Dinner in the dark!

Friends of mine and I had a dinner together last week. The dinner was special and can not be compared with anything I have done in my life before. For my last birthday I got this dinner in the dark as a birthday present from my friends. I have to say this is one of the best presents I got in my whole life. The dinner was organized by the charity for the blind in Graz. The reason for such events is that they want to shape the awareness of the concerns of blind and visually impaired people. Therefore the waiters were blind and the dinner took place in a dark room.

I was surprised how hard it is to get along in the darkness at the beginning. But after a while my eyes got used to the darkness and also my mind. For me it was a new experience to make conversations without seeing the expression on the face of the person you talk to. The main challenge I thought would be to eat. But I was surprised how well  it worked out. We were not informed about the menu that made the whole dinner more interesting. My friends and I were discussing about the things on our plates. It was really hard to figure out what we were actually eating. During the dinner we all got kind of used to the darkness and as time passed by we got better in eating and drinking.

In my opinion the waiters were just amazing. The name of our waitress was Moni. She did a great job during the dinner and helped us with everything. After the dinner we had a chance to talk to her about her being blind. Moni is blind since she was 24 years old. She knew that she would be blind one day since she was a little girl. I think it is remarkable how she lives her life. Moni has a wonderful husband and a lovely child and she is glad that she is able to do a lot of dailylife things by her own like groceries shopping.

This experience was incredible and I recommend to you guys to try the same one day. Everyone of us knows that there are people how are not so lucky to see but we never put ourselves in such a position. Therefore this dinner is perfect to get to understand blind people better.