day 2 at IIASA

I woke up at six and could not sleep. I guess its stress. Well today's program consisted of tick shot (tick is probably the most dangerous thing in Austria, at least the amount fuss was considerable), melzen form and desposit for the flat, passport picture, plenty of computer problems because of wireless lan and finally hour long talk with my supervisor Tatiana Ermolieva. I ran out of cash because of the deposit and heard from the IIASA people that establishing a real account in Austria might be slightly difficult for somebody not receiving salary for an austrian account, like me. The other more likely account type is supposedly without way to retrieve cash from an ATM. Austria is yet to experience the revolution of plastic money and credit cards are rejected more often than accepted.  Taking care of practical matters such as banking is made even more difficult by IIASA, which expects people to work long hours. Add to that an hour of commuting after work and you do not make it even to the grocery shops which close around seven.  the shop DM which I ended up in did not have any products that need cool storage or that would spoil such as milk and bread. Eventually staff escorted me to the counter as the shop was closing... so I am having austrian brains for dinner (look at the picture)