Moving to Munich
So! Got back to Goettingen and started planing the removal.
We needed a truck (too much stuff) with a driver. Removal companies are much too expensive, for the same service. If you need them to carry your stuff is even worse and if you need them to pack and unpack for you ... forget it.
We had been trying to reach the TUM Personnel Department since the previous week and finally, on monday, we managed. We learned that Fernanda needed a health exam, that had to start with a blood test and then a week later, when you have the results from the test, the physical exams. Well, a week later would be the start of the contract ... and the blood test could only be done very early in the morning. Result, Fernanda got the train at the end of the day to Munich, stayed at Miguel's (thanks pal) and I went the next day to officially get the keys of the flat (flat that we had never seen, it was visited and "approved" by Miguel - thanks again pal!). So in 12 hours I spent 7.5 in trains to go and come back.
Fernanda received the huge list of documents she would need, some that take a very long time to be issued, and we also learned that she should have been contacted around mid OCTOBER, but, you know ... her boss is already hunting heads and we are still paying (sometime literally) the price of the incompetence of the TUM's personnel department. There will be more complains later about it. :-)
So, back to Goettingen, back to the removal. We decided that we would be already living in Munich when she started to work so the removal would happen in the weekend, we had 4 days to pack the house and arrange everything.
Set the truck to sunday, set an army of friends to help on the removal in Goettingen and in Munich (thank you all again). Also a lot of help on the packing. Friends are great!
We moved on sunday, chaos took over our things.
During this week we tried to get the more complicated document, the "work permit", that should come after having the "residence permit", that requires a contract and time. In Goettingen they informed us that there would be no time for that, since we would be moving on the weekend. I also registered my portuguese citizenship at their system. Very handy even though cause of confusion in the future.
Needless to say that the only work time during the whole week were the almost 4 hours train trip to Munich on tuesday (trip back I was too tired and I had Fernanda as company :-) ). Started checking the new models.
Next chapter "in Munich" :-)
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The trip back
So! It's been a while, too much happening at the same time, so now I can come back to posting what has been happening.
I'll be posting with "retroactive" dates, so that things are well placed "in time" and I'll be telling the story in parts, even it several parts at once. This way my "loyal reader" (as Hogg always says) can know what's up.
The second half of the trip to Brazil was fine. We came back to Rio, but couldn't see most of the people we wanted due to small problems like "food poisoning" of the couple (we're not sure it was bad, or we just ate too much at the "churrascaria"). That killed the weekend.
On the next monday I had to come back to Sao Paulo to sign my portuguese papers and get my ID card. So now, officially portuguese.
Some work was done one the cluster project, finishing to produce the new photometric catalogue, matched with the ACS photometry and with CAS analysis. The next step would be modeling the new objects. That was also started (it runs in batch) and will need checking afterwards.
In the mean while we were worried about the paperwork for Fernanda's contract at the TUM (in Munich) and we finally heard we would need to call the personnel department. To know what was up. And also couldn't contact ARCOR successfully about new prices and transferring my phone/DSL to Munich. Which they ask 4-6 weeks.
Time to come back to Germany.
Flight TO Brazil was already bad. The sit was about 1cm narrower than my hips and I'm not "that" out of shape. A "not new" 747. Bad choice. You really have the impression they are transporting CATTLE!!! At least the crew was nice and that made things easier. When you travel with a small kid that should sleep in your lap, you really need some crew attention.
On the flight back, no changes on the sits (same plane, or similar), place was worse, there was a mother with 2 kids beside us, one in the lap and a larger one on the sit. That as every kid it "spreads" while sleeps and poor Fernanda with Matheus on her lap and a kid beside using her as pillow and so on ...
To complete, the crew of this flight really sucked! Now I was sure they were transporting cattle! For example, when the "food" came, I've got mine and would get Fernanda's when I was done, so I could get Matheus while she eats (actually a nice suggestion from the crew of the flight to Brazil). When I said that I heard "we can't do that", after a "cynical/ragged" look and a "so what to you suggest??" pointing at a mother with sleeping son in her arms, I was "tolerated".
This is just an example, I really don't intent to get into an Air France flight again, if I can prevent. Hooray to KLM!
Got home and started solving problems and planing the moving.
BTW, there will be A LOT of complaining in the next few posts :-))
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Summarizing
Long while ... things are quite crazy.
The flat we found "turn us down" ... no comments ...
After looking a bit more and a "remote" visit (thanks Miguel) we found a flat. Contract was signed a day before our trip to Brazil.
We came to Brazil ... I had to sign some papers (still have to sign some of them) and since we're moving to Munich we won't be able to come for Christmas, so we all came.
Some days in Sao Paulo, now some in Rio. Days have to be equally divided between the grandparents.
About science. New photometry for the clusters that was observed and "z-photted" by the "Bonn people" was matched to our ACS photometry. Now CAS is being ran and gotta check the GALFIT models.
Other clusters and DFs are ready in CAS and models and photometry. Just the "best fit" decision is to be done. Simulations will give this to train the method.
What else ... several small things, but mostly family issues.
We'll be back to Germany next week and then we move to Munich ... so rushy times.
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