Warsaw, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Brussels Trip

This trip started on Nov 18th, 2007. After the Austrian National Conference got over the week before. I took the train to my first Eastern European country 'Poland' for being a faci at their national conference :)..the city was Warsaw!

It was quite a transition when I left Vienna in the train and went through Czech Republic on the way..it was all snow outside..and no sign of human life..I am not sure why it was like that..but I could easily feel the difference of going from Western Europe to Easter Europe. Everything seemed quite deserted, quite empty...like some kinda post world war era (atleast at the stations where the train stopped). But anyways, I reached Warsaw and got into the conference mood which was starting in next 2 days.


















The conference was quite cool. I specially liked the cool roll calls...quite funny. Ofcourse the conference was QUITE tiring for me, but I am glad I went there. Met some very cool people, made some new friends, and had a nice time with some Romanian room-mates! Also I learned that in Polish Tata means Father and Papa mean bbye !! completely opposite to Hindi ;)

I think the best was the last say in Warsaw, when Khamba (in MC poland) took me to this shit expensive shopping mall in a even shit expensive cab ;)...we watched this some low standard hollywood movie..Resident evil 3. I think Khamba slept most of the times ;). Then we came home and Khamba cooked just the best Indian food..ooo..I can still smell it!! Damn..made my life...after such a long time..spicy MDH masala..and a bollywood movie!! AHA!! ..thanks buddy!! ;)

Now, in the meantime there were quite some communication going on to fix a exchangers meeting in AI office in Rotterdam..but it was never sure...so I never booked a ticket. But then during this conference it got confirmed and then I had to take a bus ..a 20 hours bus ride!!!...to ROTTERDAM in Netherlands!! So after one week in Poland, I was in Rotterdam for the next week :)

Now, I do not know if I can write too much about Rotterdam, because we really worked there a lot ;)...so morning 9 to night 9 in AI office! ;) Though Araz did take us one night out in Rotterdam, which was cool! One thing to mention, AI was quite hospitable :) I really loved it..they were extremely nice..and invited us on their team dinners etc!!

Rotterdam meeting got over on Sunday of this 2nd week. Now what next? Since, someone told me Amsterdam is pretty close by and its not that expensive to go..I decided to make a short 1 day trip to Amsterdam.

Me and Masha (MC Italy) went to Amsterdam on Sunday Morning (not to mention that we lost Deepti in Rotterdam and she couldn't come with us ;)). I had some visualisations of this city from all the stories that I heard about this Red Light District. And I must say, the city stood true to all my expectations!!! :)

I just loved this city!!! To me it felt like this huge party city!! ..lots of lights..people...life..and fast life..and lively!! ;) We took a cool (i think was nt tht cool tho ;) ) Canal Cruise trip! Then went to the "Sex Museum" ...my god...all over nudity, penis, real erotic pics, videos...how can they put such stuff in there...I mean then the could have named it like a porn club...why museum?? but whatever...was fun to see..

next went to this Madam Tussuad Museum..wow!! I only heard about till now..tht they put all thee wax statues in there of famous people which looks real..but this time I could really see them..they were indeed awesome!! I took pics with most of them..so now at least I am not satisfied from the perspective tht I do not have desire to meet these famous people to get pics with them ;)

I finished the Amsterdam trip with a round of Red Light District. I think I expected more..I mean..don't take me wrong..but I donno..it was not that fancy as I thought it would be. Still was fun to take 2 rounds with 3 girls ;)

From Amterdam, I went to Brussels because I found out that the earliest and cheapest bus to Vienna will be from there. So the same night me and Masha took a train to Brussels. We were picked up by Stephanie (MC Belgium) at the station.

Now, Belgium ofcourse also had a pre-concieved picture in my head. All these EU things, with the headquarters of all the companies and organisations in the world. So ofcourse need to be really really cool place! ..on reaching there, ofcourse all these big offices were there, and even the city was not that bad...but it was QUITE dirty!! I suppose too many people to blame ;)..I had an evening tour around Brussels with Stephanie! was quite fun in the rain..and now I got to know what Belgium has this random Peeing shit in every global village..the Manneken Piss !!! ;)

IC in Turkey

In August last week, After approx. 2 months of our MC term, there was the biggest conference IC in Turkey.

As what I remember today, I simply loved this conference. Not because of any session or any cool company, but because of the amazing people I met. I can still re-collect, how much I loved meeting just new people every day!! So much happened at this conference...15 days..met Shannon and Juli (Yale LCPs)...Shannon almost cried..it was just so gooooood to see them again. Met the whole Indian crew from different parts of the world...my own eb...rinti, khushi, sandy and me..cheers guys! :)...first time sex-change party...was quite embarrassing ;)...coolest ever roll-call by our MC team..people will remember it for quite sometime ;)

Da Blog is back!! ;)

Last time I ever wrote on my blog was during the Yale CEED. Some of the best memories... :)

..so quite some time passed by..EB term in Jaipur got over..Some 3 months of vacation (university exams ;))...some good times with friends [non-aiesecers ;)]...and then start of MC term in Austria on July 1, 2007...

It will be quite tough for me to recapture what happened in last 5 months in my life, but today I thought of trying it...where did the inspiration come from?..well well...when u don't feel like studying German, don't feel like doing any aiesec work, and don't have anyone to meet, and you have slept for more than 16 hours in a day...then I think it is not that difficult ! ;)

To start this reincarnation of the blog I was trying to find something exciting..and I think I found it!!

Here I present the one and only bollywood movie I watched in recent history [in poland with khamba...cooking Indian food..what a day man! ;)]...Om Shanti Om...definitely nobody can beat this scene..and no Indian can stop laughing at it...I remember me and khamba were laughing so much that whole MC House in Poalnd couldn't sleep ;)