Petit-déjeuner « sismologique ». Chaque jour le menu est différent car les sponsors changent. Aujourd’hui des empanadas sucrées sont au menu.
A 9 h 30 je vais assister au speech de Jens. C’est très intéressant, même moi je comprends. C’est sur l’importance d’être sûr qu’un projet dans un pays en voie de développement est souhaité par les scientifiques de ce pays, que ce n’est pas seulement une opération politique et de l’importance du facteur humain. Ce n’est pas assez d’installer des appareils sophistiqués si le personnel n’est pas formé pour s’en servir. Une femme qui est assise à côté de Jens (avant son speech) se lève et vient vers moi. Je ne la reconnais pas mais elle a un badge avec son nom, Noël (son prénom est écrit comme ça). Elle était venue chez nous en Norvège en 1986 une semaine. Nous sommes très contentes de nous revoir, nous gardons un très bon souvenir de ce séjour. Elle avait offert aux filles un appareil pour souffler des bulles de savon géantes! Et elle avait été une des premières à écrire dans le premier livre de visiteurs que nous avons à la maison. On parle de manger le lunch ensemble à voix basse pour ne pas déranger et elle retourne à sa place. Je suis bien sûr tout au fond de la salle, salle qui est en fait une salle de bal! (Ballroom C).
Je pars ensuite à la poste pour acheter des timbres. C’est sur Main Street, notre rue, mais assez loin.
Vers midi dix je reviens à l’hôtel et monte à la salle de bal B (!) où a lieu le lunch. Je suis arrêtée à la porte, j’ai un badge de «Compagnon» (en fr. dans le texte) et je n’ai pas droit au lunch. Mais je dis que c’est juste pour parler à mon mari et la dame me laisse passer. Je trouve facilement la table où Jens et Noël sont assis. C’est une grande table ronde pour 10 personnes, je crois. A côté de Noël une chaise est vide. Je n’ai pas envie de m’y assoir et de manger, mais tout le monde insiste, dit que la nourriture sera jetée … A la fin je me laisse convaincre et je m’assois et déjeune. La dame à la porte est partie. J’ai donc un free lunch, malgré l’expression qui dit: There is nothing like a free lunch! Nous parlons bien, Noël et moi. Elle habite New Mexico, un endroit chaud et sec, très différent de Bergen. Elle a voyagé plusieurs fois en Chine et c’est intéressant de l’entendre raconter. Le déjeuner n’a rien de spécial mais le gâteau au chocolat est excellent.
Après déjeuner je rest un peu dans la chambre. Il souffle un vent très fort, comme prévu hier. En fin d’après-midi je prends le tramway et fait tout le circuit avec. C’est un très vieux tramway et le chauffeur (un Blanc cette fois) annonce les stations d’une voix forte et ajoute un petit commentaire. Il salue les nouveaux passagers et dit au revoir à ceux qui descendent.
Nous repartons diner tous les quatre, Steve, Linda, Jens et moi. Nous retournons au restaurant où nous étions allés le premier soir, où j’avais pris une soupe et un cheese cake aux peanuts. Dans tous ces restaurants le personnel est très aimable et le service rapide. On nous apporte toujours un verre d’eau avant le repas. Pour fêter la fin de la conférence nous partageons une bouteille de bon vin.
Demain nous partons en balade, nous avons louée une voiture ensemble tous les quatre.
“Seismologic” breakfast. Every day the menu is different as sponsors change. Today sweet empanadas are on the menu.
At 9.30 am I go to attend Jens’ speech. It's very interesting, even I can understand it. It is on the importance of being sure that a project in a developing country is desired by the scientists of this country, that it is not only a political project, and the importance of the human factor. It is not enough to install sophisticated equipment if staffs are not trained to use it. A woman who sits next to Jens (before his speech) gets up and comes towards me. I do not recognize her but she has a badge with her name on it, Noel. She came to Norway in 1986 and stayed a week at our house. We are very happy to see each other, we keep very good memories of this trip. She offered the girls a device to blow giant soap bubbles! And she was among the first to write her name in the first guestbook we have at home. We talk to eat lunch together in a low voice so as not to disturb and she goes back to her place. I am, of course, at the back of the room, that room is actually a ballroom! (Ballroom C).
Then I go to the post office to buy stamps. It is on Main Street, our street, but quite far.
Around noon, I go back to the hotel and go to the Ballroom B (!) where lunch is taking place. I am stopped at the door, I have a badge "Companion" (in Fr. In the text) and I am not entitled to lunch. But I say that I want just to talk to my husband and the lady let me pass. I easily found the table where Jens and Noel are sitting. It is a large round table for 10 people, I think. Next to Noel a chair is empty. I do not want to sit and eat, but everyone insists, says that the food will be throw away ... In the end I am convinced, and I sit and have lunch. The lady at the door is gone. So I have a free lunch, despite the expression that says: There is nothing like a free lunch! We're talking Noel and me. She lives in New Mexico, a hot and dry place, very different from Bergen. She traveled to China several times and it's interesting to hear her tell about it. The lunch is nothing special but the chocolate cake is excellent.
After lunch I rest a bit in our bedroom. It is blowing a strong wind, as predicted yesterday. In late afternoon I take the tram and made the entire circuit with it. It is a very old tram and the driver (a White this time) announces the stations with a strong voice and adds a comment. He welcomes the new passengers and said goodbye to those who go down.
We leave, the four of us Steve, Linda, Jens and me to go to dinner. We return to the restaurant where we went the first night where I had a soup and a cheese cake with peanuts. In all these restaurants the staffs are very friendly and the service is quick. They always bring a glass of water before meals. To celebrate the end of the conference we share a bottle of good wine.
At 9.30 am I go to attend Jens’ speech. It's very interesting, even I can understand it. It is on the importance of being sure that a project in a developing country is desired by the scientists of this country, that it is not only a political project, and the importance of the human factor. It is not enough to install sophisticated equipment if staffs are not trained to use it. A woman who sits next to Jens (before his speech) gets up and comes towards me. I do not recognize her but she has a badge with her name on it, Noel. She came to Norway in 1986 and stayed a week at our house. We are very happy to see each other, we keep very good memories of this trip. She offered the girls a device to blow giant soap bubbles! And she was among the first to write her name in the first guestbook we have at home. We talk to eat lunch together in a low voice so as not to disturb and she goes back to her place. I am, of course, at the back of the room, that room is actually a ballroom! (Ballroom C).
Then I go to the post office to buy stamps. It is on Main Street, our street, but quite far.
Around noon, I go back to the hotel and go to the Ballroom B (!) where lunch is taking place. I am stopped at the door, I have a badge "Companion" (in Fr. In the text) and I am not entitled to lunch. But I say that I want just to talk to my husband and the lady let me pass. I easily found the table where Jens and Noel are sitting. It is a large round table for 10 people, I think. Next to Noel a chair is empty. I do not want to sit and eat, but everyone insists, says that the food will be throw away ... In the end I am convinced, and I sit and have lunch. The lady at the door is gone. So I have a free lunch, despite the expression that says: There is nothing like a free lunch! We're talking Noel and me. She lives in New Mexico, a hot and dry place, very different from Bergen. She traveled to China several times and it's interesting to hear her tell about it. The lunch is nothing special but the chocolate cake is excellent.
After lunch I rest a bit in our bedroom. It is blowing a strong wind, as predicted yesterday. In late afternoon I take the tram and made the entire circuit with it. It is a very old tram and the driver (a White this time) announces the stations with a strong voice and adds a comment. He welcomes the new passengers and said goodbye to those who go down.
We leave, the four of us Steve, Linda, Jens and me to go to dinner. We return to the restaurant where we went the first night where I had a soup and a cheese cake with peanuts. In all these restaurants the staffs are very friendly and the service is quick. They always bring a glass of water before meals. To celebrate the end of the conference we share a bottle of good wine.
Tomorrow we are going exploring, we are renting a car together.
Jens, Noel, Jeannette
The tramway
The trolley
La pyramide de Memphis, vue du tramway
Memphis pyramid seen from the trolley
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