It took four and half hours from Solapur to Pune. After that, another three hours from Pune to Mumbai, then three hours to checkin. Then three hours to
Dubai followed by a two and a half hour break journey in
Dubai. From
Dubai it takes another six and half hours to
Zurich. Lastly, it takes two hours and twenty-seven minutes (most likely Swiss trains are notoriously punctual, that’s why the twenty-seven
:-) ) from
Zurich airport to
Lausanne. Right now I am in this last leg of a seemingly harmless but exceptionally tiring itinerary. All in all, it has taken roughly twenty-four hours to reach
Lausanne from Pune. Howsoever I am used to traveling alone it gets on you -- especially after so many hours. Next time I will pick an airline that flies from
Geneva, I have already decided. Flying from
Geneva saves about four hours of train travel. I am already feeling the wrath of this sojourn, and that’s apart from missing home and friends. Back in
India I met friends who earlier visited
UNIL (
Université de Lausanne) as exchange students last semester. They are badly missing
Lausanne, human nature. Moreover I feel it’s a give and take. Staying in
Switzerland has certain advantages vis-à-vis staying in
India. But, being Indian I have a natural bias towards
India :-) .
Right now, it is sunny here, which is nice :-) But the trees are all dried up, I think it is very early spring. I tried taking pictures of some dissected trees.
I am already craving for spring and its nice, sunny, warm, green, and long days :-) Actually I am craving for a lot many things, I guess its just lack of sleep. The girl sitting in the adjacent cubicle is speaking fluent French but has almost broken and incomprehensible English. This reminds me that I have to find a Tandem partner in this semester. I hope it improves my French *fingers crossed*.
