Friday, 15.2. - Ready for take off

Last day in the office. Drinks and snacks with the team to say goodbye to everyone and close off last projects. Thanks to all those who made the trip possible, which includes the ones who initiated the project, our security and medical staff, the IT, COO and travel administration and many more. In a last-minute exercise we even managed to activate my high-security USB-stick.

Still need to pack my bags and maintain some discipline on what to take (definitely: mosquito repellent!) and what to leave (definitely: winter gloves!). It’s dark and cold outside and the streets are still covered by the last remainders of yesterday’s snow. A glance at the Fort Portal weatherforecast makes me question whether it’s worth at all taking a pullover with me.

Thanks for all the good wishes I have received from various colleagues over the past days and especially to those ones who will cover my absence for the next four weeks! The Deutsche Bank MMU project team will convene on Saturday night 7PM at Frankfurt airport. Take off to Addis Ababa, our interim stopover is scheduled for 9:35 PM. Next update will be from degree of latitude zero.