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My flat in Munich became a mere hotel room, in between my Dutch adventures and the next trip to a conference held in Steamboat Springs in Colorado, USA. I didn't expect to be going on this conference but my departmental head, who was one of the organisers of the conference, asked me to be a conference assistant as the original person had pulled out. I only received the news after booking my trip to the Netherlands, and the conference was supposed to start on 6th January, just 3 days after returning from the Netherlands. The secretaries to the departmental head joked that I was living the life of the big boss. Steamboat Springs is located in the Rocky Mountains within Colorado, and I have long expected it to be under some cold weather and a cover of snow. Little did I expect to feel the full force of the elements even before I reached the town! After arriving in Denver at 20:00 on 5th January, I found that my connecting flight to Hayden Airport, the closest one to Steamboat Spring...

My colleague who arrived in December (she is Hungarian) has been rather busy taking care of some important matters in life. Everything is new to her and she doesn't speak much German yet. But fortunately she is receiving some really expert help with opening her bank account, finding a new place to stay, among other things - from none other than the German colleague who asked her to be a cleaning lady for everyone on her first day ! While the Hungarian colleague was today arranging the installation of a phone line and Internet connection to her new flat, the German colleague told her about this deal. 'I'm also using the same company, and if I refer you to the company, we can both get some goodies out of it.' The company will give 10 euros rebate to the new customer and 20 euros for the referrer. The Hungarian colleague of course agreed to let the German take charge of the matter. But that was not the first time that the German colleague brought up similar deals. Last tim...