Siddhartha the Great?

As I read Siddhartha, I took some time to identify some words I did not know.

1. Abode: a home  

2.Ascetics: Leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial, especially for spiritual improvement. 

In this section, I had a couple of questions as well. When Siddhartha and Govinda arrived at the garden where they would meet Buddha, why did Siddhartha see Buddha first? He was an ordinary man, wearing exactly the same clothes as all his monks, though Siddhartha recognized him.

"Look, said Siddhartha, there is the Buddha. Govinda looked attentively at the monk with yellow cowl, who could not be distinguished in any way form the hundreds of other monks, and yet Govinda soon recognized him. " (pg 22). Why is Siddhartha that perfect? He has control and devotion but why? Also, when Siddhartha talks to the Buddha and tells him his opinion, Gotama says that opinions mean nothing, though arent his teachings opinions? In one point in the conversation, Siddhartha says: "you are right saying that opinions mean little...You have learned nothing from teachings, and so I think, Ilustrious One, that nobody finds salvation through teachings."(pg 27) With this I answered my own question. Siddhartha is one step before everyone because he does not follow, he leads himself. He travels his own path, to find his own salvation in his own way.  Afterwards, Siddhartha says that, "I also, would luke to smile, sit and walk like that"(pg 29). Is he then not following his own self by saying this?