Second week in Germany and I my body feels like cheese that aged too long… One would wager that one week is plenty of time to adjust to the time shift, but alas! my body firmly refuses to tick according to CET. Furthermore, the coffee that i supposed to bring back life into my aging and aching bones is too strong for me! This brings me to the unavoidable conclusion, that my naturalization to the USofA way of life has progressed very far indeed…

Today, our collaboration meeting started. That brings a certain rhythm into their life: coffee and cookies at 9, 11, 15, lunch at 13 , dinner at 20. So one basically eats and its in talks, trying to stay awake. In the breaks, a little conversation is included with the drink, but people are people, so they stick together in the usual groups. After a week, everyone goes back home, probably a few pounds heavier but not necessarily more enlightend.

Anyway, the whole thing isn’t too bad. Besides, these meetings are usually accompanied by some nice dinner and a bit of sight seeing or so. Furthermore, I’ll have a few days in Hamburg and Uppsala next week, now, that isn’t bad at all!