surprise visit to Murten

when i'd told N. i was going to Bern, he'd said i should come by his place on the way back. i got that email just before leaving, i left it as an option. after much back-and-forth that i won't go into, i'd ended up suggesting we met somewhere halfway but it then turned out he'd be in Bern at 9am anyway, which was pretty much the time i'd be leaving at, so if i had time, we could meet somewhere in town? in the end, though, as the embassy he was at was out in the suburbs and i was somewhere relatively central and neither of us really knew the city, he suggested driving to the next nice exit, Murten, and meet up for coffee there. we had a plan.

Murten turned out to be a lovely little place. the old town part was gorgeous, much on the same pattern as Bern but with different colours! that was much more of a romantic meeting (C.'s words, not mine) than Bern would have been. after getting our coffee, we had a walk around and i took tons of pictures. i felt a bit silly, but i had never been there. plus, N.'s the guy who goes around taking pictures all the time, so he didn't mind.

we had an hour, but then i had to go cos i had a million other things to do, quite apart from getting back to Geneva. it was short but sweet. i'm definitely glad i went, although it's still early to tell where this might be going...