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Kaleidoscope 2009

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As everyone else (probably) does, I am thankful for this year. All in all, it’s been a great year – perhaps better than the year before. The experiences, the journeys, the lessons, the people have been amazing.

In order not to forget what to be grateful for this year, here’s a kaleidoscope of what happened in 2009.

This year started out beautifully with a snowy winter evening in Trondheim, following an 8 hours-train-journey from Bodø. With good old friends and some new friends, a glass of wine was rather proper to welcome 2009.

Trondheim, it’s lovely winter (short) days and its 60cm-thick snow was indeed a great place to start off your year. Funny moments with Alva and Lemon complemented it. And great warm memories of Christmas with my other set of family the year before. Nothing beats that…

The first quarter of 2009 was record-breaking. In terms of tripping. I went to 6 different countries during that period: Norway, Sweden, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Finland. All of them were great trips, perfect companion, not quite the perfect season, but hey, what makes a journey wonderful is the people who are in it. So I have no complain…

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