So, I told you I was near Berlin. I am actually in a place called Golm, near the town Potsdam which is about 40 minutes by train from Berlin. I am at the Albert Einstein Institute which is inside the Max Plank Institute at Golm. Thoroughly confused? So be it!
This place reminds me of HRI. Except for the fact that there is no mess open on weekends and for dinner on weekdays. It sits in the middle of nowhere. Not that Potsdam is as bad as Allahabad. But you get the picture. And as you expect with Germany, it is a pretty fancy place. There are keys which smile and frown, doors which open with buttons, lights which are automatic and all that jazz. I have spend more than a week here. My host has been unbelievably nice.
Just as I write, there is a sudden urge to go out... get to Berlin and see it closely once again... so fare you well.

I am in Berlin. Well, not quite in Berlin, but near Berlin. It has been quite a while away from home. Almost a month now. I have been traveling around Europe and talking about my work. And it is not as wonderful as it sounds. Its like doomsday every time I need to move from one place to another. Catch a bus, go to place X .. from there take a train, go to place Y... if you are lucky, from there take a flight to place Z. Once you are in place Z, the fun starts all over again. Doing all this alone is such a pain. Part of why I am blogging now is to record my feelings and remember how I felt if I get bored of staying at HRI!