thanks for the advice, I will certainly give it some thougth.

I agree with you, time management is realy tricky. I had schedule my free time on my agenda! I'm not kidding, I really did, and most of the time I manage to stick to it... except for urgent projects and crazy deadlines...

Do you think people tend to ignore their personnal needs when thaey are assigned for a short period on a foreign coutry?