When should I go to Berlin?

Yay! - I got mail from the finance manager today to say I've been paid, woohoo! I can't see the money in my account yet, but I'm somewhat reassured.

The next question is, when should I go to Berlin? Opinions solicited. They want me there soonish, but they prefer it if I can spend a weekend there since that makes travel cheaper. I'm busy in London this weekend and next. There are no direct flights from Edinburgh to Berlin, so the journey usually involves a stopover in London anyway. Here was my original schedule:

Fri 20: travel to London
Sat 21: SM Pride
Tue 24: The Calling (Cambridge)
Sat 28: busy
Mon 30: travel home again

They suggested 30-31 July, but since I can't be in Berlin that weekend I suggested they might prefer 2-3 August.

Oh yeah, this also means it's much more likely I'll actually have real work to do during working hours while I'm in London.

Anyway I'll wait and see what everyone thinks...

ARSE! SM Pride ball cancelled.

STOP PRESS: SM Pride 2001 Suffers Anti-SM Discrimination

Evening Venue pulls out at last minute See BALL for details

http://www.smpride.org/index2/ball.htm

There's a mini-ball at Conway Hall that goes on 'till midnight. After that - Slimelight, anyone? It'll be the 10th anniversary of my getting laid - so maybe I should just go home with the usual 100% cute people and shag...