(photo credits to our gracious hostess Caro, these photos were ripped off her facebook album)
and speaking of chance meetings with the locals, was Jeanne's +1 at her friend Caro's le beaujolais nouveau party. apparently it's an annual affair where everybody brings a bottle and you celebrate the new release. any excuse to party, it seems :) Caro was the perfect hostess, making sure we were all fed and watered. loved the cold cuts and cheese she served and the beaujolais went down very easy, too easy, even.
chatting with Caro's friends, i was reminded of something Mikael had observed over dinner at Claes'. he said that swedish people aren't as reserved as they're made out to be, but they do need a catalyst. so i guess that was the catalyst, Claes organising dinner and Jeanne bringing me as her date du jour. but it was nice to finally meet the Claes that i'd heard so much about, and Gustav, Jeane's landlord because every time we go to Jeanne's, there are remnants of Gustav (like his candles!) and it was great to be able to put faces to the names after so long.
also met Kaja, a swedish newlywed who, get this, lived in singers for five years! needless to say, we couldn't stop talking and swapping stories and she's spending some time in singers during her honeymoon in early january 2010. what are the chances! the world's too small.
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