Count Thumper!

And he has a wife, a wealthy one too. I had a great laugh!

Obsession

During my quests searching for different things on the internet, I somehow stumbled across some beautiful venetian masks. I knew about them, of course, but never really gave them a second thought.
Until now.
They are just amazing, stunning, beautiful...

and very often quite expensive.

But every girl has her dream, right?

LOOK!

Breakfast at Tonjes

Flu-times

So why not go and be a princess about it?

Friday!?

La Boheme makes my muscles ache, or rather, sitting and playing and then be home doing the same, makes my muscles ache.
So to prevent becoming really huge and sloppy, I went for a swim.
(After a decent visit to Drømmeplassen, a café in the centre of Kristiansand, with Anna.)
I knew I only had an hour in the hall (including everything), because of some diving class. but I went anyway. Better with a little than nothing. And then I'm off with a good start.
I knew the orchestra has a brilliant deal with them, so I approached the guy at the front - quite frank, telling him I was from the orchestra and wondered if there was any discount. It turns out that the permanent players goes for free, but the subs (even those on longer term) have to pay full price. Darn.
Well, I go for the second cheapest thing they have, which was a 10 clip cupon. It's not one card. It was 10 of them.
Really.
I managed to do 500 m, and then 7 minutes in the sauna before i had to leave.
Back home I knew that Schönberg was waiting for me. Pierrot Lunaire, movement 19 "Serenade". The BIG cello movement.
Aaaah!
It's tricky!!!!

(I see green!... sometimes it all feels like I could be in "Death at a funeral". Valium, anyone?)

New home

It's funny how it is with new places. Especially if it's not yours.

How to open the windows?
How to get the fan working (don't want the cooking fumes everywhere)
Is there some internet around? wireless or with a chord?
Can I practise without annoying the neighbours?
Where did he put the plug for the bathtub?
Does the fire alarm always go off when you light a candle?

Well, the windows had a hidden button on the side (this was a new thing for me! old invention probably),
the fan was just unplugged, and the internet was hidden under the TV.

Then it's the shopping.
No essential ingredients anywhere, so I found a local chinese shop and the Rimi across the street.
Gourmet!
...


Glad the swimming hall is not too far away.
Just, when is it open?
Need to check the net...

Šišky

Some of Roberts production of slovakian dounuts. He made them (and meatballs) as a farewell thing as I leave for Kristiansand tomorrow. It's quite sad to leave him, my friends, the house and my puzzle behind, not knowing when I'll see them again. All packing is done. Got only 4 kolli. Picture coming up soon.