A quickie

I leave Germany tomorrow.
Boo.
However as soon as the plane lifts off I will be overtaken by the excitement of what is to come.
You can expect the first blog post proper sometime on Monday/Tuesday.
Wish me luck.
Caroline follows in a couple of days when the Brussels Bureaucracy sorts itself out.

Last Day and visa settlement

Quick post before decamping to the boozer.

Secco at 17:00, Basha at 19:00, then The Forth whenever after that.

So my final day at work and I got a cracking haul of presents:

• A lecturer's jacket of the type you'd expect to have leather patches (picture to follow)


• A pipe for the same reason as above


• A certificate detailing my achievements (scanned copy to follow)


• A Hugo Boss tie - very bebonair


• A beautiful Waterman Pen, engraved with one of my typical work phrases "For Fuck's Sake"


• An extremely high quality merino undershirt to deal with the Beijing winter (see below)

Oh and the letter of invitation is on it's way too, so that's a big relief. The earliest it will arrive is Monday at 18:00. I'll keep you posted.

By the way, the German is isolated in southern Germany, Stuttgart and Freiburg to be exact - hence no posts.