Life in a magic world

It started from a conference alert appeared in the mailbox. Followed the link to the conference organisers. Further browsing triggered curiosity to check the history of the University of Seville. Really surprised to see that this great institution is 500 years old...... Send my abstract titled Demonetisation and its effect on Indian Tourism Industry. I got acceptance of abstract as per the schedule. Next was to check the total cost. The airfare kills people like me who wish to roam around the globe. Got a little higher fare to Madrid from Delhi and return. After interactions with the conference organisers, I booked my accommodation at a hotel in Seville. Meantime, the eccentric search for local transport ended up me to book tickets in  AVE the high speed train from Madrid to Seville....

Visit to a Museum of Modern Art, Caldhera Museum A painting from the museum Objects kept inside the museum an object of modern art View of the area visit to food museum Table ready for guests -just for display out team listen to the expert Quinchen check the food  The Master Chef explain to our team live demo visit to a near by hill (Muttarona) enjoying the evening 

Today is October 10. It is almost one month we left Armeno. But the memories still cherish our every day life and feel nostalgic about the environment at Casa dei Padri. This article I would like to dedicate to Peter, the Mayor of Armeno and Ms. Elisa, our host at Casa dei Padri. Peter A very interesting person with full of energy. His presence creates a positive energy in the group although he speaks more in Italian and less in English. HE cared me very much from beginning, picked me from Arona, driven by himself, and showed us even the room at the Guest house. He again dropped me at Arona while I left to Rome, and then again picked me up from Arona. The day I came to know that he is the Mayor of the city I was really shocked. I asked many people is the fact correct. Every one said yes. I couldn’t imagine such a situation in a country like India. Even Shree from Sri Lanka told the same thing. He always used to motivate every one by individually asking about how everyone is fee...

On 5 th September, I did a small presentation on how teachers are treated in India and the tradition of Guru Shishya as per our culture. I wrote the sloka “Guru Brahma......Guruve Namah” in Hindi and explained the meaning to the participants and those teachers present. Then I requested Prof. Danismo, Prof. Cantoni and Dr. Silvia to come in front. Then as per Indian traditions I touched the feet of our teachers in Summer School and sought blessings. This was a real surprise for the whole participants and teachers as they had never heard of it before. The professors were really shaken by the greatness of Indian custom of respecting the teachers. Prof. Danismo hugged me by saying our country is really great and that moment even I had tears of happiness in my eyes. (Photo: Mengo) My morning walk: As my body clock didn’t work with Italian time, I used to wake up early in the morning some time at 4 or 4.30 am.  My patience level broke as the day starts, then I moved ou...

My entry Pass for the function The big day came. I got ready at 2.30 am and waited for the father to go Vatican. He came with his personal car, in which I boarded with Mr. Shine, a Senior Manager of a Swedish Firm in Bangalore, with his son. In few minutes we reached Vatican. 3 am  6.30 am We expected a huge crowd, but there were very less number of people at St. Peters square. There would be less than 25-30 people. We also sat near to the barriers, where the guards told us that the gates will open at 7 am only. Slowly people started arriving and the noise around also were going up. By 5 am the entire area was crowded with people. The barricades were slowly moved inside along with that the entire crowd were also moving. I found people sitting next to me were from Ecuador, Spain, and a Christian priest from USA. The wait continued till 7 am and slowly the entry was allowed.  There after a run towards the security gate for screening of bags. Slowly I f...

                                                                                                                      Rome....the eternal city tempted me before starting my trip to Italy. The occasion came on 3 rd of September (Saturday). Peter dropped me at Arona station at early morning 6.20 am. The station was not even having a single passenger at that time. Since I had booked the ticket in advance, there was no need to tickets. I had to travel from Arona to Milano Centralle by regional train then Milano to Roma Termini station by a high speed train. The LCD display indicated that the train arrives at platform no. 3. Peter came along with me till the plat form and he advised me to take a m...

On 31st August, our host Elisa arranged a local farm tour with dinner. The farm house was around 30 minutes walk from Armeno on the hill side. It was a wonderful opportunity to see the rural life of Italy and enjoy the traditional cuisine. Find the pictures of our visit herewith The team on the walk  leading with a smile.  Picture from the uphill A truck with logs  A beautiful place for a treat Our host with Elisa Oh.. my favourite animal Farm fresh cheese Red sweet wine to sweeten our moments The palette of food busy to taste..  A wonderful person and a perfect professional