India, Feb. 14 -- This is your first trip to India. How did you imagine it would be, and how has it turned out?

Before travelling to India, I had imagined that it would be very interesting, different from Europe certainly, and with lots of colour and people. My husband, Wolfgang, is travelling with me. We like it very much here. There are some things about India that seem really modern, and there are other things that make you feel like you have gone back in time almost 700 years ago. We saw a lot of poor people on the streets of Chennai. The social gap was not that visible in Kozhikode because most people are well-educated. We were really impressed by the friendliness of the people in Kerala, and just the fact that there are so many you...