Blog title

When I was starting this blog in May last year, I was required to pick a name for the blog. I was considering 'Ivan In Croatia' but for some reason I thought that - based on our long term plans - this blog should encompass much more than our stay in Croatia. I chose 'Ivan On The Move' because that is how I saw our near-term future. And how true that title has been!

I have left Croatia, I am currently staying at a friend's place in Orleans for a short period of time, and will be in Australia very soon. My stay in Ottawa was seriously hampered by the OC Transpo (local public transit company) strike. We are not able to go visit our friends because the buses don't run (and have not run for two months now) and it is impossible to rent a car (because everyone else thought of the same idea). No problem, we are making the best use of our time here, to the extent that the circumstances allow us.

As for the trip to Australia, I am actually looking forward to it. Traveling by plane (even over distances like these - the trip will take 30 hours!) is not a problem anymore. I pack plenty of entertainment (laptop, books, music), drink lots of water (dry air in the airplane increases the chances of you picking up a virus on the plane) and eat well. The biggest challenge that I forsee is getting adjusted to a new time zone. The trick for that is to take a sleeping pill for the first and second evening, and then you are on their day/night cycle. You will still be groggy for a while but at least you won't be waking up at 3 am. That is the worst!

Well, I am off to studying for my case interviews (the tests that you are put through when you are interviewing at a management consulting company). It is fun stuff! Well, it is fun for me, but I don't think that many other people would think so too. :-)