What looked like a distant dream, became a reality. Exactly
2 weeks before I was to start to Europe my Boss calls me and tells me that I’m
the “Choosen one” to go to Denmark, to start off a project and be there till
the implementation process. Did expect a trip abroad but then not so quick and
I did not even give any hint on not being interested and was all excited. Visa
arrived just a couple of days before my schedule departure and was not quite
sure if I ll go as one cant be sure if the Visa will arrive or not. Stayed
quiet on the topic and did not really tell friends of relatives as nothing was
finalized.
As I started the flight bounded for Copenhagen via Dubai I
was just looking at the World Map and in particular the Europe side of it to
just plan and see which are the nearest countries that is in Denmark’s reach.
Love International Travel especially for the fact that you get to meet a lot of
International People and sets a base for a lot more contacts. Exchanged
business cards with a few people I met on the flight and looks like those will
turn out to be really good contacts considering they all come from different
fields. Someone to Mention was this Indian Doctor in Prague who has been
settled there for years and this Australian Adventure Sport Enthusiast and
Businessman who was bound to Paris. Talked about the various adventure sport
and the one’s that he is associated with. The only adventure that I could boast
about was the traffic in India :P . And due to this long interaction with him
and talking about the Indian Culture and Climate, he was so much interested in
visiting India that he just made plans to come to Chennai this year end, Now
the Indian Tourism folks can reward me for brining in a tourist from Australia.
I was told well in advance that almost everyone in Denmark
spoke English and it was bang on, everyone knew and they all spoke well. My 1st
concern was this but then to my relief it was in my favour. Boarded the Euro
Rail train to the place where I was supposed to go “Esbjerg” which is around 3
hours train Journey from Copenhagen. After that tiring 12 hour long flight I
just could not resist myself from going to sleep. And Esbjerg being the last
station, I had nothing to worry. My Journey for a little over 2 months here in
Denmark/Europe started when I came out of the Esbjerg Railway Station (Below in the Pic).
More about Denmark to follow, Looks like I need to make this
a travel blog now considering the number of travels I had planned for 2 long
months !!
