My Travel to Germany Part3

In this part I narrate my experiences during my Travel from Colombo to Frankfurt and to Saarland University, Saarbrucken.

If you have not read the hubs "My Travel to Germany" and "My Travel to Germany Part2" please read them before continuing here.

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The foody Beginning

Beginning of a long flight started with a one small take off. The air hostess were very quick in providing dinner to the passengers, as soon as the take off procedures got over. They provided with choice of taking Pasta with Tomato Sauce or Mayonese Sauce, I choose Mayonese first and then changed it to Tomato. Along with Pasta they also served chats, deserts and drinks. Since I usually prefer only non alcoholic drinks, I took Cola.

Since this is a long flight, the kind of facilities available in this is very different fromt he usual domestic flight. The separate display systems provided for the each seat has multiple channel options in all languages, there were also a few channels displaying the flight path and also cameras to the bottom and straight view of the flight. I choose to see the flight path for some time. Initially the flight was above the Ocean, I can see some big ships going on the sea lighted like a lonely Cottage in middle of forest.

Below the skies

To my surprise once more I was at India, but on skies. The great Indian skies, the flight again crossed my city Trichy, followed by other places. I was eager to see Bangalore, where I was living all these days. The level of feelings people have on certain cities and places are quite amazing. I realized it myself a few drop of tears rolled over my cheeks while crossing Trichy and Bangalore. All these places I lived for years and enjoyed life, now leaving and going far away somewhere to an all new continent.

The display was also showing the temparature, altitude and speed in which we were flying, it was quite amazing to see that the speed was about a 1000 kmph and at an altitude of 40000 feet with less than -50 degree C external temperature. These statistics drove me to the wildest of imagination and calculations that, if a flight crashes , what ever air bags we may have, but the chances of escaping due to the altitude and temperature goes near zero.

I was next very eager to see Dubai from skies and to enjoy its nastily tall sky scrappers from air. But my biological factors had other plans and took me to sleep. Now after some hours my sleep got over. I saw the flight was above Iran, it was really beautiful to see the city of Tehran in night. and all I can realize is, once we are above a city there is lights and just darkness there after

Coffee with Airhostess.

I felt I need to chew some gum or mint, I tried calling the air hostess since almost all the people in the flight were having a very nice sleep, I didn't felt like to disturb them. So I took a walk out of my seat and walked towards the place where the air hostess were placed. I asked her " Give me something to chew ". She told that she will give Burger. I laughed out and asked her that I want something like mint or chewing gum. Oops they broke my heart saying "They dont have".

Fine I ordered for a burger and went back to my seat. She brought burger and coke to my seat. I finished having it in matter of minutes and I started listening some English and Tamil Music from the in flight TV of my seat. Now I was again looking for the air hostess to give back the plate and glass which was disturbing me from sitting freely. I decided I will go and give it myself and again I walked out of seat holding the plate. She came like flying seeing me carrying the Plate. I told her that I need to drink some coffee.

I was just standing near her flight area, I started observing how they keep the food stuffs, its really amazing. The kind of packaging they have for food, water, drinks etc., She was preparing coffee and I decided to have coffee there itself to avoid holding a coffee cup in my seat after completing it. It become like coffee with an Air hostess, then i spoke with her about her experiences in flight, how they manage things from food to garbage etc., etc., (Also I came to know that their wish 'Ayo Buvan' means 'Long Live')

Hostel style Break fast

Now I am back to my seat and quite literally bored, so I slept again watching a movie in the on seat TV. All of a sudden I felt some one is waking me up, I was some what in a state of deep sleep so got scared all of a sudden. I can see the airhostess were busy waking up all the people. I was confused is there any problem in flight, why they are doing like this. It was quite funny to observe that, they started giving plates and spoons and menu cards. Its break fast time sir, I felt it is some kind of action takes place in Residential school hostels, where all are forced to take breakfast together.

Now in morning I had some choices of Italian, french and Srilankan. I choose to go with Srilankan menu, which had the main course of rice cake and chicken curry. The airhostess asked me are you Srilankan , why do you choose this food. I was laughing and told , just to try out. She told it will be spicy and hot. After eating that all I felt is it cant even stand near the spicy characteristic of the chicken curry provided at our Indian resturants.But I felt it was a very nice food, compared to the Pasta I had for night.

By the time the flight has crossed various countries and started flying over Germany. It was very early in the morning of Central European Time zone, but I can see very large queues of cars moving on highways (or Auto-Bahns in German). I was really wondering, where all these people going so early in morning. Also it made me realized that there were more cars in Germany than people.

The Jurassic Frankfurt Airport

They pilot announced the landing and we were instructed to follow the landing procedures. I can already see the glimpses of the big German city Frankfurt from skies. It was stunningly large city, with some miraculous sky scrappers. The flight reduced its altitude gradually and we were more close to the landing strip.

The airport was now visible from flight and all I got reminded was some Bus Stations in India, where you can see hundreds of buses of various kinds standing destined to various locations. The Frankfurt airport one of the largest had so many flight its its parking and landing areas, you can see all the most commonly used Aircraft in just one sight. Literally it was like an exhibition of various Flights.

Now we were landed with just one jerk. The flight was docked with walking way and I finally now I have Traveled to Germany. I walked out of the flight and there were 2 cops checking the Passport, after that checking I was waiting for my new buddy Palani to come out of flight but he didn't. I thought I have missed him somewhere and moved ahead to the Immigration section.

Immigration into Germany

There were several Immigration counters, but some where restricted only for Germans, only for EU citizen and few for all country men. So there was a big queue in all country men counter, so it took so I was able to catch up back with Palani while standing on queue.I got my Visa stamped in Immigrations.

We went down to another place to pick our luggage and we checked out of the Airport zone. The railway station is just under the Airport, so Palani took me to the Railway station. He told he will help me in taking flight, since I am new to the place. Palani took care of purchasing my ticket to Saarbrucken where my University was situated.

I took phone from Palani to call and Inform my home regarding my safe arrival. Dad was happy to know that I got help from Palani and waiting to get Train to Saarbrucken. Now we reached the Railway station, coming from a country like India, I expected a railway station to be a very rushy place with lots of sounds and noise. To my surprise the railway station was as quite as an Intensive care ward inside the hospital, very peaceful like an Yoga Centre, with only few people waiting for trains. Palani told that I have train in some 20 minutes and he has in one hour.

The End

Finally after a long travel, I sat on a bench at the station and told to myself,

"You are now in Germany dude, Cheer up"...

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With this I conclude "My Travel To Germany" series. Hope you Enjoyed reading all the three parts :

My Travel To Germany, My Travel To Germany Part2, My Travel To Germany Part3

I will write my experiences in the Train from Frankfurt to Saarbrucken and my First experience at Saarbrucken, Saarland University in my next narration series "Into the University".

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