Mon, Jan 16, 2006
Markus Winter planned to have a leisurely holiday himself on the Seychelles, with daughter Leonie. Helena Kaufmann however just inherited part of the land the resort is build on, and wants him to buy her out. Markus finds things are quit different, but remains occupied. Wayne Carstens starts a romance with Florentine 'Flo', who pretends to be a model. Fashion executive Horst Körner and his wife Nora plan some quality time, for their 20th anniversary. But Horst's new tennis - and archery partner there, Oliver Possard, is Nora's adulterous ex.
Thu, Feb 2, 2006
A Berlin hotel chain owner and author, who follows the advice to add a chapter to her India manuscript 'The Light of Wisdom' on Diwali, plans to hold such first-ranking Hindu feast of light in her Indian hotel. She enlists her Viennese nephew Markus Winter to ask the blessing and magnificent attendance of his study days relation, the present maharajah of Jaipur, whose fabulous ancestral palace is the jewel of Rajastan. The maharajah's excellent son and heir Shandro has lost his heart to European commoner Nadine, but is told by the patriarch the family tradition dictates an arranged marriage with another prominent family's daughter, now the paradise feels like a golden cage... Meanwhile two hotel guest households have there own family - and home job-related troubles...