Anyway, it was all good fun. It was great to be in Ireland for the first time (depending on how you count, my appr. 50th country I ever visited!) and to meet up with all oud buddies. We even managed to meet up with Brian, who was a colleague of Fedor's in Milano and who returned to Dublin with his wife Elisa. Here is a picture of the whole gang (excl Brian) in front of the cafe founded by Fedor's former boss Caroline
The trip to Hamburg was another opportunity to see a new city, with Nicole joining us as so often! Hamburg really is a very pretty city. I love the modern architecture by the port, particularly in combination with the old classical buildings nearby. The only issue with the city that we noticed now (and which is apparently a constant problem there) is the WEATHER. It rained nearly continuously during our visit, but we didn't let that dampen our spirits!!!
The other main reason for going there was that Stephie was celebrating her 30th birthday by organising an eighties party! Obviously, we never let a good opportunity to get dressed up pass us by and we immediatel got our act together and adjusted to the theme...
Anyway, lots of fun ensued!
This week has been a busy one. With my coauthors in London, we are trying to create a final draft for our paper on governance and piracy, and I have been working on a Revise and Resubmit at the Journal of Peace Research. Unfortunately, I do not agree with the referees very much so I am trying to florally express my reasons why they ought to be ignored... Let's see!
In the meanwhile, the institute is getting quite some press coverage with the institute's president "deciding to take a leave of absence" (/cynicism) recently and me spending most of my spare time looking for alternative employment: fun times indeed! Anyway, I have renewed my website and starting sending out a few applications here and there... Let'S see!!!
Tschüßi,
OJ
No comments:
Post a Comment