Astronomy and Coffee

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" :-)