After two days of living in the airports Emily, Sarah, and I had finally reached our destination, Trichy. Even though my body and mind were exhausted after two days of flying, I enjoyed the experienced I gained from flying internationally. There were many times where I felt frustrated with different airports policies and regulations, for example, Mumbai international airport lacked instruction and signs to where we should pick our baggage. Also we didn't know we had to go through immigration first, but within all the chaos and confusion I learnt that patience is important and following the crowd is even more important.
I recommend to anyone flying to India for the first time to fly with Jet airline. Their staff members where amazing and helpful and they kept you well fed throughout all the flights. During our flight from Brussels to Mumbai they served us lunch that contained rice with a mix of chicken and vegetables, yogurt, dessert, bread, and potato salad. It was delicious. Then a couple hours later they served us dinner and gave us ice cream afterwards. I thought the Indian meals they served were amazing and I loved that they would always asked if you would prefer vegetarian or chicken.
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| First Indian meal provided by Jet airline. |
Besides the food, the plane ride over to Mumbai was great as well. I got the great opportunity talk to the Indian man next to me, he was returning home to see his father in a city over from Mumbai. He was excited to learn about what I would be doing in India during the summer, I guess the summer is an odd time for India to be receiving foreigners. He also was curious to see an Indian visa, being an Indian citizen he never needed a visa, but he had an American visa that he showed me. During the flight I indulged myself in as many Bollywood movies as I could trying to get a glimpse of the new culture I was going to enter. While the Indian man next to me enjoyed Hollywood films like Legally Blond, I found the situation to be interesting and a bit ironic.
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| Prior to boarding the final flight to Trichy. |
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| Entrance to Bishop Heber College |
Once I entered the final plane to Trichy, it finally became surreal that my new home for the next month would be in the city called Tiruchirappalli. Now that I am here it seems odd, my parents are no longer just across the hallway but on the other side of the world. I think I might have cold feet, like a bride before her wedding day but my wedding day is lasting a whole month and I marrying the Indian culture. However, I plan on making the best of this great opportunity that has been gifted to me. I'm nervous but It's okay to be nervous, as long as I maintain a positive attitude everything will be fine. I'm not going lie, the heat is miserable and the bugs are everywhere, but I give myself a week before I get used to it all. I've only been here a day but I already like the staff and students here at Bishop Heber College. They have been helpful, understanding, and patience with us. Bishop Heber College is a beautiful campus.
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| First meal at Bishop Heber College. |
Day 1 in Trichy, India and I am feeling adventurous .
