That’s
boring, sorry. No alarm, no excited officer, not even a word to the whole
pharmacy I transported with me (of course, in the pre-scribed squared zip-back,
in total not more than 3 oz ;-)). I’d just got a huge grin on my face after
leaving the security control. At least my last work day was finished by an
emergency alarm in the neighbor building (evacuating that one, including the
parking lot).
And now I’m
sitting at the airport waiting for my flight (in four hours…), reading the time
I calculated for the police to arrive for checking the medications I wanted to
get on the airplane (eye drops for a good friend), me, explaining over and over
again, that, yes, indeed, those fifteen pages explained the content of the
liquid, but.. no :-)
I’m glad
about that and somehow, indeed, it’s sad to leave, but I think the joy to see
my family again will outweigh the loss of finishing the project early and to
cement new friendships. For sure, Vuk, YoonYoung, Sheng and all the others,
we’ll stay in touch! Many thanks again to everybody in our group and the nice
time we had together! I enjoyed working with you and getting to know you a lot!
Thus, I
leave a report to be proofread and many ideas behind… and a country which has
got the potential to be “visited” again! Nevertheless, my whole life... Errr,
maybe right now I am still too “European” if this mode exists to imagine the
rest of my time in the US; but a great part of me will stay there ;-)
Okay, so
far this blog was “funny” to write: Just the rather exciting stuff, something’s
always fascinating to report, not the boring things, like my regular getting
up, how I’m alone, except Skype-contacts in the evening… There haven’t been any
friends or family around (except my colleagues and Benni ;-)) and that was
sometimes slightly exhausting. Therefore the additional greatest thanks to my
family in Germany who supported me with regular Skype calls, long mails during
the week and all possible emotional, immaterial and financial support I could
imagine. I can’t express the thanks you deserve in words. This also concerns my friends in Australia,
UK and Germany who (I hope ;-)) survived my spam mails.
Furthermore
a great thank-you to the German Academic Exchange Service and to the German
National Academic Foundation for sponsoring me. I don’t want to miss the
experiences and possibilities I got here – a mile stone and a signpost for the
future!
Thus, Max, my extended luggage will arrive
soon :-) See you and everybody else then. Cheers!
