Fracas Noir – Susanne Waldau – te Brake ~ for better or worse

I slept my usual 5 hours, as I didn’t get to bed before 2 am. The laundry was still going as Caroline is coming today and the laundry needs to be prepared before then. But I was also working away on a business plan, as I find myself to be most creative after 10 pm [...]

I’m reading an excellent book, The First Crusade by Thomas Asbridge. The tagline “the roots of Conflict between Christianity and Islam” makes it all the more interesting. Although not a brick in book terms, it’s heavy and when I’m tired, sometime between the hour of 12 and 1 am, I manage to get past a [...]

Reinout left for the UK yesterday, and me behind. It’s the second time we’ve been away from each other which is two times too much. I’ve never had an issue being on my own, but the same rules don’t seem to apply any longer. So I made my husband promise always to take me with [...]

It was with a certain dread, excitement and anticipation I installed myself in a cab to take me from Copenhagen to Malmo. It’s one of those few occasions, when you really have no clue how things will turn out. There will be people you haven’t met since your early teens, a period which for most [...]

On the train. Finally, as I missed the previous one. The train ticket machine wouldn’t accept my bank card and when it did on the third attempt, the train was already pulling away from the platform. Damn it. I’m already late and with a meeting scheduled this afternoon, it will be a short day in [...]

We ended up at Restaurant Grønnegade in Copenhagen, just off Strøget. It’s a small restaurant although place for more people upstairs, that had a fantastic ambiance and splendid gourmet food. Although I’m on a diet, I couldn’t resist on ordering several courses which went down well. Sebastian: Give me a double whiskey! This was no [...]

The weather is glorious and we’ve been spending the afternoon strolling about in town. First up was lunch at Custom House where Reinout was having a business meeting. After this we walked down Stroget, which is the main shopping street of Copenhagen until we came to Tivoli. Tivoli is one of the oldest, still in [...]

We arrived sometime after 6 pm in Copenhagen and checked in. Arriving at Hotel Skt Petri feels like coming home. Everyone knows you and the service is great. Reinout had a business dinner with M, and it turned out to be a great evening. The thing with business dinners is that I hate talking business. [...]

Packing can be a hassle but also so much fun. It’s the one excuse to thoroughly raid my cupboard, and often unexpected surprises emerge as a result. Like a sleevless top from Zara which I haven’t worn for ages but will work perfectly with a pencil skirt. It’s now almost close to midnight and after [...]

As work wasn’t an option I took the day off to spend time with Victoria, Reinout and Sebastian. Victoria and I passed by a newly opened nail studio – MH Nail Studio. I couldn’t resist getting a French manicure and Victoria got her nails done too. The result was splendid, and the price good too! [...]