Twice a year, in almost all cities and towns in Germany, the shops are open on Sunday. Though not the whole day, they are open from 1 pm to 6 pm, and today was that time of the year. T and I decided to make good use of the free time and the lovely weather outside. To our surprise, the traveling was free. T didn't have to pay for this ticket, and he was very excited to learn about it. The bus was full of passengers with their kids, and we reached the city center in no time. I met one friend and her son there, and we started our chit-chat and going to different shops on the demand of our sons.
We met T's best friend with his family there, and the city center was teeming with people. People of all ages, shapes and sizes and colors had decided to make good use of the shops open on Sunday. It didn't seem like a Sunday at all. Except for the frequency of public transport, which was less compared to on the weekdays, everything else seemed so normal. People were shopping, talking, eating, drinking, and making merry. There were street performers, singers, sand artists busy presenting their art to the people. There was a long line in front of a famous ice cream shop. It seemed as though people had never eaten ice cream in the summer, which just passed. There was a festive atmosphere around and very crowded. The boys were enjoying the choicest food from the food trucks that had come for the food festival. There was nothing that I could eat there, being a pure vegetarian. T enjoyed his favorite hot dog with Pommes Frites (french fries). T has decided to eat less of sweet things available in the market and he prefers eating food at home where he clearly knows the source, quantity and quality of sugar that is used in preparing sweets. So, we didn't have any ice cream or other sweet stuff in the market.
We came back at almost sunset, and it suddenly felt frigid after the evening. T wanted to bath as he claimed he smelled of cigarettes (from the smoking of people in the city center). He reached home, and he went straight to the bathroom. After bathing, recited the Shlokas from Bhadwad Gita with his grandmother on Whatsapp. He finished solving one sheet of Maths sums, read two pages of German stories for kids, and went off to sleep listening to Ram Raksha Stotra and the Mantra of Shri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram.
I thanked T for the wonderful time we spent together and also thanked God for allowing me to go out in the sunny weather with my son, who sometimes acts like a grown-up and sometimes as a small child. I get tired answering his questions about the sun, moon, universe, different planets but that information has helped him a lot to form his own opinions and that will surely go a long way in his life. As I type out this article, he is already asleep dreaming about the time machine which he wants to build with his friend.
We met T's best friend with his family there, and the city center was teeming with people. People of all ages, shapes and sizes and colors had decided to make good use of the shops open on Sunday. It didn't seem like a Sunday at all. Except for the frequency of public transport, which was less compared to on the weekdays, everything else seemed so normal. People were shopping, talking, eating, drinking, and making merry. There were street performers, singers, sand artists busy presenting their art to the people. There was a long line in front of a famous ice cream shop. It seemed as though people had never eaten ice cream in the summer, which just passed. There was a festive atmosphere around and very crowded. The boys were enjoying the choicest food from the food trucks that had come for the food festival. There was nothing that I could eat there, being a pure vegetarian. T enjoyed his favorite hot dog with Pommes Frites (french fries). T has decided to eat less of sweet things available in the market and he prefers eating food at home where he clearly knows the source, quantity and quality of sugar that is used in preparing sweets. So, we didn't have any ice cream or other sweet stuff in the market.
We came back at almost sunset, and it suddenly felt frigid after the evening. T wanted to bath as he claimed he smelled of cigarettes (from the smoking of people in the city center). He reached home, and he went straight to the bathroom. After bathing, recited the Shlokas from Bhadwad Gita with his grandmother on Whatsapp. He finished solving one sheet of Maths sums, read two pages of German stories for kids, and went off to sleep listening to Ram Raksha Stotra and the Mantra of Shri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram.
I thanked T for the wonderful time we spent together and also thanked God for allowing me to go out in the sunny weather with my son, who sometimes acts like a grown-up and sometimes as a small child. I get tired answering his questions about the sun, moon, universe, different planets but that information has helped him a lot to form his own opinions and that will surely go a long way in his life. As I type out this article, he is already asleep dreaming about the time machine which he wants to build with his friend.
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ReplyDeleteThanks. May I know your name please? I can just see chb in the comments.
DeleteThis is the age when children ask 'n' number of questions and they expect the true replies given by his parents or anybody else. Nice that he is asking question which concern him and shall help him in future. ....... Baba.
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