Two more weeks

Got a trip to Hamburg. Suprisingly cheap for a weekend, 370e. Hotel costs almost twice as much as the flight there and back. Received word from Y, too busy but that was to be expected. Other than that everything seems to be clear regarding tour de Finland except that I need to buy the 3 day vacation pass.

Some clouds appeared over my time in German next year. The office in Germany feels that my organisation should pay for everything (yes I can see why as I am forcing myself there :) but my boss wants the German organisation to take some part in the living cost. Hell, I could pay for the rent myself if need be.

Apparently my psychological "warfare" has gone through. As I left the office on Friday our admin told me to swear that I would not remove any of the servers whilst he is on vacation :] Maybe I'll just hide them somewhere as I'll be on vacation when he comes back :P

Three more weeks

Then the vacation starts. As usual huge plans that are most likely not going to happen. Atleast I'm going to Tampere but after that, who knows. Tervola - maybe. Oulu? Don't know. Turku, yes. Archipelago? Definitly. Need to talk to Y about Hamburg and when it would be suitable to go there.

Whilst in Lativa my boss asked if I still was serious about going to Germany. I said yes. He talked to our German contact who talked to me and adviced me on issues that should be considered. I also started to write on the application that he needs to send to the local HR .. and the local Union. I thought there was free movement in the EU... So did P. I'm sure that Nokia laying of a few thousand there wont be helpful :)