Back on my feet again

Back on my feet again after that horrible food poisoning. Had a lovely brunch (oh well, at least a smoothie, which was all I dared to have considering the circumstances) with a colleague at a nice cafe yesterday. When we sat there, it struck me how much the cafe- bar- and restaurant scene has changed since I was here four years ago. Just about everywhere, there are lovely little cafes with wonderful menus offering delicious desserts, salads, tapas, fresh fruit juices, smoothies, and just about any kind of coffee or tea you could wish for. (A bit like Luang Prabang in Laos, for you who have been there lately). And when it comes to restaurants; except for the delicious khmer- vietnamese- chinese and thai food you find everywhere here, now there's also a huge number of other international restaurants on the scene here; for example japanese, russian, italian, mexican... Last night I was invited to a colleagues house. We ordered indian food for home delivery, which turned out to be excellent. This wonderful selection of great food in Phnom Penh has come as a pleasant surprise to me, I must say. Except for the fact that I had hoped for loosing some wight during my time here... :-\ Oh well, I guess we'll have to wait and see about that... ;-)

After that smoothie I mentioned, I went to look at a couple of apartements. The first one turned out to be far to dark and gave me claustrophobia. And we don't want that to happen, do we, so I quickly went to have a look at the second one. It turned out to be really, really nice; large, cool, light, including two terraces and also a large balcony - which I by the way have promised Janne. We're both very found of the idea of a balcony where we can have coffee in the morning and sip drinks in the evening. All year round, which is one of the advantages of living in Phnom Penh compared to Sweden. :-p Janne has also wished for a cockroach free apartement, which on the other hand I think will be far more difficult to live up to. :-\ Anyway, this lovely apartement of course turned out to be far too expensive in the end, so I'll continue the search later this week. Hopefully, it won't be too long before I have a home here, where I can welcome you all! :-)