Counting Down the Final Weeks
I can’t believe how fast time has passed — there are only two weeks left now! Realizing that made me much more active in exploring the area and trying to do as many things as possible before driving back to Berlin.
Work is still going well. I guess I’m actually pretty good at what I’m doing, because my boss here has asked me multiple times if I would consider staying and working here instead of returning to Germany. To be honest, the projects here are genuinely interesting, but spending another two or three years learning the language and settling into a completely new country would also be quite challenging.
Still… maybe someday I really will end up somewhere along the Mediterranean coast.
Four-Day Weeks Really Hit Different
It was truly a lovely week. I have to say, the four-day work week is amazing — time passes so quickly before you even realize it’s already the weekend again.
Thanks to the extra recovery time, I’m able to go back to work feeling refreshed. I’m still working on different demos and improving the performance of existing projects. There are always bugs that take forever to track down, but with patience — which is probably one of the most important skills for a programmer — and careful debugging, things eventually work out.
My first week was a bit more relaxed than expected, because it was mostly about paperwork and administration.
On Monday I was welcomed by Anna from ALFMED. She is friendly and very helpful and showed me my accommodation, which is right next to the agency. She gave me a brief introduction to the city and the area, including the city centre, public transport, and, since I came here by car, also some information about parking.
My journey already began on 22 March.
To make the 1,700 km, 16‑hour drive easier, I decided to turn it into a road trip and stop in a few different cities along the way.
