Last day at school .................By Komal Arora

It is 1 of the memorable days of my life. When I was in India I had thought that this day will be the best day. No studies, no work, no more getting up early in the morning. But my classmates were very friendly. The way they talked to us, explained us everything. I still remember one of the girl named Sarah from a school, a very good friend of mine now. In the morning she used to 1st come to mensa,the diing hall, were I used to sit after coming to school. Everyday she used to take me in the class as I was new and so that I don’t have any problem in finding the rooms. Other students had a problem in speaking English. But hats of to them as whenever I didn’t understand in the class they translated for us. They are very sweet people. It was hard for me to say goodbye to my friends in school. I got a bit emotional on that day. They presented me a Switzerland cushion. At its back they all had signed. It is 1 of the best gift I ever got. Although the time I spent with them was small but the connection which has built in between us is strong. I think there is something in Swiss people. They are very friendly. Then I went out for drinking something with my classmates. The time I had spent with them will never be forgotten. I pray if some of my friends could come India with the other exchange student. There will be a ray of hope to see them again. But you don’t get everything what you wish. But hope to see them again.

Last at School...........By Shubhita Mathur

10 May
The last day of the school was one of the best day,spent in Kantonschule.We asked whole of the class to share their experience and their thoughts about INDIA.Well ,first of all oue English teacher said that he was surprised to see the cofidence of 3 of us.And that"s because he had heard that in INDIA woman"s never speak too much and also they are not allowed to do so.Then one of the student asked that is really INDIA same as shown in the movie-SLUMDOG MILLLIONAIRE.I said certainly not.The movie does not reflect whole of INDIA.It does show one of the negative part of INDIA but that doesn"t mean that it represents whole of INDIA.It was rather an easy way to make money from that movie.The students agrred to this point.

Then teacher asked the students that do they think INDIA is a westernised country?One of the student named ESABEL spoke that she do accept that.And she believes that INDIA is a marvellous country with lots of colours in it.

After that we had our Physics class and then we took a group photograph.Everyone greeted us and wished best for the future.

I belive that this exchange programme is one of the best way to interact and learn the culture of other country.Those people and students who come as a tourist are not able to experience the cultural difference between two countries,but being a exchange student we all had a good oppurtunity to learn their way of living and cultural.

I must therefore thanks my BANASTHALI UNIVERSITY for providing me such a good oppurtunity.,Which we all would have not got without the painstaking efforts of our respected Vice chancellor-2ADITYA SHASTRI2 and my German teacher "HASAVAHINI SINGH MAM".

The Jubiliant School Stay......By Amita Anand

attending a new school was always a nightmare for me!
because i m not an open book.It even takes my close friends a hell lot of time to know me well...and i too dont get along with anyone n everyone so easily:(....hence making some nice friends was a task so tedious for me to accomplish.

but yeah,the fear of making this accomplishment vanished as soon as i entered my class 3bn. All of the students were so friendly some of them even translated whole of the german lectures into english to help us get hold of what is going in the class otherwise all would have been "greek" for us.

I spent two beautiful weeks of my stay with them all.It was so interesting to learn about their culture,which i would not like to comment upon!(wanna discuss it sometime later)

one thing i really like about ,there people are that they real philanthropists,they take so much care of the handicapped,In every front of their life they care of them

Now my last days in the school,they were so beautiful,i always have a smile on my face remembering them:)on the last day somethin rilly comic happened.the boyz of our class were extremely shy ,they usually toked among themselves and laughed as loud as they could but we could seldom get what they were really tokin abt!

we all on our last day were dying to get a photograph with our class students,as it was going to be the last memoire for us to remember this golden time,and when we asked for one the stupendous:)...all of them ran outside the class to sit on a tree bark for a cherubic photograph.

But yeah,it was really touching,as we were already attached and were a part of the "kantonsschule" .With a heavy heart we said goood bye to all our just made friends and wished them luck for the rest of their lives and they also reciprocated it in a beautiful way

Who says school days are over.............by Aditya Divya Singh.....

Eeeks… my first day at Kantonsschule ,Solothurn !! It was such a strange feeling and i wasn’t sure if it was fear or excitement that i was feeling. We were all dressed in Indian clothing and stood out like a beacon. Bettina and I managed to reach school before time and it was good to see familiar faces after two days! The students from Kantonsschule were present for a special assembly to welcome us and it was really interesting to hear the Yodling . The performances were followed by an address from Frau Tardo- Styner and an introduction of Banasthali University by Hamsa Ma’am. We were then taken to our respective classes and introduced to our teachers-for-one-month. My first class was Art and Udita and Sneha were in the same class, We enjoyed ourselves immensly. And then came Maths- the one subject I run away from! But, I surpisingly enjoyed the class partly because of the humour from the teacher and partly because everyone was friendly !! Actually , we also got a welcome song from our class which seemed like it was their own invention. The day went on with us going to different classes and introducing ourselves to the teachers and trying to understand what they were teaching. Overall it was a great experience and i felt like i was in school again. Since the time I passed out from school, I always wished I had had more time at school and coming to Kantonsschule made it possible all thanks to my University, Aditya sir and Hamsa Ma’am.

Our Schedule................By Sneha Sharma

Here comes our way of living here ......one of the important parts of the blog......Here each of us has been assigned to a different family and we gradually learn to live as they live and work with them and also help them in our own possible way so while i was getting excited, nervous and confused all at the same time by thinking about the prospect of going to school I was gradually getting accustomed to the lifestyle my family lived.

Now, I try and help my parents(although they never let me do any work) in their household chores and try and converse with my brother who is a bit shy and talk about a lot of stuff with my sister. Now, it seems like I am living in a different world with my family. Although, Its just a new family so now I can say I have two families!!!

Every day I go to school with my sister and attend all the classes there although we are not studying the subjects its just so that we can listen to people speak german and we try to catch their words and learn from it. Then after school we join our families and may go out somewhere or just have conversations with them. Its like the same stuff we do in India but here the topics generally relate to knowing about each others life and enjoying each others company leading to such a strong bonding that we can't get ourselves with the terms with the thought of day when I leave!

The People...............By Sneha Sarma

Talking about my days with people here in Switzerland I think I got to know more than I would have if I had been staying at a different place and not with my family.

Yes, now its My Family it was really a very nice and beautiful experience. I stayed in the same house shared the same routine and the same calm and quite life. Life seems to give a lot here. I really felt at home and didn't miss my family at all. It was just so nice and good. I only missed the hugs that my parents gave me and the small jokes that I shared with my siblings. Ofcourse I can't get that anywhere except my house but apart from that I could still share in my new family's jokes and laughter and rheir calm and quite life. I am so glad to be in Banasthali now that I got this opportunity. Even people in school were very nice and helpful. They just came over and talked with us so that it helped us overcome our discomfort and then we were easily settled in our class. Everything was in high German. So we could learn German easily.

I call my host father Chachaji( he selected it out of the various choices) and my host mother Chachi ( her own choice) and my host sister is Jasmin and brother Samuel. I just can't think about not meeting them again so have planned to stay in touch with them and try to visit them again.

Scenic Switzerland...........by Aditya Divya Singh

The fact that I was in switzerland did not sink in till the time I was meeting my exchange partner at the Hauptbahnhof,solothurn! Till then I was quite numb and the only thing that penetrated the numbness was the excitement, the enthusiasm of all the fellow students from India. The first step onto the swiss soil and I saw the beauty of the place. Then we met Frau Kully at the Zurich Airport to go to Solothurn where our exchange partners were waiting for us. The scenery was wonderful and I felt so grateful to Banastahli University and Hamsa ma'am for giving me this opportunity. Although I've been to Switzerland before but there is a large difference between a leisure trip and a cultural exchange program! At 4:00 PM, we were being introduced to our partners and their families and we all left with our respective host families. I had no idea about my exchange partner's interests because she could not mail to me before due to exams but meeting her all my doubts vanished. Bettina Siegenthaler is a really nice girl and her mother Brigitt Siegenthaler struck me as a motherly figure though she is miles away from the category of plump figure. The three of us clicked instantly and they did the best to make me feel at home. It was so nice to speak to them about different topics and I realised that they were so positive about everything. I asked Frau Siegenthaler how i should call her and she said that it was okay if I called her Brigitt. She made really delicious Karrotkuchen or to say in switz deutsch Rüblikuchen.. Before going to bed I gave them some tokens from India and it was a little emotional. At that moment I was hit by this wave of homesickness and fear, and it was all vented out as tears when i was in the toilet. I managed to steady myself and went to bed to be fresh for the next day.

My visit to Tinguely Museum..........By Sneha Sharma

Tinguely the name rings a bell for creation of no use but still fascinating as he was one of the first people who showed what they felt not with the help of paintings he made or the songs he sung but from the machines he created by way of showing death dance due to destruction during wars and so on it is something not explainable without seeing and if you come to switzerland you must see it…….

My visit to VanGogh exhibition........By Sneha Sharma

Sorry for the delay but we are now on a trip around Switzerland ,

Here comes one of my previous blogs......My visit to Basel to see the Van Gogh exhibition.
First of all I was so glad that my host family here is just like my own family I have not felt homesick yet and it was so nice of them to try and get me to VanGogh
exhibition even though the net said that the tickets were not available and still they always are there forme whenever I need them just like my own family. Initially when we tried to get the passes to the Van Gogh through the internet it said house full but then we didn't loose hope and when we reached there we got the passes and could see the great works of the famous artist it was reallly amazing how his style changed and the most effective part was that you could feel the trauma he went through when he painted his pictures in the rehabilitation center......his pictures just make you go through whatever he went through when he was painting them......I was really glad I could see them ............

Thanks to Banasthali that I was in switzerland at that time to see such fascinating paintings which kept me engrosed

My ardous journey from Ajmer to Delhi(2)........By Komal Arora

A person in our compartment advised to take a taxi from Faridabad..So we deboarded the train and went out to take a taxi. Unfortunately, there was none there as it was too late (1.00 a.m.)a police inspector sitting there helped us to find one. We got into it and another blunder happened .The taxi driver heard airforce office instead of airport..so he started taking us to airforce office.He wasted 30 min. of ours..every single moment was precious.my father realised that there is something wrong..so he asked the driver about it..so he told us..then my father asked him to take us to the airport but he refused as they were not allowed to cross Delhi-Faridabad border..but my dad insisted him to hire a taxi for us ..so he got ready.We luckily got a taxi at around 1 .30a.m..thank god...everyone else had already reached the airport and finished up with the formalities and only I was left..ma'am and parents of others were continuously calling me to know about my whereabouts..finally, I reached the airport...I rushed in for the x.ray of my luggage where I met ma'am..I was afraid that ma'am would scold me ..but so sweet she is..she calmly asked what happened..and I told her everything..then she asked me to write a story on it..So am I ...then I got my boarding pass.and then finished up my formalities till 3.15 a.m. I even couldn't say goodbye to my family nicely..then we waited for 45 min and then embarked the plane thereafter...this is an instant which I will never ever forget in my whole lyf.

My Special Post.......By Komal Arora

I was really happy when the final list for the students going to switzerland was out.I got selected.I had my fingers crossed till the date when the list was out.Then I was on cloud nine.Thanks to my university which organised this exchange program due to which we got a chance to come to switzerland .Special thanks to Aditya sir ,Dada without whom this won't have been possible and yeah ofcourse Hamsa ma'am who supported us and took so much pain to arrange everything for us.Also i want to thank




Frau Kully and last but not the least thanks to my family for supporting and cooperating with us.Thank you everyone.
There were 2 rounds for the selection.The first one was a written test,on the basis of whose result 12 were short listed for the interview and then after the interview 8 got selected.Now we had to go there and represent our country.This program is a sort of cultural exchange.Its a give and take process.We make them learn our culture and learn from theirs.We have to stay with a swiss family and their daughter will be coming to India in september.We have 2 study in a school called Kantonsschule where we have to learn german.So,i am looking forward for this programme as this is really exciting.

My Ardous journey from Ajmer to Delhi(1)........By Komal Arora

I woke up in the morning with lots of excitment...afterall it was my 1 st experience IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY...WAS REALLY EXCITED 2 MEET MY HOST FAMILY ,SERAFINA -MY EXCHANGE PARTNER. and yeah my german teacher Frau Kully. Actually, my life was going on so smooth..got selected easily,then my parents allowed me to apply for this programme but nothing is complete without an adventure.My journey from Ajmer to Delhi was an experience which is unforgettable. I got ready to go to the railway station for the train which was at 10.35 a.m. My father called up at railway station to confirm the train timing and we got to know the train was an hr. late. You know indian railways-'ALWAYS LATE'. Then we reached the station at 10.00 a.m. After reaching there I realised that I had forgotten a book of mine. So I called up my uncle and asked him to get that book for me. So he got the book for me.....after a few min. my dad remembered that he forgot to give me a card which he was supposed to give me.. So then he himself went back home and got it for me..so this blunder happened before boarding the train.after boarding the train another blunder happened.the train changed its route..due to this our train had to wait at every stop for a long time so that the trains of that route go 1st and then ours..the annoncement about it was done at Jaipur station but we didn't listen..if one thing goes wrong then automatically others too..the train travelled slowly and I couldn't report on the airport at scheduled time.everyone ,my dad,mom,my sister and I got tensed..it was the worst moment of my lyf..it was lyk someone was taking away something I desired so much but I couldn't help it..we planned to take a taxi from Mathura but a person at the railway station adviced that the train will reach delhi 1st rather than taxi..so we dropped our idea..we had our fingers crossed..from Mathura the train started at a pretty good speed but it decreased its speed thenafter.It stopped at places for 15-30 minutes from were taking a taxi was difficult.

On the top of the World...........By Udita Bagchi

I am udita.I would like to share some of my feelings with all the viewers about my trip to Switzerland. We started on the 22nd may at 4:00 a.m. with the flight EK513 TO DUBAI and then from dubai to zurich in the flight EK089. Then we took a train to Solothurn,it took 1 hour.,Joana's mom rosi and sister lara came and received me at solothurn railway platform, sceneries are beautiful out here,very less people and very clean city.I am still not able to believe that I am outside india.This was almost impossible , I am thankful to Mam for making my dream turn into a reality.Dubai was beautiful in both the airports the interiors were very gorgeous.
So I am going to school everyday by bicycle.I am learning german daily.Here everyone speaks swiss german which is different from the german we learn. I went on a bicycle tour to a village named Wangen. Then we went to Bern-capital of Switzerland where I saw the parliament ,it was beautiful.The best part was I saw how sessions were held,proposals were taken and I saw the way of voting to give the decision for the proposal.
Then I saw 2 german plays in the STADT THEATRE .One was Literatur Tage and the other one was Leonce und Lena. It was a great experience.I saw an english play too in the school. The name was THE CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF.Then school has given us a green card to have meals in the canteen and to get books in the library and a Swiss travel pass also to travel in Switzerland. Isnt it great.......thank you very much......this was all till now....I shall continue telling my experiences.....................ba-bye......

Say Cheese.....:)........By Amita Anand

Food, was what, i was really lookin forward to wen i got selected in the exchange program. i being a big foodie,adore butter lyk hell:) n hence was so interested to try the immensely huge variety of milk products offered by this seraphic country.After having the first main course meal with my host family,i cud easily guess that a lot was in store for my taste buds:)


Sweets,after butter are my forte(in case of eatin).....The first day i attended the school,being very excited took infinite things from the canteen to eat,for everything looked so relishingly gorgeous:)....but to my dismay i found each of my selection sweet,and i still had to eat them and from that day on i think not twice, but many more times before taking anything sweet to gorge on.



As separating a rose from its thorns,is a task so tedious,in a similar fashion this eating has brought me something i really dont like and that is a little increment in my weight....but yeah as i am a firm believer of the quote "No risk no gain",so i still m in love wid the cheese........wud never mind saying cheeeeese;)

My visit to Mariastein...............By Sneha Sharma

Hi
So, We meet again for yet another of my trips to a very beatiful church in switzerland The Mariastein. Actually, what makes it special for me is the dedication with which my family actually put in to make sure that I enjoy every moment of my time in Switzerland.Now, I am so used to them being around that I feel them to be a family who were known to me but whom I had not met, They are now very dear to me. All of them are so nice and its such a caring atmosphere that I feel as if I am at my home.


So, Mariastein is like a pilgrimage place for the catholics it is a very beatiful church where I could have stayed on forever and kept marveling at its beauty.
It was as if it was created to define the beautiful relationship of God with his children and the nature. It just made me wonder how beautifully God has created this world and how some part of its beauty was captured here.

My first weekend part 2.............By Smriti Mongia

Sunday i.e. 24th May 2009 I went to SPIEZ with my exchange partner STEPHANIE. We left home early in the morning around 10:00am because punctuality is must in switzerland. We had our bus at 10:07 am and it means that. Then we reached railway station where we had to catch the train for BERN . From bern we went on a ship to spiez. It was very nice the river was very clean , the water was very cold around 15 degrees . Ship used to stop at different stops . We reached our stop in an hour.
We sat near the river and had our lunch pasta and coca cola which my host mother gave us to carry it along. We sat there for half an hour. Then we walked to the railway station which was quite far away , but we had to walk . Then after reaching station we took our train to BERN and then we decided to spend some time in Bern. We walked there on the roads for half an hour then we had to catch our train to SOLOTHURN at 2:35 pm we reached just at 2:35 pm and we missed our train
ISNT IT NICE AND FUNNY. Then we took the next train which was at 3:04 pm.
We reached solothurn at 3:34 pm and then we took bus to our home .
It was a very nice place with a very nice weather . Then we spent the evening at home .


I HAD A VERY NICE WEEKEND AND NEXT DAY WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GO TO SCHOOL. THE OLD TIME FLASHES BACK.

My first weekend in Switzerland.......by Smriti Mongia

On Saturday i.e. 23rd May 2009 , I went with my host mother to WEISENSTEIN . It was at an altitude a little higher than plains. It was very beautiful.
We reached there at around 11 am in the morning. It was very nice place from where we could see the complete city of SOLOTHURN. It had a very nice landscape. I also saw the paragliding.I also saw the river AARE which flows in whole of the Switzerland.I loved the place very much. All of it was surrounded with mountains and when you look down, it had a very beautiful scenery and one can also see greenery all around and grass cut in a very neat way.
It was also very neat and clean and parking place was also arranged in a very systematic order. 'I loved it'.

Then we came back and went for shopping in the store because my host mother had to buy something which I could eat easily. She asked me what I would like ,so that, she could buy that for me.
THEN IN SOLOTHURN WE VISITED in two different catholic churches, They were really very nice.

I had a very nice saturday.

Thoughts put to Action.......by Amita Anand

Going 2 switzerland was what I was thinking about since one year......not because I would get a chance to visit "die Schweiz"....but to meet Frau. Kully....She is someone I can never forget...:)......for she is the one who holds the lion's share in developing my interest in German!.........thanx to her that I am here and I love german so much.



The first impression I got was that India is somewhat similar to Switzerland.....because the railway tracks looked alike:).....but yeah in so many other aspects it is different.

One thing that really interests me here are the nice variety of dogs one gets to see and all of them super friendly...;)befriending a dog was never a herculean task for me....but yeah I found it even simpler here.



I stay in the countryside in a small village called Aetingen with my host family.They are extremely friendly and nice people.They treated me with warm hospitality......and apart from all this my exchange partner Frida is just awesome(n I really mean it).She is adorable,understanding and ever ready to extend a helping hand whenever I need one.

well I dont find anything else to write now.......so perhaps some other time.

My First Experience At Rock Climbing...........by Sneha Sharma

Today I woke up and got ready veryone was in a dilemma as to where should we go.....
Now thats a problem that everyone faces ......"WHERE DO WE GO?"....And then a lot of thinking and discussions led to a beautiful solution Rock Climbing .....but I dont know how to climb a rock ok then we'll teach you......And then we took a bicycle each and started off......first i was taught how and why i should wear the apparel given to me and then Samuel went up the rock so I stood there watching while he put the rope on the top noose well it was my first time at such an experience and they cared for my safety so now I begin climbing........and you can see the results for your selves......

JAI SHRI RAM......By Shubhita Mathur

We all arrived in Solothurn on Friday 23 evening. My exchange partner is "KIM".SHE WITH HER MOTHER N SISTER HAD ARRIVED AT THE SOLOTHURN RAILWAY STATION TO PICK ME .The family is very nice and they care for me a lot. On the first day she showed me the school. Then next day in the morning we went to the market with her mother. We also saw the church. After a visit to market I went with Kim to the scout camp.Vandana(one of my friend who has come with me in the exchange programme) and Hellen(her exchange partner) were also there. Here in the scouts we found many small children who play different games here. The weekend was a nice way to engage the students in different activities. Then on Sunday we went to "WISSENSTEIN". It‘s a beautiful place on the top of the Kanton, where one can see the whole view of Solothurn. We saw the mountain "Alps" which were covered with the snow. Then we went to "BOTANISCHER GARTEN WEISSENSTEIN"-"JURAPFLANZEN".It is a botanical garden. Then we came back and saw a documentary film "YOUNG AT HEART".It was about the old aged people who have made their own band and they perform the different shows at different places despite facing day to day problems of their life.$(Like one had a neurological problem, but he relaxes himself by singing).It was a good film.
The next day was school. Here we have been given a timetable and according to that we go in our respective classes. The classes are very different from that in India. Here the teacher teaches using "projectors" that seldom occurs in our system. Day before yesterday, we went to theatre to watch the play "LEONCE UND LENA".It was a modern play in German language.. The story dated back to a very old time of princely empire. It was about that the two people wanted to choose their life partners on their own ,but they are not allowed to do so.. The 2 wish to create an ideal world where one does not need to work, where there is only love. The message of the play could be depicted in some other way also, like I think there was no need to show the liplock n other scenes of smooching. Well, as our teacher says that it was one of the way to attract the people to the play. But I must say that the acting was really good and play was able to convey their message to the viewers.
Yesterday, we went to see the English play-"A CAT ON THE HOT TIN ROOF".Our English teacher had already explained the story: The central character of the play was "Maggi" who is called "cat" by her husband. Her life is completely messed up because firstly she wants to have children and to her misery ,her husband doesn‘t love her. Her father in -law has cancer which neither he knows nor his wife. Maggi has to tell the truth of her father in-law to her mother in-law, who is a hard stuff to deal with. Then there is fight going on between Maggi and her sister in-law for the land which they will get after their father in -law‘s death. And if one reads in between the lines of the novel, one finds that the star point of Maggi‘s misery is that her husband is a gay who had relationship with his own bestfriend-"Skipper" and he always has a feeling of guilt that he was not able to save Skipper..
This feeling of guilt was actually sinking him deep inside and that‘s why he turned out to be an alcoholic. Well, the only way for the Maggi to be out of this entangled life was that ,as her husband says -"that she must take a high jump and be out of this whole chaos.
The title of this poem is absolutely correct because Maggi is tip-toeing on her life in the same way as one does when they place their feet on a hot roof.
The acting by the actors was very good. It was a nice play.

My Parents Dream Come True....by Smriti Mongia

The day when I got the result that finally I m going 2 SWITZERLAND I felt myself on CLOUD 9 . It was the dream of my parents that became true . My parents were really very happy and they were feeling very proud on me . All my relatives and friends wished me luck.
The days were passing and the day came when we were supposed 2 leave for the Switzerland it was 21-05-2009
We were supposed to reach airport at 12:15 AM. Gradually the time came closer when I was supposed 2 leave my family and Country. I am really going to miss them. I was finally checking my luggage then I realised that the weight which could be carried in the plane is 30 kg so I put those certain things inside which I had taken out due to overload.
Now, finally I left my home to go to airport. In my heart at one part I was very happy and excited and in the other I was a bit nervous because it was the first time that I was leaving my country.
I never thought of that, one day I would go outside India.
Actually this was the first time that I was going to travel by plane. My friends said that it was good luck that when I was to travel by plane I would directly land in Switzerland.
Finally we reached the airport . Amita was waiting for me. I met my friends there. I and my parents were standing outside and the announcement to enter was made. I was about to leave my family and got a little emotional.
We all said bye to our families.
Now it was the time to be smart and attentive.
We had to do certain formalities. So for that one has to be very attentive and careful.
Firstly we had to weigh our luggage so that it can be send to the cargo . It was being a very nice experience at the airport. Then we were supposed to go for check-in but there was a problem because Komal had not come yet so Madam asked us to go for check-in and that she will wait outside for her.
So after check-in finally we got a stamp that we are leaving India at 4:15 am.
wow what a feeling I had at that moment.
Then after Madam and Komal checked-in we went for handbag checking.
after that we waited in the waiting room to board the plane. Then at 4:10am there was an announcement for the passengers of emirates to board the flight.
WOW we entered the plane it appeared to be heaven on earth , each seat was having a T.V. at its back . Now there is no point of getting bored.
Finally we got seated in the plane on our respective seats. I and Sneha were having the seat together in both the flights.
There came the announcement - "keep your seats in upright position and tie your seatbelts".
It was the time when the plane was about to fly.
Yeah it started moving oh god my heart was sinking.
I don‘t know why but my eyes filled with tears. It was only because that , the feeling that I was experiencing of sitting first time in the plane and flying was only because of my family without their moral and financial support I would not have had this kind of feeling.
" THANKS TO MY MOM AND DAD AND OFCOURSE MY SIS AND BRO."
Now we were in the air, flying ..
then after 2 hours we reached DUBAI. Then from dubai till ZURICH. It was to 1and a half hour later.
Then we boarded the flight for Zurich and landed there at 1:30 pm .
Then we met Frau Kully (our German teacher) I was very excited to see her.
Then we were supposed to go to Solothurn by train.
but before that I had a big fall. I was half crushed in between the luggage trolleys on the escalator. It was a very painful experience.
After we reached Solothurn our exchange partners were there waiting for us .
I was very happy to see STEPHANIE there and then we had to leave each other because we were supposed to go to our exchange partners home we wished each other luck and went on our way.


THIS WAS MY EXPERIENCE AT AIRPORT AND HOW I MET STEPHANIE. 
IT WAS REALLY VERY NICE AND MEMORISING.