I use to say I always wanted to travel to India one day! But I want to go to many places… far before India was Indonesia, Kenya, China, Ethiopia, Chile on the countries-to-visit priority list. It happened from one day to another, it was a thought in Tor Cafe after lunch, when Vera and I said: Let’s visit Katharina in India. And it was settled!
A little on Katharina’s story: Katharina was my office mate (known as my Roomie) from February this year until the end of September, when she stopped working since she was planning to travel to India at the beginning of October to start the research for her dissertation project. With a scholarship from the DAAD and the ICDD, Katharina was about to spend the autumn and winter months in the capital of Maharashtra. Katharina’s research semester delays now for more than 2 months, since the Indian embassy did not issue her the visa yet. But I better not comment on this now.
Anyhow, Since Katharina is still enjoying the Weihnachtsmarkt in Kassel, our plans changed a little. It makes us very sad not to visit her anymore, instead we’re going to visit so much of what we have no idea yet.
12 days left!
Mid December a plane of Qatar Airlines will fly us to Mumbai airport. Katharina and her new friends waiting for us in the airport is out of plan, uncertainty will come instead. But, as my friend, Jesús, would say in this moment, that’s what the future Carmen will have to deal with.
So far, we have our plane tickets, I got a bindi on my passport, so did Vera, we made some medical preparations, decided to change out suitcases to backpacks – and now I remember the doctor asking if we’re planning a backpack trip, which we answered with a clear “no” – , applied for holidays, almost contracted health insurance and, of course, MADE THIS BLOG 
What’s left? Everything else what will happen after mid December.
Keep you on track!