नाही चालत . दुसरी खूप जाणवणारी गोष्ट म्हणजे क...