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‘The gold will come home!’

Last time the football championship went home to Bergen was in 1963.   Brann has a huge chance of repeating that this year – 81% chance according to some papers.  5 more games to go and we are 6 points above the current number 2.  The kommune (municipality) has earmarked NOK 100,000 for celebrations if the championship indeed comes home! 

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Keyboard Smiley’s 25 year’s today.  Woohoo! 

What’s the world gonna do without it?

The yellow smiley button on the other hand has been there since the 60’s.

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This was what I was up to 2 weekends ago in London.  Great fun and lots of KFC!   

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It has been a very hectic week in and out of the office. And a lot of drinking too.

Besides the drinking however, it was Culture Night (Kulturnatt) in Bergen which also coincided with the Food Festival (Matfestival). The Sentrum was closed to traffic which brought chaos to traffic on Friday.

As usual in Bergen, rain poured the whole day but that didn’t stop us from joining in some outdoor concerts. Also went to see a performance of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana in Grieghallen, performed by visiting choirs from 11 nations.

The highlight of the week was a weekend in London to watch the Last Night of the Proms in Hydes Park over a picnic blanket, a bucket of KFC, a jug of pimms and choice of chips and nuts.

Apart from the classical performances highlighting the Proms, rock and pop artists also gave performances livening up the event, plus a video link up to the Royal Albert and other Proms performances across the UK. I will try to upload some videos taken during the show when I return back from holiday.