February, my beloved month!
Bergen is snowy and in the morning I wake up to this:
last january days were spent on the phone with C, watching the snow from my window and letting the clock tick. february brought sunshine and delicious take-away coffee.
god bless the daylight, the sugary smell of spring-time
remembering when you were mine
in a still suburban town
arrived this morning at the bergen train station from the crazy weekend trip… stories will follow.
I went for a lonely walk a million years ago.. gorgeous december sunset over the lake.
As you might have read here, Azzls came to visit. We baked cakes, cause that’s what we do. they were yummy and I think we are now officially very likely to get diabetes, oh well.
azzls’ wonderlicious almond+cocoa cake
the fantoft-famous chocolate explosion!
On the sunday we had dinner at the academy. it was very sexy and oh-so-fun until mattias decided he was too cool not to fall asleep at the table (let’s say he was just resting his eyes…)
shh, don’t tell anyone but her and I had previously had a nap on the very comfortable academy couches..
the most recognizable property of the newly-discovered mammal azzls randomicorus is its ability to thumb up in its sleep. a truly amazing skill.
on our last full day we went for a walk. azzls got to experience sunshine in bergen – amazing, I know.
in the sun..
pepperkakebyen.. david and I staring in awe
the last dinner at our place with robot *sigh* really cute and pseudo-japanese, sitting on the floor and blabbering on for hours.
panda and I overdosing on tangerines as usual
goodbye bergen, see you in 2008
we had very few hours of sleep but nevertheless enjoyed the bus+plane1+starbucks+plane2+car combination to get back to vienna.
that’s my rabbit face
not sleepy AT ALL!
essential travel items: postcards that have yet to be written, an iBook (yuck) to play really loud SoKo music in a diner, starbucks coffee (=wet dream), sudoku when best friend is not entertaining enough, and wine to make you feel glam.
The journey from home to home was an adventure, but I am now here with 15 extra kgs of very superfluous stuff, such as traditional italian christmas cake (panettone + pandoro), my favorite type of torrone (Nurzia), some random chocolates, fluffy cloth for my book covers.. green tea – as if it was impossible to find here – but at least I cut down on the books.
Which was a good idea, because the second I got through the door, I found some choice literature waiting for me (first in the form of a note in the elevator from Stefan and Matze, then two notes from them on our Wall of Fame, followed by a note for me byAna, and my Jonathan Safran Foer book, as well as a copy of The Great Gatsby which, I have to admit, I have not yet read… and, surprises of all surprises, a little package – thank you panda – containing Dave Eggers’ How we are Hungry, which I cannot wait to start)
Santa Claus also brought me a purple disco ball that will have to be hung in the kitchen sooner or later.
I was restless when I got home, so I unpacked my 256kgs of useless luggage… and hung two chains of christmas lights in my room and I am very proud to say that it looks gorgeous – pictures will be taken soon.
and to quote MCR.. “So long and goodbye”
things that made my day there…
this book has the most amazing dedication on the front page, it makes me smile everytime
going for a walk with azzls by the lake
trond got me a present – music!
somebody in bergen knows i like dinosaurs – pandapower! <3
..and things that made my day here
a gorgeous postcard was waiting for me
best friends are forever.
a million books to look forward to<3
my cat is wonderful
someone amazing dedicated this place to me – kind of – thank you boy:)
last night was amazing.. the day before was too. the woods, the glitter-prone hills, the late night talks and midnight walks. everything these past few days has been magnified, everything feels larger than life, every sparkle sinks deeper into my memory, every conversation, every silly moment has become more beautiful.
all this sadness becomes more and more heartbreaking.
THANK YOU..
I just got to Vienna. with stars above my head and the city lights reflected under my eyes, I already miss the norwegian lakes, the air that makes your lungs sting, and the mountains of tangerines we ate this week…
or something
:)
I’m still tired and I want chocolate..
On my way home last night I remembered why I came here in the first place. It hit me on my first trip to Norway that the sky is so different, like the stars are brighter here, your vision is clearer. I’m finding it hard not to walk with my nose up in the air.. With a sky full of stars like this one, I don’t think anybody could ever misunderstand the concept of a constellation. I had a walk halfway around the lake, the surface was a thin layer of ice so smooth and amazing.
When you experience nights like that, you don’t want to see the sun again.
So, anyway, there’s half a day still to go before my semester evaluation, and I’m sitting at the academy drinking tea (not coffee, surprised, much?) doing anything but work, which is okay..I’m looking forward to an early night, proper food, and a book. or a movie.
come hug me, please :)
using emoticons to express emotions – rather than words – is overrated.
Then again, sometimes it works just right.
:/
the morning was gorgeous.
the hills like unsaturated green,
and iced grass crackles under my footsteps..