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I brought some UK-style multiblock extension leads over from the UK, and replaced the plugs with continental European plugs bought for €0.99 shortly after I arrived here.
There are no words which adequately describe how superior the resulting devices are compared to those one-piece plastic adaptor things you buy at the airport.
... like I'm in a different country. Not in the same way that it does (or did, previously) when I visited other countries. Maybe it's because almost everything at work is done in English, or maybe it's because I've had such a long time to get used to the idea before coming. Or maybe it's because things aren't actually that much different over here from what I'm used to.
So, writing up my PhD thesis took a little longer than expected, as did organising the viva. But last week I passed said viva, and tomorrow I'll be getting on a plane to Hamburg with no immediate plans to return other than for visits.
It feels less scary, right now, than it sounds.
(This is my excuse for the reduced number of exciting Mesa commits and blog posts recently, of course. I need to grow some more brain cells after using my current stock up last week...)