Love At First Sight

My love affair with Germany (not with a German! ;o)) actually started before the touch down at Frankfurt! As the plane started its gradual decent towards the ground, the view from the window changed from heaps of cotton like clouds, to a blur of green patches, to a clear view of the meadows and fields and later the city. The vehicles on the well planned roads seemed to move about in a very organised manner, at a fast pace, like a group of trained honey bees.  Being the  photography - maniac that I am, I grabbed every opportunity to click the button! ;oD But it soon became clear to me that most sights here are worth a picture and I gradually learnt to be more selective! ;-)

As I stepped out of the plane, began my experience with the highly planned and organised systems of Germany, of which I had heard a lot earlier from my colleagues at my previous German employer. Having met at the airport, 6 of us fellow students collected our luggages and took the train to Esslingen via Stuttgart. The first shock awaiting me at Esslingen was the taxi stand outside the train station. Mercedes Benz cars with yellow number plates! Back home, these cars are usually associated with the rich and the famous. But with the variety of cars I noticed on the road day after day, it stopped surprising me and became a common-sight!

Similarly many of the aspects here, have become common-sight for me now. But I am eager to discover and explore more. In the posts to come, I will share some of them with you.