12 Days in Deutschland.

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School trips are something that are looked forward to. After the monotonous way of life, you suddenly get an opportunity to visit a place with your friends. All the hotel gossips, the fights, the places, the pictures, every single thing stays with you till the day you die.

My trip was just the same, yet different.

I joined the German-Oman Exchange Program 2016-2017 with only the thought of meeting new people and getting to know another culture. None of my close friends were going for it, but yet, I was determined to go. Which, let me be honest, wasn’t a bad thing at all. I got introduced to so many new and wonderful souls, all with different talents and backgrounds, and got closer to the known.

The country, of course, was beautiful, and the people, just as beautiful. Warm, hospitable, and understanding, is how anyone who has been a part of this Exchange Program through the years, will describe them. Their curiosity about our culture, and our curiosity about their culture plays such a big role in the interaction. I can say that we have made the best German Friends, and we all very much hope to see them again.

Since the number of students in the Exchange Program was a small one, it was easier to mingle with everyone, and hence become personally attached (teachers very much included).

The most memorable part of any trip are the “inside jokes” and the “Jams.” It is even more memorable when it comes to this trip because all the teachers and our hosts joined in the “Cleaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaared” and the dancing to “Ganja Ganja.” The beautiful thing is that one word triggers a thousand memories and you laugh and you cry at the same time.

Despite the not-so-happy times that lasted a few hours, I can confidently say that everyone on this trip was the saddest on the 28th of June, 2016, because none of us wanted it to get over.

With this I conclude, and I apologize for missing out on some things, that I left with a bunch of students who were mere strangers, to stay at a complete stranger’s place, and came back, along with my host and the other German friends I made, a family.

Dankeshun. 












































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  1. Aravind4 July 2016 at 10:14
    I had goosebumps :"D 
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  2. Hiranshi Mistry4 July 2016 at 10:21
    Thank You So Much. Means a lot!! :') 
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  3. Unknown4 July 2016 at 10:35
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  4. Unknown4 July 2016 at 10:35
    I love your blog Hira. You, more. We've all got this unbreakable bond now, and I'm sure that however far apart the twelve of us go in the future, even a single word regarding Germany will trigger the same beautiful memories again. 
    Thanks for penning down our trip in this beautiful manner.
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    1. Hiranshi Mistry4 July 2016 at 11:19
      Thank You So Much! :) I'm really glad you all liked it :) and yes I agree. 
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  5. Anonymous6 July 2016 at 04:38
    You really have a gift. Never stop working on it.
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  6. Anuradha17 July 2016 at 09:31
    You express so well . very very good . looking forward to read more and more of you in your words
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  7. Anuradha17 July 2016 at 09:31
    You express so well . very very good . looking forward to read more and more of you in your words
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