The group of fifteen is experiencing a new lifestyle in Sweden ... we are really fascinated with how organised things are in Sweden.
When we go shopping, everyone stays in a queue for making their payment ..... we´ve never seen anyone breaking the queue! And yet you hardly see long queues. Really surprising, isn`t it. The people at the cash counter handle each person before attending to the next person at the queue.
And the traffic system is simply great ! You don´t have to bother or worry about getting runover by any vehicle. You can literally cross a busy street with your eyes closed !!! Because every oncoming vehicle respects a pedestrian crossing the road and waits till you cross. And yes, even if we Indians cross the road at a leisurely pace ! Before you cross a road at the pedestrian crossing, you have to press a switch and lo and behold, all vehicles magicall grind to a halt while our majesties gracefully cross the road.
Not that we Indians are really slow. We are getting used to the Swedish way of life and walk really fast - there is always a spring in our step, whether we are going to Tumba Gymnasium, visiting a place or just going shopping. After all, Swedes are very punctual in their timing and so are we !!! We Indians too are very punctual at least in Sweden.
We travel by the commuter train or subway. When we reach the station , we swipe our traveller card and the doors automatically slide open.... some of us like Anagha have tried to squeeze past the door without swiping her card, but..... she was shown the way back t the swiping system by the men in yellow who monitor (and help) passengers on the station.
When the train huffs and puffs (with hardly a sound) into the station, the doors slide open automatically and everyone troops into the train or out of the train in a very orderly manner. In the train too, there are newspapers for anyone to read. And it case you droop of to sleep in the train, the public address system brings you back to this world by telling you that you´ve reached your destination. And you hop off to the organised and beautiful streets of Sweden ...
When we go shopping, everyone stays in a queue for making their payment ..... we´ve never seen anyone breaking the queue! And yet you hardly see long queues. Really surprising, isn`t it. The people at the cash counter handle each person before attending to the next person at the queue.
And the traffic system is simply great ! You don´t have to bother or worry about getting runover by any vehicle. You can literally cross a busy street with your eyes closed !!! Because every oncoming vehicle respects a pedestrian crossing the road and waits till you cross. And yes, even if we Indians cross the road at a leisurely pace ! Before you cross a road at the pedestrian crossing, you have to press a switch and lo and behold, all vehicles magicall grind to a halt while our majesties gracefully cross the road.
Not that we Indians are really slow. We are getting used to the Swedish way of life and walk really fast - there is always a spring in our step, whether we are going to Tumba Gymnasium, visiting a place or just going shopping. After all, Swedes are very punctual in their timing and so are we !!! We Indians too are very punctual at least in Sweden.
We travel by the commuter train or subway. When we reach the station , we swipe our traveller card and the doors automatically slide open.... some of us like Anagha have tried to squeeze past the door without swiping her card, but..... she was shown the way back t the swiping system by the men in yellow who monitor (and help) passengers on the station.
When the train huffs and puffs (with hardly a sound) into the station, the doors slide open automatically and everyone troops into the train or out of the train in a very orderly manner. In the train too, there are newspapers for anyone to read. And it case you droop of to sleep in the train, the public address system brings you back to this world by telling you that you´ve reached your destination. And you hop off to the organised and beautiful streets of Sweden ...
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