I know i didn’t write a lot lately. The reason is that there’s simply nothing happening here. The schedule looks exactly the same every day. Nothing spectacular at all. Only highlight was the parcel i got from my girlfriend. And knowing that there might be one from my mum on the way. Time will tell…

The daily schedule is more or less settled in now. Our biological clocks are adjusted to the time shift. Our day looks something like this: 17:00 wake up 17:30 move to Bern 18:00 breakfast 19:00 take over command post 19:15 briefing 19:30 bring out first team 22:00 lunch 22:30 bring out second team 01:30 bring …

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It is April, and its snowing! WTF?!?!

I just found out that i wasnt the only one that overslept yesterday. 3 other guys slept until about 1pm . Luckily the standby-driver brought them home

Sleeping is a good thing, especially when you’ve done your last tour and got about 3.5 hours until you go back to the encampment. Bad thing is when no-one wakes you up. But as i had the car-keys they wouldn’t have left without me . I was only a few minutes late, but i was …

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Working during the night has certain advantages. You get through the city with no trouble and you are left in peace. Downsides are that the radio program repeats every 2 to 3 hours and that you get bored between the tours. Still the worst thing is the jet lag. OK, I’ve got a fairly easy …

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It seems that blogging via my mobile phone worked quite good. Only downside is, that the number of characters is capped. I don’t know exactly, but I think it’s a problem of my mobile phone and not WordPress. So don’t wonder if my posts are kept short. At least the smileys work… We are now …

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Yesterday was a ‘busy’ day. My main job was delivering food and shuttling people around. OK, I had to get up 1 hour earlier than the others to get breakfast (which took approx. 1/2 hour per way), but it also got me around the training . This morning we packed our stuff and moved to …

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