~Milano, Italy or Mumbai, India~

Friday, 9th January 2004

Milano, Italy ~

or Mumbai, India, that was the question yesterday when i left home, knowing that there was a possibility of a flight control strike waiting for me in Italy.

and there it was, the strike. starting at 10.00am. just in time for my flight which was scheduled 10.15am. from the twenty flights that were to leave Milano in the first hour of the strike, fourteen got cancelled. mine went on time. and so that was the first little miracle, arriving in Mumbai at midnight at the day planned

or rather: the second miracle. the first little miracle was seeing a magic moon over the Alps in the early morning on the way from Stuttgart to Milano. it looked like out of fantasyland

after arrival, the legendary midnight drive from Mumbai airport to downtown:

breathing in the taste of India, seeing neon signs and shack houses and mega stores and sideway looks, while all the memories of the last trip floated me. yeah i cried

so good to be here again, to be on the road again

and a good road so far. i slept eight hours tonight, and had breakfast in bed this morning. went for a little walk along the Colaba sidestreets. had crispy chinese chop suey for lunch in Leopolds with Kim from Canada who is on her way back home

that is the day so far, and there won't be much more happening: i will have a slow afternoon in Mumbai, and then catch the night train to Goa at 11pm, to wake up seeing palms from the train window tomorrow morning

~~Indian vibes~~
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