On National Tourism Day, January 25, Isabel Schmidt, consul at the German Consulate General in Mumbai, ought to have been on her Indian motorbike touring the country, like she has been doing in the three years she has been here. Schmidt laughed as she said, “Today is an apt time to reminisce about my time here and the way I criss-crossed India on my bike, imbibing the sights and sounds, soaking up culture and customs like a sponge does water.”

To Mumbai

Schmidt, from the Black Forest area in South West Germany, arrived in India in July 2019. The consul said, “I bought my first bike in February 2020. A year later, fortunately, I was introduced to a group of bikers and started exploring India with them on bike.”