Well.. today it’s been a weird day. I had to wake up at 7:00 am local time in order to call a foundation in Greece at 9:00 am Greek time. That means I didn’t sleep much, I have a terrible headache and I am feeling sleepy all day long! I will be heading home in a short while.

I am also going to give some lectures on Tues. and Wed. and I have to prepare for those as well over the weekend, so I am expecting a quite busy weekend.

Researchwise I will try to use the latest QVT to define the transformation rules. We will see how this goes.

The past days have been quite busy. On Thursday and Friday I had been at the desk of the Hellenic Society at the freshers fair. Some pics can be found at: http://students.bugs.bham.ac.uk/hellenic/portal/boxx/knowledgebase.asp?Type=4&Cat=18

We signed up some 30+ members. We also decided to have a basketball team on the IMS. The team is called Greece’2005 after our national team won the Eurobasket 2005. That was a great event!

I am also back to research. Feel quite fresh and productive after 2 weeks of holidays. I wish I had more (I think I’ve said that before). I also had my first session as a demonstrator of SSC1 a while ago. As it was the first day, not so many people turned up, so things were quite relaxed. Having a snack break and going to watch Panathinaikos against Bremen. I am sure we won’t win (not to mention lose) but I am too bored to work and I want to see how bad the team will play.

I am back after two weeks of holidays. It was great. Just great! Had lot’s of rest, ouzo and food. The weather was great. Sunny and warm. Didn’t go swimming, but still… it was very nice and relaxing. Some pics:

My father outside the house.

My mom preparing a very nice barbecue.

Now back to work. The new term starts on Monday and a really busy winter is waiting for me! That’’s it… can’t write more! Have to get used to the laptop and long hours in the office again.

Well… looks like the preparations for the holidays are quite demanding! I have to clean the desk at the office, clean the house, pack my staff and take care of a couple of other bureaucratic details and install the new hdd at last!

I booked the tickets for the coach today. The return trip is going to be a mess. I will be arriving at Heathrow at 21:00 and the only coach available is at 23:59. I will be arriving home at 03:00 and I will have to wake up at 08:30.

On the outbound trip, I will be leaving Athens on the 9th after all. That gives me 11 days at the island. It should be enough to be bored to death…

P.S. I still haven’t received feedback for the first item I sold on eBay.

At last after some months, I am officially on holidays, since Friday!

I booked the tickets and I am leaving on Thursday! I will probably stay in Athens for a couple of days and then go back home. I’’ll be coming back on the 21st, hopefully with recharged batteries.

I had a very nice surprise party by Philipp and Arjun yesterday. Unfortunately I didn’t have any my camera at home in order to take a picture of the great cake! Well, we spent the whole day doing nothing…we should do it more often!

Even though I am on holidays, I also organise the data in my hard disk, in order to install the new one I bought.

P.S. Some pics from Norway as promised:

Overview of Trondheim from a hill close to the hotel.

A bear in the hotel.

The river that passes through the city. Wonderful view.