jazz-overload in Molde (Norway)

Inspired by a compliment I have just received from @lopesluciane, I decided to catch up with my blog and update it with new stories. Actually, not so new, as this one took place over a month ago. But I thought it's worthy sharing :P

Between experiencing the mountains in Sweden and sailing the Norwegian sea with a professional skipper, Mark, Philip and I got "stuck" in a little town for one week. Luckily (luck is not enough to describe that!), there was a major international jazz festival taking place there during those 6 days... the town is called Molde, city of roses, with 20,000 inhabitants, host of one of the oldest jazz festivals in the world, MoldeJazz, at its 49th edition!

And how luck we were to get a volunteer job there! Why not? We would get a free pass for all concerts, free camping and discounts on food and drinks, plus a "special" deal for a day in an island across the fjorde, with music, beers, food and a swim... and our job? For some reason, they got to know we're passionated about the environment, so they got something to do... and it was called The Environmental Patrol (Miljø Patrulje)...

Our job was simple: clean the main street. Another name for it: cleaning men! Apparently, Scandinavians have replaced names for all "discriminated" jobs with nice names (and they are really well paid ;-))

In our case, we worked 1 hour, twice a day, for 3 days. A total of 6 hours of work (should I say fun!?) worth 300 euro!! Niiiice!! And we enjoyed showman Leonard Cohen, crazyman Cecil Taylor, funnymen Fanfare Ciocarlia, talentedman Joshua Redman and his Trio and popman Jamie Culum... plus a few other surprises at the Jams during the night and some street artists during the day...

I absolutely recommend for anyone!! So much fun, an overload of jazz!

More pictures at my flickr account: flickr.com/vedana