It’s been more than a couple of weeks since I have come back to India. Life has come back to near normal and I write this article on the last day of my summer vacations. Over the past two weeks, I have been answering friends and family on how my stay was. I was surprised [...]

How I was exempted from the 40 Euros fine by DB…

With over a month of my stay in Germany over, I often reflect back on how it took me some time to assimilate myself with the way of life here, (the food and food habits in particular). Surviving in Germany as a vegetarian is no child’s play and eating out can be quite an ordeal [...]

Yeah, that’s how the name of the city Köln is pronounced, like “:” . Köln (or Cologne in English) is the 4th largest city in Germany (after Berlin, Hamburg and Munich) and is located in the NRW state. It is said that Köln is named so because it was a Roman colony in Germany. Of [...]

“Is that a bird? Is that a plane?……..no wait! It’s an Indian guy without a parachute!” This was how my Dutch room neighbour reacted to the prospect of me sky diving in Germany. But his menacing threats and taunting remarks did little to dampen my spirit as I began planning my adventure: A Tandem Sky [...]

If there were two words that would describe my 2 weekends in and around Germany, they would be: ice and ICE. Well, the first one of course is the same as the solid form of water, but the second one and the more significant one is the InterCityExpress (ICE)! InterCity-Express is the system of high [...]

The mis-spelt pun title refers to my journey from Mumbai to the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (where both Bonn and Dortmund are located). My journey started in Mumbai with me heckling with my family to keep my baggage weight in check while packing. For anyone in the world the limit of 30 kg may be [...]

It’s seven days to go, and what better way to start blogging as I am eagerly counting down time to board the plane to Germany! I am going to TU Dortmund for a two months summer project as a DAAD WISE (Working Internships in Science and Engineering) scholar from IIT Madras, Chennai, India. (In the [...]