The first sign my eyes alight on, when we enter the cable car which is to take us to Mount Titnis is - believe it or not - in the Devnagiri script and it goes: "Vishwa ke pratham ghoomthay hoowein gandola mein aapka swagat." WHAT!!!!! But I suppose given the large number of Indian tourists that land up in Switzerland it is logical. The car was crammed with Indians, three quarters of whom were Malayalees. They were all actually based in the U.S.
As we began to ascend the snow covered slopes there was a general "Oooooooh" from the Indians. Kurt, just to tease them roared, "HHHOOOOOOOOH!" and "AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH" along with them and this lady standing next to me giggled, "They are very naaaaty!"
As we kept rising and the view got increasingly dramatic, the older Malayalees started jabbering excitedly in their mother tongue while the kids, round eyed and full of awe, and downright American, went "Holy Crap!"
We didnt have much time up at the summit because we arrived only half an hour before the last cable car was to leave. And right as we were leaving there was a huge thunderstorm and the employees seemed quite worried. We made our way back down in the rain, and with occasional flashes of lightening streaking the sky but as you can see landed safe and sound back on earth.
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Kurt - many people say - looks like the twin of that character Spock, in that TV serial whose name I have forgotten - Star something or other. (Talk about getting old). Oh yeah, got it - it is called "Star Trek". I promised him I would pay him my respects in this blog for all that he has done for me (and the group) including making a CD at the crack of dawn this morning, with all the info on the Krishnamurti book by Samuel, which George`s friend is going to soon publish in India. Kurt, hope you are reading this!
The night I arrived at Kurt`s place I was amazed to find him drinking mineral water and some reddish Martini look-alike soft drink although he was kind enough to offer me and Jospeh wine. I learnt subsequently that he`s stopped drinking alcohol - and has kept it up for about 3 months. Well! I asked him how he managed and he said that one day he decided it was too much and made a firm decision to stop. He said that everything depends on that decision. Then, even when one feels tempted, one remembers that there was a decision not to drink and it is not so difficult to remain "clean".
Food smells from Nicole`s kitchen currently (which is where I am currently) tell me that lunch is on the way and I will have to soon stop.
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