Couch Surfing experience !!!!!!!!!

Recently, I started using a couch surfing community to meet and stay with interesting people... In this way we can easily learn many things from other people if you are willing to.. I used this opportunity first time to my Berlin trip.. There I could understand the meaning of this community... It is really unbelievable... Most of the People in this group showing their incredible involvement to work this out...

Amazing part of this community is that they believe in someone whom they never met before .... Once you get acceptance you must be ready to receive surprises... These people are so concern... They give us place to stay and give us good guidance to go around the city.. They some time go with us to show around .. Cook good food for us .. And make our stay more comfortable way, etc., etc., like one in a family.. Isn't interesting to hear? I am proud to be in this community.. I would like to show my involvement to work this out too..

Being a member of this community, I tried to find a host to my Amsterdam trip.. When I was searching for the people to host me I found lot of interesting people.. In the first attempt I got negative response, that means they already had committed to someone.. So I looked for the second round .. So no wonder that I was lucky I got the acceptance from one guy.. Sweet smiling face guy (William), that made me feel good.. I was happy about this.. Mean while I got some response from the other people that even they have committed with other people they wished to meet me for some time during my stay.. that made me feel so good..
So as soon as I arrived Amsterdam I went to meet Turan..

Here he is ..

He travelled to lot of places.. he received me in one of the train stations and we both arrived his home.. there I had a good tea and some typical sweet from Netherland.. Also he gave me many tips to see the Amsterdam.. that was so helpful...

Thanks Turan for you great kindness...

Then I left to meet William (my host) .... before reaching his home I sent him message saying abt my arrival time.. So it was a surprise awaiting for me.. When I entered his home it was smelling great with some food.. William and his friend (Kim, Californian) was waiting for me in a dinner table to have food with me .. That was so sweet..

Here I am very happy to introduce William and Kim...

I was so hungry and i just joined with them... The food tasted very delicious... We had started talking a lot, almost about everything.. I was so comfortable just like that.. that was difficult to explain... With some people you don't see difficult to go along.. I experienced with two of them..
After our dinner we went out to have some drinks in the city centre..

Here we are...

I wanted to show my gratefulness to them.. So I invited them for the Indian dinner .. (I believed that wouldn't be other way around.. Hopefully went okay... Ha ha ha) I cooked in his home.. It was very simple food.. Rice and fish.. I wasn't happy with fish, since I came to know lately that I bought the smoked one.. I didn't like the smell at all.. But they were happy with that and I was glad that they really liked my food..

Here goes the Indian dishes..

I like the way he smiles.. the sound is totally different and cute... Other interesting thing is he speaks "Portuguese"....

During our dinner time, we started talking about the cultural difference.. I told him that its not that easy /almost impossible to stay with one guy like this in India.. May be my parents wouldn't mind to kill me.. I cant forget the expression that he made for my statement... He has got big shock.. and immediately he asked me if my parents knew it and will not create any issue about this.. I started laughing.. ha ha ha.. I said it would happen in India not in here and atleast not for me any more.. My family knew about me and they believe me.. he took a deep breathe then..I convinced him again saying that I discuss almost everything to my family .. Not all of course.. I have my own secrets ...

So after all these exciting things I left to Dortmund..

Here I am taking my chance to thank William a lot for accepting my request to host me.. that too for four days.. that was really too much.. He made my stay so comfortable and simply superbbbbbbbbbbbbbb (he use this word hundred times a day)..

And I would like to thank Kim for her great company and all kind of talk we had.. I would like to specially thank her for holding me tight all the way when we were walking in the city at night.. Cute action... Thanks a lot Kim for taking care of me well...

Thanks again you both for being very sweet.. I hope to see you both in Porto or else in India.. Or I will visit you again.. Ha ha ha... I believe you wouldn't say no to host me again ..

Will you William????

Portuguese Dinner at Dormtund!!!!!

I am with a lot of smile to write this post..

It was yesterday I just had a very surprise call from my Portuguese friend (Carla) who studies here in Dortmund. She called me up and invited me for the dinner.. It was actually her mother asked her to call me for the dinner..Her mother has come from Lisbon .. You know , I was with her in Lisbon for four days and had lot of fun without communicating actually..

And that was my first post in this blog..

I was so excited and happy to meet her here in Germany.. that was superb feeling.. She is my Portuguese Mother.. She is so sweet.. We go along very well without really talking too..

And very active woman.. I just adore her.. and she has such a great dressing sense..


Here she is with Carla..

and of course with me..

And I dont have to say that she cooks great.. She really cooked a delicious rice with shrimp,, a Portuguese food...That went perfect with Portugal wine ..




End with some fruits and Porto wine.. Oh Wow.... Unexpected day... I felt I was in Portugal ... I was bit drunk and got home ....slept...

And one more information I have to mention here that they both packed me two days food.. I am still eating that .......

I was really honoured by your invitation Carla...

Muito Obrigada !

Beijinhos para ti e mãe..

Amsterdam (Netherland): Four days Journey!!!

Friends,

Last week I had a long weekend of four days .. I have decided to visit some place.. The main advantage of living in Germany is the tourism.. It's a heart country of the Europe to travel near by countries easily .. When I was thinking to visit some place I found some interesting information about Amsterdam during those days.. So I did look the train ticket immediately and very luckily I got the cheap tickets and I booked of course.. I have a some sentiment to this place.. This was my first European city I first landed when I travelled to Portugal in 2007.

For your information I didn't have good idea about this city before this visit.. ..

So as I said I didn't have any good idea ( I am very weak in my general knowledge) about Amsterdam other than knowing that is known for red light district and drugs.. But you will see the different city here including some interesting photo ....

First I would like to show this map so that you will get a good idea if you didn't visit before... Amazingly the city is surrounded by water canals of about 100 and about 1000 bridges on it....

So here comes the train I travelled.. I did book the ticket, but you see guys I didn't reserve the seat.. You know I was imagining myself that I am the one is going to travel in this big train and of course with the train driver.. ha ha ha.. .. That was so funny there was no seat free and so many people were standing.. I was glad that I was not the one thinking in that way.. Ha ha ha..

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The journey was just for 2 hours 45 mins.. So I wouldn't mind to stand.. But I would be careful in booking train next time...

So when I was standing doing nothing I was just looking this display .. The train is really going fast...Right???

When we reached the border of the country fortunately I got the place to sit .. So I had a good chance to watch the country side .. Such an amazing view... The train was going in a high speed as you can see I could not take a picture .. Sorry friends.. You will enjoy when you travel there..

So as usual I have lot of pictures to show you.. So please spend some time at least to look the pictures in the following posts....