Hectic few hours this morning :-)
First cheaptickets.nl had changed the departure date from December 3 to December 4 which raised all kinds of red flags. Emailed them yesterday but no reply so tried calling them this morning. However, the phone number listed on their website doesn't work. Good thing Asnida still had a phone number that does work. I explained the situation and now have new e-tickets with departure date December 2.
That way I have a two day buffer if I run into delays.
So, it's now 11 days to go before W-day I think :-)

I also just submitted a big European research proposal which I've been working on for the last 1,5 month or so. Let's see if they like it enough to fund me. At least now I can  catch my breath a bit and start thinking about writing more proposals.

The weather is turning colder with every week it seems. Sadly, no more shorts and t-shirts for the time being.