{"id":14965,"date":"2017-09-03T08:52:40","date_gmt":"2017-09-03T08:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog2\/?p=14965"},"modified":"2019-02-15T09:06:36","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T09:06:36","slug":"living-in-an-indian-host-family-my-home-away-from-home-nico-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/living-in-an-indian-host-family-my-home-away-from-home-nico-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"Living in an Indian host family \u2013 my \u2018home away from home\u2019: Nico, Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Travelling is one of the most\ncharming adventures of life – visiting different countries and cultures,\ndiscovering new places and habits. But some travels are different – sometimes\nyou feel the need not just to travel to a country, but to live it, purely. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That was my idea when first I\ndecided to come to India. In my imagination, it was such a captivating place to\nexperience and I was deeply curious to enjoy Indian culture. However, I had\nsome prejudices that were making me a bit scared to spend much time in the\ncountry. People around me kept telling me India is not a safe place, diseases\nare very dangerous and the hygiene conditions are awfully bad. When I landed,\nmy head was full of this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After one month spent in India, I\ncan say reality is different from the European view. I am living in an Indian\nhost family that treats me as good as an actual member of their family. I learnt\nso much from them that a thousand words won`t be enough to explain it all. At\nthe beginning, it might be shocking (and it was for me too), but it is very\neasy to get used to the living conditions, local food, and various habits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After a few days, everything\nbecame really easy and I started to enjoy time with the family -playing with\nthe kids, learning Kannada words from the grandfather, and showing photos of my\nlife back in Europe to the host mother. I spent time with them handling daily\nissues (power loss, insects and snakes) or during holidays and religious\nceremonies and I loved it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Living in a host family was probably the most touching emotion of my entire life and one month is definitely not enough. I strongly recommend it to everyone who is looking for something different from just travelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Travelling is one of the most charming adventures of life – visiting different countries and cultures, discovering new places and habits. But some travels are different – sometimes you feel the need not just to travel to a country, but to live it, purely. That was my idea when first I decided to come to India. In my imagination, it was such a captivating place to experience and I was deeply curious to enjoy Indian culture. However, I had some…<\/p>\n

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