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The class in front of The Royal Danish Embassy
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The first appointment of the day was
a visit to the royal Danish Embassy, at first the building appeared as the rest
of the Indian mansions, covered by a tall concrete wall that not even the sun
could warm up, just over the top could you catch a glimpse of the roof. From
the outside the only thing that marked this building as special was the Danish
and Icelandic flag, and also the three guards in front of the gate.
The security to get inside the
embassy, was just as secure as the airport, and when you finally got through
the gate you entered the small piece of Danish land. It was like leaving a capital
of a billion people and entering a garden in some southern suburb.
The whole class were given a small
tour of the ground floor of this newly build glass building, by an intern,
stationed in Delhi for six months. After the short tour of the ground floor,
which was filled with Danish design and LEGO, we were shown down to the
basement…
But instead of a dark basement full
of spiders and other insects we found a brightly lit room with coffee and tea
for all of us, here we were greeted short by the Danish ambassador Freddy
Svane. Shortly after we was given a presentation, of
the duty’s and goals for the Danish embassy.
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| Ambassador Freddy Svane gives a talk to our class |
After the short
representation which lasted for about an hour, we gathered in front of the
embassy and took a group photo in front of the white building.
Old Delhi
One hour after the fresh air-condition we felt in the air
from the Danish Embassy, we went to a place with a lot of people and a lot of
smog: Old Delhi. Already when we arrived we could feel the claustrophobia because
of the amount of people walking in the same areas. Later on, we went to a place
with almost any kinds of spices. We sneezed and coughed over and over because
of the smell of the strong spices. The smells of hundred different spices made
us feel very tired, so we took a rickshaw through all the chaos to the bus we
were going home with.
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Ride from one of Delhi’s famous rickshaws
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The trip was very scary, we drove through a junction
which wasn´t working and busses passed by us, ten centimetres from the
rickshaw. We felt scared, but we needed to trust the guy driving the rickshaw
with all of our hearts, and we did. It was a chaotic trip, but we enjoyed the
adrenaline we felt throughout it.
Kahn Market
The last event of the day was a
two-and-a-half-hour visit to the famous Kahn Market.
We were in advance told, that it wasn’t
like the other places, which we had seen in Delhi. Kahn Market is much more
westernised, than Old Delhi for example.
But what we saw
didn’t really match with the fact, that it is the 21st most expensive shopping area in the World (or so we were told).
Sure, we saw a few jewellery stores and
some more classic restaurants, but we expected a bit more to be honest.
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Beautiful view from the top of the spice
market
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When you think of an expensive shopping area, you at least expect a Gucci and Louis Vuitton shop right? The closest thing to it by far was a high-end watch store and that was it! No sneaker store, no luxury stores, nothing of the sort.
It should be said, that the food we ate was great and of course cheaper, than anything in Denmark. We found an Indian cuisine restaurant, with great service and an excellent meal, which is always a great way to finish off the day.
You never get tired of Butter chicken.
Sander, Haralld & Otto
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