Västerås Music-bar Meeting

[Peter Korsten]

Op 3-6-2011 12:47, Tony Hardie-Bick schreef:

>>> Anyway, I've booked my leave from work for that period. I'm waiting a bit
>>> with booking a flight, to make sure that it's not just me showing up. :)
>
> Different country, at least a couple of people you haven't met before (I met a
> few of Micke's friends when they visited London a while back), musical
> instruments, coffee, good food... :)

Well, so far confirmed are Joost and Gert (95%). Those I know; what use 
is that? ;)

OK, I haven't met Micke yet, I'll grant you that. :)

Anyway, the trip of my wife to Paris is off (one of her friends probably 
has lupus, which kinda messes things up), and she scolded me for 
suggesting that maybe I should drop the Sweden trip, too. Oh well. Guess 
it's still on then.

Coffee I don't drink, but good food, now *that* would be interesting. I 
*love* food, and how it differs from one country to the next. For 
example, there's no comparison between the food you get in Italy (I no 
longer recommend trattoria Il Tritone, but I do recommend ristorante 
Nautilus these days; we're talking about Rome BTW) and what you get in 
Germany. Italy has divine food that makes you praise the Virgin Mary, 
whilst Germany has more rustic food. Both are enjoyable in their own 
way. So... I'm curious to find out what the Swedes eat, other than 
knäckebröd.

Also, so far the northernmost I've ever been is around the 53rd parallel 
(Groningen, the Netherlands), and Västerås is around the 59th parallel. 
In comparison: I live around a latitude of 35.5° N. So it'd be exciting 
to find out what Sweden has to offer other than Volvo, Ikea, Abba, and a 
mediocre football team with exceptionally good looking fans. :)

The only thing I'm a bit worried about is transportation. The flight 
arrives at 23:30, in the middle of nowhere. Oh well, what's life without 
a little adventure?

- Peter