Far Far Away

I’m in Denmark!

Yup, I’m on a two-night worktrip to Denmark, to participate in organizing a conference this fall about a subject I know rather little about.  But I probably know more than Regular-Joe, and am therefore eligible to be ‘the Icelandic representative’ apparently.

So far the trip has been mostly uneventful.  The biggest drama by far was being seated next to a women who’s husband had just been in a serious accident in Norway, and she was in absolute pieces.  Thankfully it transpired quickly that a friend of hers was sitting right behind her (middle seats both) so I offered them my window seat so that they could sit next to each other.  Best decision of the day, for sure.  I was a little concerned that the man sitting next to me in my new seat was also about to have a nervous breakdown, but as they disembarked he didn’t seem to be traveling with them, so I don’t know what was up with him.  A migraine possibly?

In other news, I found the ‘new’ Sherlock Holmes movie boring and gave up after 40 minutes and started reading on the computer.  Then towards the end of the flight they had us ‘turn off all electronics’ so I went back to the in-flight stuff, and thoroughly enjoyed the beginning of The Matrix – although some of it is now showing its age.  But I still remember the thrill of seeing it for the first time, so all was forgiven. 🙂