Monday, May 5th, 2025
Monday was a typical Monday at work. Everything was okay, but you could tell that everyone was a bit tired. The mood was low-key, and people were clearly not running at full energy. In the evening, Dzhemal, Timur, Thäddaus, and I finally decided to try out the grill that’s been sitting in our so-called “garden.” I’d rather call it a stinky laundry chamber, because the smell coming from the bathroom drains can be absolutely unbearable. Still, we managed to pull off a pretty decent barbecue with all kinds of meat, vegetables, and salads. And we only smoked out half the apartment in the process.

Tuesday, May 6th, 2025
At university, I had another talk with the project supervisor about what I’ve been working on. I explained that it didn’t make much sense for me to keep forcing myself to learn programming just to somehow stay involved in the project. We agreed that I’d spend my time here learning things that are actually useful and meaningful to me. So now I’m catching up on topics I’m missing from my vocational school while I’m in Valencia. Today was all about networking. I focused on NAT and PAT and worked on exercises in Cisco Packet Tracer. In the afternoon, I went for a run down to the beach. And yes, I ran all the way back too.

Wednesday, May 7th, 2025
Wednesday meant back to university. I continued with the Packet Tracer tasks since I hadn’t managed to finish them the day before. The rest of the day I spent cooking something nice and doing a bit of exercise. The weather wasn’t great today, very cloudy and there’s supposed to be rain later on. I didn’t bring an umbrella or a rain jacket, so fingers crossed I don’t get completely soaked.