...which always makes the city so much more fun!!! There are decorations everywhere, Xmas markets (I kid you not: 5 or 6 on the way home from work), and a merry spirit! I have to say though, and I don't say this often, it is not quite cold enough right now... Xmas markets are to be enjoyed with cold hands, and preferably some snow, like in the past years. Right now, temperatures rise to around 8-9 degrees during the day: far too warm for a real xmas market feeling!
In any case, for the past bit of time I have not really been able to enjoy Berlin anyway, since I have been travelling. I spent 4 days in Barcelona (20° and sunny: lovely!) for a conference, and some work with a potential co-author. I then returned for about 18 hours, to attend a workshop I was organizing on a new project proposal, before hopping back onto a plane to go to Brussels. We spent the weekend with M&L who live in Brussels, and G who came over from Milano. It was great fun, with lots of boozing and board games and other bits of fun! On Sunday night Fedor returned to Berlin, and I stayed as I was presenting in a seminar in Leuven. That was successful as well (and oh my, Leuven is so cute!) and I came back into Berlin last night. That also means that, according My Flightmemory, I finish the year with around 75,633 km of flying, a little down from last year when I flew about 78000 km.
For next year, I already have some 45000km of flights booked: I will go to Chicago for the American Economic Association in the first week of January and then we're going on vacation, for a short period of, ehm, 7 weeks... We're flying to Kuala Lumpur via Cairo and then on to Yangon, Myanmar (assuming we get the visa: I sent our passports off to the Embassy today). We will stay in Myanmar for around 24 days, then return to Malaysia and Singapore for a week or so, before going to Indonesia for the final 2 (1/2) weeks. Doesn't sound too bad, right?
Obviously, this trip is our attempt of avoiding Winter (leaving mid-January, returning in March) because we actually decided to stay in Berlin for now! I have today informed my boss that I would like to stay, given the quasi-promotion he has offered and the fact that, actually, I really enjoy what I do!!! (I may not enjoy the Institute that much, but I think I can avoid most of the shit fairly easily). So for those of you interested in coming to visit: there is no rush! ;-)))
Tschüßi,
OJ
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It's been ages I've been here, finding out that via Nepal and Thailand, you've decided to stay in Berlin. To come to this ending, having flown twice around the world, is a marvelous one. It somehow doesn't quite seem to be you, though.
All is rather the same here. Drowning in similar work-related issues and enjoying family life a lot! Enjoy the holiday seasons!
Yay, dropping by in Berlin! Will take some time, but you can expect me somewhere in the second half of 2012 ;-)
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