Kolkata University
Wies in Indiareis 2018 2018-05-03 20:33
Our first real day in Kolkata! We started with a belated but very nice non-indian breakfast. (To be honest I can´t stand the taste and the smell of any spicy indian food in de morning anymore). After breakfast we went to the University of Kolkata. This university has his faculties all over the city. In the morning we first visited the department of Physics. After a nice introduction and some group pictures we visited a cellar like space were they were working with lasers. Afterwards did we get a yummy and not to spicy indian lunch. This was the first university were we also saw some students. This wasn´t the case in the other universities because of the exams the students have next week. Special for our visit were there still some students present at the Kolkata University!
Next was the department of environmental science from the Kolkata University on the program. We thought that the people couldn´t be any nicer then at the department of Physics. We thought wrong!
When we arrived and took the lift to the 8th floor (the die hards of the group did take the stairs) were we welcomed with a welcomes song from the students of the department! That was really a special experience. The talks they gave were with such an enthusiasm about there little department. I think that they were really honored that there small department got a visit from students from an university of the Netherlands! Two students were totally unstoppable when they were telling about how a specific machine worked. They were telling with so much fire and passion that we didn´t understand it at all.
It was our goal that we would leave the department of environmental science around four O´clock but at the end after many times saying that we need to go we could finally leave at half past five...
Now the group splits up in smaller group. Some of us wanted to take the big temple tour and visit three different temples. The others visited only the first big temple to go back to the hotel after dinner. I was in the group to visit three temples. First we visited the Birla Mandir. This was really impressing. We were right on time to experience a special kind of ritual were they were ringing with bells among other things. (They do this every day at six O´Clock). Afterwards we went to a restaurant called Ginger Bar were the meals were okay. Next we visited some small temple were you could take some flowers to follow some kind of ritual. It goes without saying that they expect some rupees afterwards. When we were finished with this temple we were tired and was it already late, so we skipped the third temple and went back to the Hotel. Now I am writing the last sentences of the blog for today. We will see you tomorrow again!
Wies