----- Original Message ----- From: "Jens Bladt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Today I had the pleasure of a brief encounter with Jostein. He was attending > a coference on the Oslo-Copenhagen ferry, and > had some time off during the daytime. We saw an exibition about portraits at > Gallery Asbak, and visited Oksnehallen, where I belived an exibition > featuring the Danish National Geografic photographer Sisse Brimberg, was > open. As it turned out the exibition wasn't open to the public until > Saturday. So we just had a pint of Carlsberg somewhere near by. Jostien was > thrilled that they seem to have named the place for the exibition after him: > Oksne-hallen :-) > Picture: http://gallery46369.fotopic.net/p8350177.html > LOL... My kids had seen the ad on Cartoon Network for the exhibition, and wondered about "�ksne-hallen", since our name is quite rare in Norway (< 70 people, from two unrelated lineages). It was great to have a pic to show them and tell them what building was about, even though we didn't get to see the exhibition. I almost missed meeting up with Jens. Something I ate on the boat wreaked havoc with my digestive system, and kept me running for the loo every 15 minutes or so all night. Some sleep in the morning made a change, so I chanced on leaving my cabin anyway. And I'm glad I did. Jens Is a great chap, full of humor and good perspectives. He had brought with him one of his recent panoramas of a Danish coastline, which measured 115 x 5 cm, stiched from many exposures (17?). We looked at it over a cup of coffee in a gallery caf�, and it certainly drew some curious looks from the neighbouring tables. The hours went by all too quickly. Hope we get a chance to meet again some time, Jens! In Oslo, Copenhagen or wherever. Oh, and btw, the Carlsberg we had was not the ordinary lager export stuff, but some more substantial stuff. The danes keep the good stuff to themselves, it seems. Too bad I couldn't stomach more than half a pint...:-) Cheers, Jostein
