first impressions of Dehli

NAMASTE (hello in Hindi)

I arrived well in New Dehli, India but unfortunately my baggage didn't. When I went to claim it and saw that my bag wasn't on the rail I went to ask for it at the desk. There they already knew that my luggage got forgotten in London. Tomorrow it'll arrive they told me. Well, by now it is here, at a friends place and I'm so much looking forward to a shower...

Yes, it is really hot and humid. Without AC I was nearly melting away before up in my room...
After having received the greatest hospitality yesterday I moved into the traineeflat, which urgently needs cleaning but besides that it is excellent. One traineehouse is already full, and I'm the first one moving into a new house. In the next days two more persons are to come.
With a total of 50 trainees here in Dehli I'm sure it's gonna be great fun, jejeje

At my arrival yesterday, two guys picked me up at the airport and we went to Hockers, to have some typical Indian food, some shisha (waterpipe) and drink native beer. Then I went with some other guys from the EB to watch a movie, play cricket (national sport of India) and finally we went for dinner together. After nearly getting lost (which to me seems pretty easy in Dehli) Tarish then welcomed me in his very beautiful house with the loveliest family you can imagine to sleep over at his place.

The food is soooo delicious, I'm telling you! And they made me eat everything. Even from stands in the street they bought me some whatever typical snack. All the sorrows about my stomach, all my words that freshly in Dehli you shouldn't eat everything, give your belly time to adapt, of course, got blown into the air by the Indians. And hey, I'm doing just fine with it. Happy for that as just everything about my new experience :-)

Surprisingly to me I feel so familiar. It's my first time in India but I kind of feel like I know all this, like I've been here before. I just feel excellent, so welcomed and so much part of it.
Sure it's great to see the chaos on the street, mixed with pedestrians, cows, 3-wheel taxis, cars, trucks and everything just fighting for its right to go first. But it more amuses me than causing a strange feeling. Yesterday we hit twice another tuck tuck and nothing - the drivers just screamed at each other and that was it. It's all good - it's India.

And that is the most heard answer to any question: it depends!
which is so true when you think about it. India is so diverse, and even in Dehli you find anything. there is no yes or no to a question - because they have it all!

So I just do as told: FEEL WELL because in India anything is possible, you can do whatever you want as long as you feel good by it!

wish you can do so as well!
lovely hug from Dehli