adventures in kolkata

i think part of the reason i love this city is because everyday is really an adventure. today it started with a super crowded metro with people pushing and internal organs getting smashed in the process. about halfway through our commute to the north of the city the metro stopped and half the people got out. about half a second later a voice came over the loud speaker, said something in bangla (it was one of those moments where i wish i could understand bangla), and everyone got out of the metro. as i was waiting to exit the train the doors closed on my bag so my immediate reaction was to pry the doors open which then turned into holding the doors open for the rest of the people behind me. quite the kolkata metro experience. it was a mass of people because it was rush hour in kolkata so the mob moved towards the gates and exited in a fairly orderly manner which really impressed me. we then tried to get a bus which was an adventure because we were told that there were no buses that were going to where we needed to be. one guy told us to catch a bus to the next metro stop then there would be buses heading north to where we needed to get to....well we did that but there were no buses so we started walking. we ended up at the next metro station where we just started asking for any bus that was going north. we found one and got to work only half an hour late. i was pretty impressed that our adventure only delayed us a half hour. it is moments like these that just make me laugh because ultimately God is in control. i could have gotten mad or frustrated but instead i see it as God providing an adventure and new way to see more of the city. i am continually a student learning that i always need to be prepared for an adventure.