GERMANY
I think I drove home the significance of how much time I have left here in the previous post below, but since the only other alternative is sitting in my room drinking Innocent Smoothie and watching Two and a Half Men in German, I think I'll just throw out another entry for your perusal while the staffroom's still unlocked.
Today I started doing actual 'end of year' stuff, such as asking my bank and local council office when I need to think about closing bank accounts and de-registering as a foriegner working.
The bank thing seems pretty sweet, from what I understood I just need to go in a couple of days before I leave, they cancel the account but the card is still useable for as long as I need in Germany. I'm still not certain exactly how this works, and will probably make the woman explain it all again, but this is still probably better than if I was in the UK, where I'd most likely have to give 6 months notice and pay interest for every day I don't visit one of their cash machines or something.
Apart from this, I've been sorting through crap in my room and have come to the conclusion that I'll be paying excess baggage on a flight back, which doesn't exactly make me as happy as that chirpy bastard Larry, but even with a good 30% headed for the 12 or so recycling bins, there's still a heck of a lot.
The computer's just flashed up a box telling me it's gonna automatically shut down in 2 minutes. Guess it's time for Innocent Smoothie and Two and a Half Men.
I think I drove home the significance of how much time I have left here in the previous post below, but since the only other alternative is sitting in my room drinking Innocent Smoothie and watching Two and a Half Men in German, I think I'll just throw out another entry for your perusal while the staffroom's still unlocked.
Today I started doing actual 'end of year' stuff, such as asking my bank and local council office when I need to think about closing bank accounts and de-registering as a foriegner working.
The bank thing seems pretty sweet, from what I understood I just need to go in a couple of days before I leave, they cancel the account but the card is still useable for as long as I need in Germany. I'm still not certain exactly how this works, and will probably make the woman explain it all again, but this is still probably better than if I was in the UK, where I'd most likely have to give 6 months notice and pay interest for every day I don't visit one of their cash machines or something.
Apart from this, I've been sorting through crap in my room and have come to the conclusion that I'll be paying excess baggage on a flight back, which doesn't exactly make me as happy as that chirpy bastard Larry, but even with a good 30% headed for the 12 or so recycling bins, there's still a heck of a lot.
The computer's just flashed up a box telling me it's gonna automatically shut down in 2 minutes. Guess it's time for Innocent Smoothie and Two and a Half Men.
