A Little January Tour

The blog has been out travelling! In one week I was lucky enough to catch Maria and Daymon in London, Jo in Brussels and Margunn in Førde (above). The short visit was a stop-over on the way between Norway and Belgium for work. Most of the time in London was spent consuming old pleasures at Chapel Market and on Upper Street. Maria managed to trap me into entering Gap and French Connection's local stores on the last day of the sales. Apart from this we feasted on Turkish food and Efes beer at Gallipoli Again and gobbled sausage and mash at The Narrow Boat down by the canal. After two heavenly days in London, I travelled to Brussels to attend my meeting (in a new EU project on local biodiesel production), staying in Margunn's old room, now inhabited by Jo, as Margunn is on her way to Sudan. Margunn's and now Jo's house is also inhabited by a lovely group of people and an insane kitten called Camille, whose maniac hobbies included throwing himself against the glass door leading to Jo's bedroom and climbing up my woolen scarf. Brussels was nice, but definitely not the bustling, hyper-international city I had expected to find. What's with the no cash points after work hours? The cobble stones messing up suitcase transportation? The medieval airport bus? And the tiny airport? I really liked it, though. Brussels has definitely found a new friend.