Journey for an Exchange

Finally the day had come that we fly to Germany !!! With all the bags packed and masala sealed in various packets and with wishes, prayers and blessings from the whole family I head to bed to have my final sleep in Goa.

Its 3:00 am and now have to lock and check my bags. Head to the airport at 4:00 am and the journey included a silent journey that was filled with disbelief yet to realize that finally I was flying abroad for 5 long months, bracing for the chilly cold that was expected.

We reach the new terminal of Dabolim Airport and finally say our good byes to all !!! The journey now begins. We leave Goa on the GoAir 6:50 am flight. Touch down at Mumbai Domestic Airport at roughly about 7:15 am and pick our bags and head to the International Airport through the shuttle service inside the domestic airport. We reach the International Airport at 8:30 am and have to now wait a long 7 hours for our next flight to Muscat.

GoAir flight says Good Bye to Goa !!!

Time is such a funny runner, when u have to wait, it runs slow. While if your doing something interesting, it freaking flies. But, as destiny would have it, thanks to the newly built architectural wonder of Mumbai, the International Airport is one superbly built airport. So we go clicking and passing our time at the new airport.

Food Court has some great tastes

Beautiful vases that go well with the Architecture

Uniquely Designed Lamps

Beautiful Flowers

Just another pic of the Vases

The Entrance Lobby

 Back again its 3:40 pm and time to fly again. Oman Air Mumbai - Muscat awaits our presence to fly. Didn't expect the flight to be equivalent to our domestic flight. But yes the plane was small and it was pretty stuffed. The best part of this flight though was the food served. It was delicious !!

We arrived at Muscat Airport and here were a bit scared to go clicking. The guys were a bit hostile and didn't know what to really do there as we were expected to spend about 9 hours here. But somehow we did it. Finally at 2:15 am, we were back on a flight to Munich from Muscat. On board Oman Air Muscat-Munich flight was a delight. Good food, Good Choice of Movies and Pleasing On board staff meant the journey was pleasant.

Finally we reached Munich early morning. Checked out at the Immigration Counter and then headed to offload our bags. Took the Airport Express Bus to Ingolstadt and were received by  our buddies at Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt.

P.S : For those flying first time, Laptop can be carried separately and is not included in your regular luggage weight.