The view from…

February 19th, 2006

I’ve spent most of the past 28 years in London, but my visit there this week promises to be a bit strange.

It’s the first time my family has returned since we moved to Berkeley in July. We’ll have an opportunity to see family and friends, and catch up on developments in our old neighborhood (perhaps that should be neighbourhood).

But we’ll definitely be visitors, the first time that is true for me in nearly three decades. Maybe everything will be crystalline and familiar, but I suspect it will seem just that bit opaque. I write that because I believe in the last seven months we’ve become just a little bit Californian, and a little less Londoner. I’ll see.

At a guess, posting to Davos Newbies this week will be irregular at best.