Shagun Kumar My Journey

A plane standing infront of me, with not just one but two floors of of seats. All buzzed up in excitement, I bombarded my father with questions about my trip to India. This was the mark of my summer vacation, and what better place to go than to Delhi, India to visit my relatives and catch a glimse of a staggering large and so many different families. I did not know what to expect but I knew it would be an experience that would be hard to forget.
As we boarded the plane the Lufthansa flight I was stuck with the hard to miss smell of an airplane, which surprisingly, as a kid I thoroughly enjoyed. The first leg of the trip was to Frankfurt, Germany, and then we connected to a flight to Delhi, India. As we prepared for landing I felt like I travelled to completely other side of a world, and a I truly did figuratively and literally. As deeply as I remember, that particular smell made me pretty much comfortable with everything. The temperature had to be atleast 100 degrees-fahrenheit, and what made it worse was the humidity. I literally had sweated off a pound by the time we reached the spot where we were supposed to meet this friend of my uncle. He greeted him with flowers and a huge hug, typically Indian culture. It felt pretty nice at that moment, we were thrilled to see him. We then reached to our closest most careable relatives. My cousins were changed alot, looked completely different the last time I saw them. The next day, we all flawlessly dressed and went to a "rain dance party". The incredible part was that it was a real rain party. We all had a fabulous time that day. We still all drenched decided to go to my grandma's house. As it was supposely a surprise for her, she happened to figure out the night we landed there. I still wonder how? Anyways, it was a heart pumping moment to see my grandmom and my mom to hug each other with their eyes full of tears, rolling down their pink cheeks.
I believe that no trip to India can ever be completed without a visit to wonderful temples and monuments that remind visitors about its rich traditional and cultural diversity. Lotus temple out of all is the most beautiful temple. "Lotus" is the national flower of India, signifies the rich Indian culture. The temple magically combines traditional Indian culture with modern engineering techniques.
With all their heavy hearts, we met them again outside the airport. It was time to say goodbye to everyone. It was hard to believe then that we were all together for more than a month. Everyone of them gave us one thing or the other but in low spirits. I guess they never wanted us to leave or was it just me!!!=)