15/09/2008 4:06:50 pm
Busy, Busy. So this is a week of substantial activity. Today, there was a well attended and interesting seminar about the Swedish government half way through their first term. Tomorrow, I am in Brussels for a number of meetings, back late Wednesday. Thursday will be the grand introduction of Timbro Alumni, with film and Champagne. Friday, I am in Rome at EIN, back Saturday.

I have not yet found the time to describe my impressions of Tokyo. But I have to say that I liked it very much. A huge city, yet calm and polite. Very modern and fashionable, but with a lot of the old culture present. Also a surprisingly clean place. The economic troubles with deflation that one reads about seemed far away; indeed the place is shining from wealth.