“Travel far enough, you meet yourself.”
David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas.
September 24, 2023
A single phone call invitation for my mother and me to visit another state in India allows us to extend our memories by capturing the beauty of our country. On September 24, 2023, four of my family members (mama, mami, aunty, mother, and me) booked our train tickets to Ahmedabad, Gujarat from our hometown for 12th January 2024, Friday. Since then my anticipation especially was on top of the mountain as it has been ages since I have travelled a long distance by train precisely to be 10 years.
December, 2023
I started a new journey towards my career and so far I am loving it. I got the news that my exams will be in January now when I didn’t know that is how my December month started. Amidst all the wedding season, studying, lectures, and overthinking sessions I got the notice that my exams would be postponed. Yay to be honest I would not mind if I had not gone but still, I would hate that I missed the opportunity.
January, 2024
Finally, the new year came in 2024 I did not realise it because of all the tension of my exams even though it was postponed but still I had my internals that could start anywhere in January and I did not want to miss any lectures. I prepared all of my projects to be on the safe side. Then finally the preparation of packing and we were supposed to do a lot of shopping (my mother) there so we took a little with us.
12th – 15th January, 2024
At night we reached the station and started the journey and on 13th January we reached Ahmedabad and were welcomed by a winter that we didn’t get where we live. We Indians have that thing wherever we go we have to have tea so we have a cup of tea to soothe our souls and proceed to the place where we all will be living for the next 3 days. The place is just beautiful and calming and where we stayed every day all around the place there is a market of clothes and vegetables which makes it more lively. We all enjoyed every second of living there since the atmosphere and people were so friendly and lively. We all visited some of the famous places and got to know the history behind them. Ahmedabad has such a historical culture from food to places everywhere you will find yourself surrounded by heritage. Also, the second you look up to the sky the flocks of birds just pass through you and huge flocks of birds fly together it was just beautiful to watch. And also where we were living there was the airport close by so I saw many aeroplanes up close with my bare eyes and it just felt like a special memory that I will hold forever.
If you know me you know I LOVE FOOD, and I really wanted to try authentic Gujarati dishes, and I did and loved it. It was refreshing to try something different and delicious. Then comes the part in which I have a hate relationship with shopping. My other family members shopped a lot and I have this book lover thing in me that wherever I visit I look at if there is any book market near the place and same I did and found a book market so on the last day since we already had a handful of luggage I just bought three books and I am grateful for it. The weather and the foreignness of the sweater on my body were so much appreciated by me.
The trip was great and fun we all laughed a lot and I even learned some Gujarati words. It was refreshing that in three days we all did so many great things. With the right people even the wrong time becomes right. I never knew taking a trip, even a small one, was so easy only when you have the right people and the attitude of just doing it.
If you never go, you will never know.
Till we meet again, Be Happy, Be Grateful, and Keep Smiling – a girl who likes to write.
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