Accommodation in the host families

We have now visited Delhi, Agra, and after a fantastic time in lovely Pushkar, we are now heading towards our last stop on this tour, Jaipur, to our, hopefully, best and most Indian time.

Hostfamilies

This morning the bus was full of exited and nervous (in a good way) students, who almost had no idea of with whom, where and how they were going to spend their next days in Jaipur. The class knew most of the students who were hosting a student from 2.L, because most of the Indian students were a part of the exchange program this April between St Xavier's and Gefion Gymnasiym, and some of the students from 2.L are going to stay with the Indian student that they hosted, when they were in Denmark. But as we have experienced earlier, there might changes, so we cannot be sure with whom we are staying. And that is even be more exciting.

Welcome

The bus ride was approximately 3 hours plus a quick stop to have lunch, which meant that we arrived at St. Xavier's School about 3 pm, which was right on time. We had a very warm welcome and for the 4th or 5th time we got wreaths of flowers. Also, the students at St Xavier’s were just as eager to meet us. From the school the students from 2.L drove with their new Indian families back to their houses, some with a private driver, and some had the pleasure of experiencing their Indian host driving the car by himself.

Back at the houses the students had some lunch and got to know their new Indian family. Some went on a quick sightseeing in Jaipur after lunch, and some just stayed home and had a short rest.

Students Gustav and Kira eating lunch with Gustavs host family. The man in the right side of the picture is Gustav’s host, Baljinder’s father, and behind Kira is Baljinder’s cousin. In the left side of the picture we see Baljinder’s sister (in red) and his mother (in pink) and behind the mother is the house-help. What you cannot see on this picture is the rest of the family, who was invited over to meet us and to observe the new the foreign students.

Families

The families with which 2L live are very different. Some students stay in a house where they have their own floor, and some of us have our own room. Some stay with a very religious family (as Gustav’s family, they are all Sikhs) and some may stay with a third kind of family. Only one thing is sure to conclude, and that is, no matter what kind of family we stay with, these days will for sure be the most interesting, challenging and fun days on this tour.

Gustav, Jens and Lucas