on my way to the other side of the globe

Tomorrow I will be venturing on another "academic jet-set" trip which will earn me a lot of frequent flyer miles as well as an opportunity to show off my newly found Antarctic critters on a poster. So the trolley is packed, the poster roll stands by the door, and of course my trusty old WS powerbook will come along, too.

I have no idea how often or whether I will be connected to something at all, but let's see when I get there.

First, I have to brave a "short" commuter flight to Heathrow and then a 26hrs stretch (probably with a tank stop somewhere on the way) to Auckland, NZ, before I have yet another 'commute' from there to the lovely city of Dunedin. Let's see whether the bookstores at Heathrow have a NZ Lonely Planet copy left.

Isn't it odd how that you always look forward to those trips until the very night before, when nothing sounds more intreaguing than just having the usual "day at the office" the next day? Anyway, by Friday night (already Saturday morning over there) I will know what I got myself into. So long.