I could have spent hours in Tage's flower gallery. I would have sit down with a mug of hot chocolate, a book, my travel diary.....or just in silence. One of the peacocks would keep me company, new camelias would bloom.......it is all in my dreams.
....may be next time......
This time I had only four hours in Copenhagen, and I had alot to do. Next on my list was lunch with Preben.
Hurrying back to Rådhusplassen I walked along Strøget, the main shopping street in Copenhagen, and there I found it.....my childhood dreams. Moving Christmas decorations. With children's noses glued to the windows.
I could have forgotten the time, but Preben is too precious to me.
I met Preben a few years ago through some HIV-AIDS work we both do for our churches. Preben is HIV positive. It didn't take Preben long to honor me as "my Norwegian big sister"........something I love to be. I got an email from Preben before I left for Copenhagen. "Let's meet for lunch at noon. I want to take you to Cafe Oscar, a gay pub. Is that okay?"
Sure it was.
From Cafe Oscar we could almost see Rådhusplassen where bishop Desmond Tutu took part in an open meeting. Preben and I sat inside the cafe, missing the meeting, missing Tutu's speech, but life is like that - you can never get everything.
Friendship - you can stay in different countries for days, weeks, months, even years, then you meet and it is like you've never been apart.........
Friends are flowers in your garden. I love colours.
I'm sorry I have to go back on the promise of more ornaments. Christmas is too close, my to do-list is too long.
