Pedas, Marmalades, Pickle and some Fireworks
Fireworks in Heidelberg on September 1st It's a chilly, cloudy Monday afternoon in Walldorf, Germany and I'm sitting at work, munching on some french fries that have turned cold and soggy over the past couple of hours. I'm not shirking work, I've actually finished with my work for the day and it has been a slow week, owing to the fact that it's vacation season in Germany. August is the last month of summer and so schools are closed for a couple of weeks, prompting families to go on vacation. So did I, but my vacation had nothing to do with the end of summer, but rather to spend time at home in Delhi with my parents and brother. So I was missing in action, in Europe at least, for almost the whole of August. Last week I reluctantly bid adieu to India and came back to an almost empty office in Germany. Most of my colleagues, including my boss, were and some still are on vacation. I like an empty office, it's quiet and peaceful. I brought a box of ...