Met the nicest man ever today.

His name is David. He's from New York, and is a gastroenterologic surgeon. I switched over to what is kind of like abdominal surgery here after I felt I'd spent enough time in thoracics. The first day I had this student Simon babysitting me, and things went fine. Today, though, I met this guy David who's perhaps the most enthusiastic surgeon I've ever met. For those of you who know Kenya Chris, this dude reminds me of him (not just because he's also brown, though that does help). Too bad that I met him on what was my last full day; although everyone else here has been really nice, has answered questions and whatnot, this guy has gone way out of his way to make sure I have a great educational experience. Also very personable, and it was fun to swap stories with him.

Finally got around to doing the Carslberg brewery tour. Third brewery I've taken a tour of now, and it was worth the trip. Hightlight of the trip was finding out that in days gone by, the beer ratio per worker was 4L. It was later cut down to 2L. I assume the reduction occured because everyone was hammered all the time.

Other than that, I've just been touring around the city a bit, going for runs, reading, watching movies from the rather extensive library my housemates have going on, and planning the coming stages of my voyage. Also managed to justify bringing along my climbing shoes by bringing Thue (housemate) climbing once. It was on an outdoor artificial wall, which was just fantastic.

In about 24 hours I'll be on my way to Oslo; two days there, then flying to Poland. Still trying to figure out exactly what the itinerary will be after that.

cheerio