About 12:00 in the afternoon I woke up. I did not want to sleep the whole day and just try to get into the rithum of India. After unpacking some stuff and contacting Peter Vaz for a pickup at the apartment. One of my colleagues would come pick me up round 14:00.

Safdar Imam was standing at the door. I was in full suite with tie to make a good impression and jumped on the back of his motorcycle. After a short but refreshing trip (with about 26 degrees a breeze is nice) we arrived at office. Once there I shook the hands of the team and did the initial setup at my station.

In the afternoon it is custom to drink some tea together (or Indian coffee). This is very nice. Getting to learn the names with the faces and start to know the persons behind the names. There is all so much to take in!

After teatime I did some work and round 19:30 Safdar brought me home again on his motorcycle!

After a good day with many first impressions it was clearly time to get something to eat. As my apartment is also partially serviced I ordered in. But as most items on the list don’t ring a bell I just tried something that did look familiar: Chicken Curry. This was actually not prepared as we do at home so I needed lots of WATER!