Sunday evening in Paris

I took this at place de la Concorde...more will follow on my adventures in Paris. It's almost winter and 6 o'clock...I love my new city...

I wish...

I wish you could sit on my bike with me, that you could see the last rays of the scandinavian summer sun, the Copenhagen lakes that we pass over the bridge, that I could feel you shake from the cold of the breeze, that I can sense the warmth of your neck, I wish you could hear Paulo Conte sing to the night sky, that you could smell sweet scent of the summer flowers blossoming, I wish you could see me smiling when I imagin all this...

(Picture will follow if the weather allows it tomorrow)

Being cultural

Well I have finally booked the music for the wedding...which still has no date and more importantly dosen't have a bride...
But before you take me for a complete gay wedding planner I should probably start from the Beginning. On the 4th of april my good friend PJ told me that his friend Jeroen was coming to Denmark and since my parents had left me the car I told him that I could go get him at the airport. So on the 5th PJ, Jeroen and I sat at my favorite cafe in Copenhagen (Europa, mainly cause they have the best coffe, best service and Le Monde) and Jeroen offered me to go to a concert that was being held by some friends of his. Turns out that his friends in the Belcea Quartet not only is an amazing string quartet, but they were also opening the classical music season at Tivoli's concert hal, which is a one of the mayor venues in Copenhagen. So we went to the concert where they played Hayden (who is always a bit sleepy for me), Britten who I had never heard before but which I loved and Mozart who is always a favorite. After the concert we went to the backstage and met them. They were all really hungry and since all the restaurants had closed in Tivoli, I proposed that we go to the Thai Restaurant that I work in. I called and they kept the kitchen op for 30 min. more then usual. I have never seen people so happy to eat a proper meal. Afterwards PJ, Jeroen, Corinna Belcea, a friend of Corinnas and I went out for drinks. After having been the butler for them Corinna told me that they didn't know how to thank me so I told them that they could play at my wedding if I ever found a women crazy enough to marry me. So she agreed to play, so well thats one thing out of the way...
Check out the Belcea Quartet should you have the possibility http://www.amcmusic.com/eng/artisti_scheda.php?aId=11... but you will probably see them at my wedding too...

Thank you Vienna

Morten invited me to the CEMS alumni board meeting in Vienna, so I had no other choice then to say yes. The prolonged weekend was a blast, probably one of the best weekends of my life. Every day was a new experience and Vienna is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. So after a weekend of ballroom danceing, some serious coffee and cocktail drinking, beautiful cars and even more beautiful women. I want to thank my austrian crew for making this weekend amazing. Special thanks to Stefan and Sandra for letting me stay in their appartment (and finally getting some sleep) and to Hannes and shopping fairy Asia for letting me snore in Hannes sisters bed (IT WAS WITHOUT THE SISITER IN IT!!!). To end on a cliché I will say "I'll be back!!!"

Thank you 2005, now for something completly different

So it's january 4th, I have recovered from what was a fantastic New Years eve and now just a little note about 2005. When I look back 2005 has been a year of friendship. I have had the pleasure of meeting alot of new people, re-discover or rather encounter alot of old friends and spend even more time with friends that are a part of my life everyday be it face to face or on msn, skype or mails. Among the highlights have been winterbathing with mr. Morten (picture is from 30th December 2005), skiing with Stephan and Sandra in Austria (thank you for bringing the non german speaking frenchy with you and your family), meeting with the HK people for Ellens birthday, re-seeing my old friend Corum at his wedding with Kristin in New York once again thank you so much for iniviting me it was magical, going to the beach with Kanva, Soeren and the whole extended libary family, meeting the new CEMS people in CBS thanks especially to Nick, Pam and Alle for bringing me along to experience things with you, and a special thanks to Tammy for flying up from Rotterdam for my birthday (I'm still in awe), thanks also to the whole crew in Bergen and especially to my fellow trouble makers and late stayers in Bergen Aki, Kasper (where are those lesbian waiters when you need one) and to Stine my personal guide in Bergen. Also it was great to see people in Warsaw man I love the whole CEMS thing, and finally to the already mentioned NY party with the boys, Ane and Kanva (who actually shouldn't be mentioned besides the boys) and their friends for a great time...
So I hope to see you all in 2006 again and that it brings us all more friends, love and hapiness.

Thanks everybody for being there for me... Jan