It's Friday afternoon and so I really must write a blog entry, even if it is a bit short.

I spent last week in South Africa doing Developer Days and University visits. This was great fun and we got to meet a lot of very clued up developers. A big thanks to Heinz in Cape Town who took us for a ride along the coast and showed us a wonderful restaurant in Houts Bay (wonderful fresh fish). It also gave me a chance to eat in my favorite restaurant in Johannesburg, the Butcher's Shop. If you ever get a chance to go to Sandton (a suburb of Jo'burg) and you're not a vegetarian, you've got to try it. This makes me think that I am travelling too much; not only have I been to six continents in the last four months, but I actually have a favorite restaurant in Jo'burg.

The thing about going to South Africa is it's actually a really long way from the UK so it's an eleven hour flight both ways (easier for me than my US based colleagues who came through London and had a thirty hour trip). Both these flights are overnight. A quick scan through my diary revealed that so far this year I've spent twelve nights sleeping on a plane (all but one in economy class). Thankfully I find that with a couple of Nytol and a glass of wine I can actually get some sleep, but this is far from comfortable. Having spent this week catching up on things and doing a quick press interview it's back to the airport on Sunday evening for another overnight flight south of the equator but this time to a partner symposium at Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. It's been over ten years since I last went to Vic Falls so it'll be interesting to see whether it's changed.

Hopefully when I get back from this trip I will actually be able to spend some time at home again.