Ronny's traveller blog

Nobody else in the group wanted to take over this observation run at Calar Alto, which started on January 2nd. I had to reschedule my New Year’s Eve a bit, but the partial solar eclipse that was taking place at the same time really interested me. And so I celebrated New Year’s Eve until 2 a.m., slept until 4 a.m. and then took the first train to the airport. I almost missed my transfer and was surprised how quickly the time in the warm waiting room had passed. At the check-in counter at the airport, they were thrilled that I was there, as the only other passenger had already checked in. And so I almost had a private flight from Frankfurt to Madrid. The next morning I went to Almeria in a normally occupied plane, so that I arrived at the observatory around noon. And at the end of the observation night I was able to enjoy an unusual sunrise. Or two, one left and one right. I think I slept really well afterwards.