there is at least one rally in copenhagen each day during the climate summit but on the 12th of december there was a massive one, counting somewhere between 60 and 100.000 heads. people gathered from all over the world.
i must have seen a thousand signs, and yet i think that snow man was my favorit. i miss the snow.
this was way louder than the speakers, drowning out Angelique Kidjo (when she wasn't screaming). all kinds of instruments all over.
i saw Japanese ladies in kimono, heard the Same sing and the Tibetans chant, had to duck under several banners carried by Kenyans, Hungarians and Australians, was served tea by German punks, walked through a confetti cloud, tried to take pictures of Indians from Peru, an army of mimes and a dancing polar bear when it was really too dark, smiled so much that my face went numb... i walked for 7 hours with my best friend who did it for his child soon to be born and i was happy. when we parted and did a high five out of satisfaction i almost cried, i was that happy.
walking about 5 km in minus degrees is hard on most people. overwhelming to see how many people walked all the way and still smiled, chanted, sang...
there is at least one rally in copenhagen each day during the climate summit but on the 12th of december there was a massive one, counting somewhere between 60 and 100.000 heads. people gathered from all over the world.
i must have seen a thousand signs, and yet i think that snow man was my favorit. i miss the snow. 
this was way louder than the speakers, drowning out Angelique Kidjo (when she wasn't screaming). all kinds of instruments all over.
i saw Japanese ladies in kimono, heard the Same sing and the Tibetans chant, had to duck under several banners carried by Kenyans, Hungarians and Australians, was served tea by German punks, walked through a confetti cloud, tried to take pictures of Indians from Peru, an army of mimes and a dancing polar bear when it was really too dark, smiled so much that my face went numb... i walked for 7 hours with my best friend who did it for his child soon to be born and i was happy. when we parted and did a high five out of satisfaction i almost cried, i was that happy.
walking about 5 km in minus degrees is hard on most people. overwhelming to see how many people walked all the way and still smiled, chanted, sang... 
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Thank you for sharing this experience. I wish I could have been there. It gives me hope just to read about it and look at the lovely faces in the photos.
on that particular day, the hope was almost tangible. now, obviously, there are mountains of frustration and hardly any hope.
Ønsker deg også et godt nytt år!!
Fin bloggen din har blitt her inne. Det er jo lenge siden jeg stakk innom, og nå er jeg på bloggrunde.
Vi blogges:))
:)
love that you were here - what an incredible event it must have been - thanks so much for the account of it - wonderful to see the photos!
it was incredible, Kif, incredible and quite overwhelming.
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