René Seifert – Entrepreneur & Global Citizen

Still need to pack my stuff, but it’s not that lot anyway for my trip to Germany for just 6 days. Funnily, I spoke to a few people these days in Germany who let me know proudly: “We are finally having twenty degrees here.” This was when I replied with a smirk: “Oh, I was in Cochin on Thursday, and we had almost 40 degrees there.” Weather in South-India certainly exposes you the sunny side of life.

At the same time, it came to my mind that people in Europe for a conversation opener or small talk often address the “weather today”. Not so in India, basically as there is not much to say apart from the fact that it’s constantly hot with shades of gray to very hot. So what to talk about. Ok, I tell you the classic. It’s: “Had your lunch?” which happens most, but of course also “Had your dinner?”. That’s something which you as a westerner definitely find funny. It also underscores, provided you can afford it, India’s very special relationship to a well nutritioned lifestyle :-)

So, first things first: “Yes, I had my lunch.” Second, the weather is going to be slightly rainy, with temperatures to the max of 17° Celcius, to the minimum 7° Celsius. In Munich, of course, at least according to the Yahoo! Weather forecast. So let’s make the radio-call: “Romeo Echo November Echo, Ready for Departure.”