Coming back from a trip with bags full of shopping and hearts full of memories is always a good takeaway from a holiday. As soon as we touchdown, we start missing the place. And then there are some, or most, of us who when they are back from a trip abroad show some very classic ‘foreign-trip-withdrawal’ signs.

Here’s some tongue-in-cheek vital signs, one shows who’s just been back from a holiday abroad.

1. While shopping, fish out in the wallet, take out a dollar or a pound bill, and wave it and joke “Oh, do you accept these?”

2. Bringing up the holiday in about every conversation.

3. Flaunting on social media by uploading 100+ pictures in albums running in 2-3 parts, many days after the touchdown, till some friends start commenting “I thought you were back” and you write back “Yeah, this is from my last trip.”

4. Comparing the weather, pollution, food, niceties of people in foreign land, safety and almost everything with their desi counterparts.

5. After relishing the firang breads, you now crave for spicy Indian food and jump at the sight of butter chicken and paneer tikka. You have rekindled your love for local food.

6. Repeating “Oh, this jet lag!” as an answer to every question on looking tired, to looking angry.

7. Like and follow the social media pages of the restaurants you ate at, stores you bought fashion goodies from, or the fancy hotel you stayed at. Even if you as much as passed these places! 

8. Keeping the airline baggage tag on handbags till it wears and tears into tiny bits on its own.

9. Getting a box full of assorted chocolates bought at the airport’s duty free shop for everyone in office, neighborhood and anyone who asks “What did you get for me?”

10. Google up the places visited, read about the history to help write smart captions to go with your pictures you are sharing with your friends.

11. Day dreaming the holiday over and over again, sitting in office, running on the treadmill or while cooking palak paneer.

So, are you too guilty as charged? :P

Naina Madan

From CA to advertising to writing, life has been a true roller-coaster ride. Not that I mind it. When not figuring out how to earn money to finance the travel, coffee and books, I am day-dreaming the travel, the coffee smell and virtually sniffing through new released books.

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