Bombay to Birmingham

Coming from Bombay, the financial capital and, without a doubt, one of the most advanced cities of India, I had a misconception that life could not get any better! Amazing parties, a really active social life, a busy college life and so on. While that was my impression about Bombay in the summer of 2009, little did I know that just in a few months from then, I would be doing Bhangra in the prestigious Aston University, something that I never dared to do for the first 18 years of my life! Completing the visa procedures was not as complicated as I was told it would be, and before I knew it, I was packing my bags to step into a new phase of my life. My parents and I were equally bewildered on arriving at Heathrow Airport as, needless to say, all of this was new to the three of us. Surprisingly, we did not face the slightest difficulty in going around and getting to the city of Birmingham. After having experienced the crowded, smelly, disorganised and chaotic atmosphere of Bombay's buses and trains, travelling in Heathrow's railways and Britain's National Express felt blissful. After a two and a half hour bus journey, we finally reached Digbeth Coach Station, Birmingham's Central, National Express coach station. I was on my way to Aston!!!