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Well, the SPI trade (outlined in an earlier post) panned out just bloody perfectly, with SPISpyers who held 3 contracts or more pocketing almost 100 SPI points in a little under 2 sessions.
Norway has been interesting, although so far we have not ventured far from the hotel (the Holmkollen Park Hotel Rice, which is the best hotel in Oslo).
It turns out that there were more Australians in the Energy Lawyers Group meeting, than any other nationality; a bloke originally from Yass (who is now a partner with an Irish firm) helped me fly the Australian flag by setting up a 'Convicts Corner' at each meal table.
The Nordic folks (the Danes, Swedes, and Norwegians) have been terrific hosts, and everyone else (Greeks, Italians, Latvians, Swiss, Dutch, Belgian and so on) have also been very nice to The Lovely and I. Odd that you could collect that many lawyers in one hotel and hot wind up with someone getting a blood nose... but then again there were no Americans...
We went to visit StatNet - the Norwegian electricity operator - and got to see how electricity supply/demand auctions are performed, as well as getting a guided tour of the control room which showed all the interconnectors within the entire NordPool power grid. Very interesting, and the 'main' dinner (last night) was one of the nicest meals we have eaten since we got to Europe... everything except the dessert was Norwegian delicacy (including reindeer for the main course) and it was brilliant.
Brilliant - like the short from 5340 the other day...
Those of you who want to thank me, just say 'Takk vor shist' (pronounced 'Tuck fur sist')... which, along with "Jeg snakker ikke norkse" (I speak no Norwegian) are the only two Norwegian phrases I know...
