This month seems to have gone by quite fast in a way. Yet, looking back, April feels like a very long way away! Funny how time moves, fast yet slow, or the other way around... Sometimes it even hides! Like the trip to Bergen I'd almost forgotten actually happened in May!
It was a long weekend, and circumstances conspired to find me on the cross country train passing the higher reaches of central Norway still shrouded in snow. It was a little surreal seeing that much snow given how early it all disappeared from around us. But then again, this is the part of Norway where people go to ski in the summer, so :).
Bergen itself was a mix of sunshine and not, but counter to reputation, it didn't actually rain on us at any point :D. Much of the weekend was spent taking relaxed walks around the centre and sometimes a bit farther afield. Eventually though it was time to take another train back.
Unlike the train over, and despite the lengthening days, a fair bit of the return trip was spent in the dark. With me pondering how much difference a few hours can make, turning spectacular valleys and hillsides into blurs in shades of grey and black.
May being what it is in Norway, it was pretty much weekend after weekend of happenings. After Bergen, it was time for this year's Holmenkollstafetten! More or less as expected a couple of people had to drop out somewhat late in the game, but we still had the most runners since we started participating with Kezzler, and not that it matters too much, also the best time! :D
It's always fun watching Oslo transform into a bustling, almost unrecognizable version of itself for this event every year :). It had a bit of extra help this year with the Norwegian equivalent of the FA Cup being held the same evening! There was a bit of rain in the air, but all in all, a fun day (and we didn't actually get wet, which is always a plus :D).
Then the weekend after was the Norwegian National Day! We did what we usually do these days, watching the local school band and parade. Then did what we don't usually have to do, hide from the rain at various friends. This didn't stop us from enjoying the obligatory 17th of May barbeque though :).
So yeah, there's been a fair bit going on. But through it all the regular running is ongoing, and now that the temperatures have taken an upward turn, cycling has started again! This time I'm trying to take it easy and ramp up slowly. Recovery seems to take longer and longer as the years go by, so overdoing it does have rather more significant consequences :/.
And that's more or less it actually. Weirdly enough, haven't really managed to get much reading done. Not necessarily because I've been oh so busy or whatever. It's just that I've had a really hard time getting myself to pick up the book club book.
Babel is not a bad read or anything. A little full of itself maybe. Some of the author's underlying messaging bleeding through a bit too overtly some times. But somehow after getting through about a quarter or so I just can't be bothered. All in all I think I'm just not in the mood for it to be honest :/. And a half read Asimov doesn't seem like the most exciting alternative either.
Mainly I'm waiting for Platform Decay to land. I've managed to get the library to order a copy, but I guess it'll take as long as it takes. Hopefully not too long. In the mean time, hopefully I'll keep myself occupied with more hours outdoors, smelling the lilacs that have come out just about everywhere around here :).
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