So 2007 finally came to us, although 3 hours later than in Norway. One hour before midnight I talked to my brother Frode. Me still in 2006 and he in 2007. And Reidulf Botn, a colleague, called on Skype to tell me that 2007 was nothing special compared to 2006 yet. So we had not missed anything 

We started the evening with some typical Brazilian fingerfood. It is called salgadinhos - small bitesized things like small pies, that you serve warm. So we sit around and talk and eat. Later we had cake - both for me and Tete’s boyfriend. We share December 31st as birthday!

At midnight we went to the square in the middle of the city, only a few blocks away from here. We had been listening to the concert there for some hours. Goiania had put up a free concert and I guess there were appr. 15.000 people there close to midnight. At the top of the hour, the fireworks started and continued for 25 minutes while we hugged all our friends there. As I write this, the concert has still not finished and my watch shows that we are more than 3 hours into the new year. So no sleep yet…

We want to wish everyone a really happy new year. May it be the best year in your life so far - both professional  and personal.