Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Sorprendente, Sirmione !


TAKE-ONE :
The open hair of a beautiful lady leaves a refreshing aroma around. I inhaled a lot of air trying to get more and more of it, with my eyes closed and face trying to find the source of it. The golden tone and a bit tanned flawless skin, the perfect set of teeth, big and sparkling blue eyes. The gaze which was as much confident as was innocent. I almost fell in love, not with that women but the imaginative power of almighty ;)Then there was another, this time I started to get a bit jealous that I dont live there and just had couple of hours. I almost felt I had a divine intervention, the world around me slowed down. It was in slow motion that the fine breeze blowing from the lake side, cleared off a strand of hair which was tickling her cheeks. The Chihuahua in her arms was as calm as an elephant sleeping.
Chihuahua BTW is a breed of dog, Tiny, about the size of a pepsi tin and fits into the ladies handbag.. Usually very active, aggressive and expressive(I meant the dog).
mâle chihuahua poil court miniatureIt had been almost couple a hours that me and Tushar were just gazing around. For first time after the vacation started, we were so busy doing nothing.
As I walked back towards the cruise, I thought, that was one of most beautiful girl I had seen. But there were absolutely no ends to our suprises. Another angel walks along.
And to top it all, there was a 60 year old boyfriend with this 20 yr old !.
This time I did'nt even see her the second time.
Because I was already fuming and frustrated with the inequality in this world !!, I wanted to jump into the lake!.
Why are all these beautiful people living so far off from where I live ! .. anyway Buddha's words came to mind- Desire is the main cause of misery - which had proved to be very true. Deciding not to make myself more miserable, I sailed in peace watching the endless blue waters..
Also, we had to return early because that was the last cruise from Sirmione to our camping place. But we decided we'll drive and have lunch the next day in Sirmione, before starting back to Munich.

TAKE-TWO:And because we did not have to rely on the cruise to get back, we thought we have all the time in the world to spend in Sirmione. It was just 45 kms from our place of camp by road.
All the 5 guys were excited. When all 5 had same opinion, and said "YESSS" to a plan then that had definitely gotto go wrong somewhere. But where could it go wrong ? the plan was so simple, drive to Sirmione, park the vehicle, roam around, have food and drive back to Munich. Nooo, as if things were really exciting the last few days this plan also had to get screwed up. There was a simple problem, there was no single parking space in 2 cities along the lake.
And more than that, traffic was moving at 2 kmph. The search for free parking turned into "Pay anything for one parking space". Still no luck. To our dismay, after roaming around the city for 3 hours, we started bac
k. 4 of 5 guys never got out of the car.
Well, Take 2 for Sirmione ended not so great. Just dragged ourselves back to Munich.

THE BEGINNING:
It had all started with me planning a trip back home, to India.
Trip to India would always mean there were some preparations probably from a week before the journey. The shopping, packing and informing friends for meetup. But more recently the excitement had died down.
Now it had come down to shoving few clothes and passport into travel bag, scanning the MacBook for any nice thin
gs present already.. ;) You never know with the kids at home, who find all sorts of things while searching for cartoons.
Unfortunately the little preparation I had done was useless when I had to cancel the trip in the last moment. I almost started to slip into depression from the thought of spending a loooong weekend home. But the compass took a U turn, and fortunately had a chance a join my friends for camping in It
aly .. :)

Probably for the first time we started off in time from Munich, which apparently was an indication of a not so exciting trip.
We were one short of a IPL team, 10 people with 2 five seaters. One of them was a Merc SUV, which felt like trying to kill a dog with a fighter jet.
Though you have all the power under the hood, you'll never use it. We just had 4 hours of driving to do. The other BMW seated 2 couples and a bloke from UK, who was apparently a good photographer. H
e had a tough time putting up with drunk people trying to learn british accent ;). One tip we would never forget though, how do you say butter in British Accent ? well forget the double T's always - it is Buh-er.
Atleast some kind of learning in 4 days !

BACK TO CAMPING :
At the same time I wondered, when we pay 50 Euros a night to sleep under a tree in a Van - something's gotto be wrong !
And you have trailers of al
l the things that make you feel home, small kitchen, small bed and small bath.
Only thing adventurous was having a bath. You hold the shower head, switch it ON, then wait until hot water starts to flow. After u are half way through, suddenly a gush of very cold water flows in it.. and make you move your arms erratically to point the shower head in other direction. And that is where you get bruises around your elbows.
Its 1 Sq mt of space you see, with lot of steel protruding.
Talking about bathrooms, when you spend less time cleaning yourself, and more time cleaning and drying the bathroom later - You're definitely in Europe.
But there's no match for a summer in Europe, enjoy while it lasts ;)






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