Not much sleep last week. Late nights at the local bars or in the lab kept me from getting the sleep I need. Was a tough week but a good one too! Matthias from the Swiss Tropical Institute stayed with us from Thursday through Saturday. He had a meeting at GNF. Was nice to have a guest who brought us up to speed with the latest gossip in Switzerland. And again we showed that the Swiss-German relations are very good on a private level...

Saturday we had a cooking. We thought it is a barbecue but Selina was told by Taylor the grad student in the lab that a real BBQ is with a big piece of meat that stays on low heat for hours. What we do with sausages and steaks is a cooking. Aha! There's always something to learn. Anyway it was perfect weather (23°C) and we realized that hanging out with your friends during the day, eating and drinking is very enjoyable. And I finally got my sleep, as we were home pretty early.

Nothing special today, or actually it was: No work at all, just organizing at home, relaxing, coffee with Karsten, another German (!) petting a snake and ok, some work helping Eddie with the FACS. But that was an emergency.