Saturday and Sunday were holidays
at Sadhana Forest. I could spend my first two days just exploring the camp,
which I was quite excited about. Most volunteers from the camp, visit the other
communities in Auroville or catch a bus to Pondicherry from the highway. I had
not visited Pondicherry up to then. I had a french professor in high school,
who was from Pondicherry. He taught me French for four years. I still can't speak much of it. He was real nice. He taught us the subject really
well and made learning French an interesting adventure. He told us about French
cuisine, music, monuments, literature. It was beautiful to listen to somebody,
that was so passionate about his subject.
So I wanted to visit Pondicherry. It
was a former French colony. I remember my professor, telling me about cafes and
buildings that looked exactly like the ones you had in France. How cool is
that? So that saturday, I wake up early and then catch a bus to Pondicherry. I
walk around the city. Visit the public library, notice that a street there was
called, 'Rue de la street' and eat a baguette at a bakery nearby. It was quite
hot, so I caught a 1 pm bus back to Auroville. I thought I would spend the rest
of the day exploring some parts of this city. I visit the Auroville Visitors
Center and just walk around with no specific purpose. I think that is the best
way to explore a place. To just walk around and observe.
