Ein Koffer in Berlin

The weekend before the last Inger-Johanne, Ingvild and I went to Berlin! For me it was the first time, and I liked the city a lot. The shopping was a highlight, another was the DDR museum, where you can explore the daily life in DDR by opening drawers and doors and see what is behind. A museum for the voyeur...or the anthropologist - whatever you want to name it.

Experiencing Berling nightlife was also interesting. Germans must be the most down-dressed people in Europe. We were simply astonished by the amount of dull outfits (women partying in oversized plain, white blouses, men and women in baggy, striped brownish-grey jersey sweaters). How is that possible in a city with shop after shop full of cool clothes?

Biking in Lillomarka

Sunday biking in Lillomarka, one of the forests surrounding Oslo.

32

So I have turned 32. It feels good. For one thing, I am happy to have gotten this far. And I am also happy to be a number that I really like. 32 is one of my favourite numbers. My most favourite number is 8. So being 32 in 2008 looks promising. Of course, I am aware that my like and dislike for numbers is just a feeble attempt to try to be in charge of things that are beyond control. But after all, that's what human beings do, trying to control their environment with technology, magic being just one category. So I'll hang on to my number-magic and look forward to be 32 in 2008.