it's december. december. that means i have been out of new zealand for two months. that means it is almost christmas. and that means it is nearly the end of the semester. which means that after writing this, today is going to be a day of solid work. no more procrastinating and no more 'rests'. yes. i am determined to make this plan work. far more determined than i was yesterday, when i had exactly the same plan, and yet somehow, by means that i'm not yet aware of, didn't succeed...

i am very excited because i have been booking places to stay over christmas and new years. and this is where i will be - leaving leuven on 21st december and heading to germany - namely munich for two nights. then on to salzburg for three nights, including christmas. hurrah salzburg. and the hostels all play the sound of music at least once a day. hopefully it will snow. my fingers remain crossed. either way though, salzburg will be a beautiful place to spend christmas in. plan on heading down to slovenia for a day or so (anyone who has read paulo coehlo's 'veronika decides to die' will understand my desire to visit ljubljana), and then back up to vienna for a couple of nights. both vienna and prague were fully booked for new years so i'm going to be in a little czech republic town called cesky krumlov for the 31st. moving upwards to prague for a few days. and then home. to leuven.