So Its not because I am an determined traveller, whose views need to be aired before you plan to go out to the all important places on your checkered list of itinerary, I just wanted to share the experiences I had while I was traveling first time without my family. I am sure you will have your 100 million "OMG" experiences, you might even find your crush in these travels, and you might even find your calling, when you traveling with the not so familiar people around. I am sure you will share them with me.
I am in the "continent", according to some historians, for the last couple of months, and I have started traveling from christmas 2011. I was mighty excited and overjoyed when my childhood best friend wanted to travel europe during vacation, and I was too happy to agree to that proposition almost immediately even before I could actually imagine.
Let me now introduce the other principal agents of this travel mania.Following are the people who intended to travel and they are: MKD, KDM, BM man (yeah i know it sounds ridiculously super heroic),and BSC (i.e, myself)
After 46 hours of Skype, 12 hours of convincing MKD( my best friend) and KDM(chief of operations executions..), thankfully the flamboyantly intelligent BM man, required no extra effort in making the situation more comprehensible to the other two. By the way BM man is the truly flirtatious "darling, you need to understand", irritatingly shocking show man of this entire travel drama that we had.
He is exactly the perfect ingredient to make things spicy for the otherwise mundanely boring episodes.
The travel list started with Nice, Lyon , Paris, Rome, Venice,Florence, and I almost insisted that no way could we miss out on Sunny Spain , and Barcelona. That was until to my utter shock I discovered that no way could I travel Nice, Lyon and Paris, because of a wretched exam, and two paper presentations, yes darned professors, who are so considerate at all other times, but absolutely tight fisted with the deadlines. Oh By the way did I mention that we would cruise into Barcelona, I tell you my planning department was excellent, however the execution team ....(that's a different story!)
I am in the "continent", according to some historians, for the last couple of months, and I have started traveling from christmas 2011. I was mighty excited and overjoyed when my childhood best friend wanted to travel europe during vacation, and I was too happy to agree to that proposition almost immediately even before I could actually imagine.
Let me now introduce the other principal agents of this travel mania.Following are the people who intended to travel and they are: MKD, KDM, BM man (yeah i know it sounds ridiculously super heroic),and BSC (i.e, myself)
After 46 hours of Skype, 12 hours of convincing MKD( my best friend) and KDM(chief of operations executions..), thankfully the flamboyantly intelligent BM man, required no extra effort in making the situation more comprehensible to the other two. By the way BM man is the truly flirtatious "darling, you need to understand", irritatingly shocking show man of this entire travel drama that we had.
He is exactly the perfect ingredient to make things spicy for the otherwise mundanely boring episodes.
The travel list started with Nice, Lyon , Paris, Rome, Venice,Florence, and I almost insisted that no way could we miss out on Sunny Spain , and Barcelona. That was until to my utter shock I discovered that no way could I travel Nice, Lyon and Paris, because of a wretched exam, and two paper presentations, yes darned professors, who are so considerate at all other times, but absolutely tight fisted with the deadlines. Oh By the way did I mention that we would cruise into Barcelona, I tell you my planning department was excellent, however the execution team ....(that's a different story!)
And you might wonder , what exactly was I supposed to do, well, I am the chief compliance officer, I agree to simply the itinerary , and oh yeah of course I am allowed to make modifications, but only twice.
My travel team would be starting as early as 12th Dec, and I would be joining them 21st evening in Rome. Oh by the way thats really not so nice, especially when you have to wait for nearly 55 mins in Milano Centrale, with groups of people, oddly staring at you because your wearing the most unimpressive
spectacles in the whole wide world.And then when the train finally arrives, people start running at such super sonic speed, that would make even those track athletes ashamed, considering the fact most people carry huge trolleys, for the exclusive christmas vacation in Rome (in Vatican actually). And then make sure you have boarded on the right coach of the train,and please please reserve your seat on train (I know, you will buy the euro rail travel pass,but that still requires you to reserve the seat in Italy). Otherwise please be prepared to pay the reservation charges on board + the fine.... I bought mine online, without checking for any preference for the aisle seat, or the window seat, and it was just fine, till i understood, that my coach was at farthest end of the platform, and I was standing as usual miles and miles away from it. And as I ran, I kept cursing myself , till i did manage to get on to my desired coach, and the desired seat, with co passengers mildly disapproving my unnecessary helter skelter look.!!
And as I sat , I thought "So Rome, it is, finally the journey has begun"
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