Girl In Germany

The next morning (Read: One more night for precap) I was all excited. My first day in Germany. I could not believe I will be running a house on my own. Especially not in two weeks after wedding. It maybe weird to you, but that's how it is in India. Or atleast in my place.  We are used to being in joint families ( I mean in the initial stages, and later they move as the families grow; and some others stay in joint families forever ). We, in India, live in a family, where the we are answerable to the mother-in-law, and in her absence the first daughter-in-law and then the second daughter-in-law and so on. We abide by the decisions of the elder bhoundi (daughter-in-law)   and the sasu (mother-in-law) ( I am so used this way. Really ).

After the 9-hour flight, we took a train and another train and finally get down at our destination.   Hoefingen.  ICE, RE - the differences in trains never actually was clear to me then. He had told me our house was on a hill-top and it would be so romantic. I was thrilled to see the house in Germany. Actually MY house. It kind of felt special. Especially the fact that you will be running your own chores, at your own pace.  Women will know how it feels.  After the train left, all I could see was a huge mountain,   a hill maybe  right infront !  But the reality hadn't struck me until I actually was at the moment. It was 11:45 pm. And pitch-dark. Oh yes, our baggage from India. We had total 46+ 46 kg, and  two cabins pushing through the 20 degree inclination. Ah, it made hell a lot of noise - seriously.  With a laptop bag on my back, my passport pouch along my waist, my handbag in my arm and my DSLR hanging ar...

Have you been to Rhine Falls? Hehe.. Me neither! I had no idea of any foreign Waterfalls, except Niagara until I was in India. So when my bf and I were on the way to Zurich ( Its a city in Switzerland, not the capital!) , we put Rhine Falls into our itinerary. The largest Waterafalls in Europe was just one hour away from Zurich? Oh, we so had to go there. ( Atleast to brag.. <grins>) Statistically, it is 45ft wide and 75ft high.. Huge. We reached the Rhine Falls pretty easily by car. There were large pay-parking lots on either sides of the Falls. The weather was cloudy, as we disembarked from our car.

It was the last weekend of April 2013. My first flight to Germany. My parents and in-laws had both come to send us off at the airport that morning. I was wearing a yellow sleeveless top with a black overcoat, and a blue jean. I wore my wedding thilak on my forehead and metti  in my toe just like the rest of days. I still was in a wedding-bliss-mode.