Take On Me

Norwegian Idol is on right now. The show is at the point in the season where they begin to have all of the contestants perform songs by a certain artist or band. In America, this usually results in the Idol-hopefuls doing Stevie Wonder, or Lionel Richie, or Barry Manilow. in Norway, it results in A-Ha. I'm not sure if I've mentioned this before, but A-Ha is from Norway, and show up on a surprisingly large number of occasions. Sweden has Abba, and Norway has A-Ha.

For those of you who are interested, here's my kitchen:


The weather in Oslo is up and down. At the moment, it's what I would consider to be down - a thick fog has lowered and is getting worse by the hour. Here's a before/after comparison:


Note that the fog in the above picture was taken earlier in the morning, and it has only gotten worse.

Last night, I continued my trend of seeing great shows in Oslo with the Dirty Projectors at Spasibar. Spasibar has to be one of the better places I've been, and I wish something like it existed in Calgary. Here are the Dirty Projectors:

And finally, here's one last photo of Paris, taken the morning that I left as I walked to the metro station.

In other news, my pad thai has lasted two meals so far, and I'm thinking I might be able to get another two out of it. Not bad!