I asked my father today to recollect his most ‘exciting’ holiday ever. He didn’t have an answer. Naturally this got me thinking of what my answer to this question would be. I have many memorable trips, but the most exciting, that’s actually a difficult one to pin.
The one that comes to mind immediately is my second trip to Disney world. The first one was when I was too young. The second one I remember. There the excitement was directly related to the first trip. I wanted to do everything I had done the first time round and everything I had missed. I even kept my eyes open through the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ ride, but then that’s another story.
My first time in Paris was definitely exciting. I couldn’t believe it; I was actually on top of the Eiffel Tower, and inside the Louvre staring at Da Vinci’s ‘Mona Lisa’, walking up the steps of Montmartre, and cringing at the prices at Galeries Lafayette. What an experience! What a city!
My second trip to Dubai could count as well. I was going to be at the ‘Dubai Shopping Festival’ for the first time. I had heard so much about it. Plus it was 15 days before my graduation final exams. That definitely added to the fun. The highlight of that trip was an evening out in the desert. Only sand and dunes till your eye can see. Even though we were with guides, I couldn’t shake a nagging inner voice saying ‘what if you got lost’... Shudder!
A lot closer to home, my first visit to my fiancé at his army base, ranks as one the best. Oviously since it was the first time I was going to visit him I was excited. But him being in Jaipur (a city I have always been fascinated with) added to it. I went for New Year’s and it was so cold. Yet what a blast we had. Of course 6 months later I went right back. Rajasthan in May, you can imagine what it was like. Not that it made a difference to us; we still had a great time.
Now that I think about it, I have had very good reasons to be excited about most trips I make, whether it is to party with my best friend in Delhi, or to attend national conferences with AIESEC, or to have laid back vacations at the beach, whether Goa, Diu or Kelva…
I think it’s time I plan my next trip… But for now, Arrivederci…
2 comments:
lol...here's to more and more travels...to paraphrase douglas adams, we as a civilization need to evolve to the point where the profoundest question would be "which place to visit next?"...:-P
and btw, why didn't u blog on bb's b'day at dss? we would all have wished him...if u did, and i missed it, shame on me...:-P
belated b'day beach dada...rock on dude...:-)
an evening out in the desert. that must have been great!!! would love to experience a bit of the desert some day. though i dont like sand per se.
missed ur blog about ur dad's b'day. belated greeting bb!!!
lol@buck's comment.
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