{"id":7123,"date":"2014-06-23T08:37:46","date_gmt":"2014-06-22T23:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unknowngenius.com\/blog\/?p=7123"},"modified":"2014-06-23T17:13:40","modified_gmt":"2014-06-23T08:13:40","slug":"unemployment-is-awesome-european-summer-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unknowngenius.com\/blog\/archives\/2014\/06\/23\/unemployment-is-awesome-european-summer-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Unemployment is Awesome: European Summer Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since the beginning of the month, I have been enjoying my hard-earned unemployment (technically: the long-programmed end of my two year post-doc fellowship) by travelling around Europe, visiting friends, family and new locales. I literally cannot remember the last time I had an entire month off (it would have to be at least 5 years ago, before that stint in indentured servitude commonly known as “PhD”) and the only downside is the incredible speed at which it has flown by so far. I must also work very hard at reminding myself that regular life, whether in Europe or Japan, does not usually entail spending days on end lounging by a pool overlooking the lush mountainous French countryside, evenings eating cheese and sausages bought fresh from the village market and a casual hop to the next region\/city\/country by plane, train or car, every couple days… But it’s nice to know that it’s there, were I to relocate westwards one day.<\/p>\n