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😀 I owe some appreciation for the country that has been good enough to have me as their guest for the past few years: Belgium. Until this year, Belgium had been more of a ‘base camp’ than a place where I spent my free time. This year changed that. Suddenly unable to travel ‘outside’, it […]
Kven: Harald (Slettvoll), Øyvind (Heimset Larsen) og meg sjølv Kva: Bil- og fjelltur i Alpane Kvar: Munchen, Bad Reichenhall, Berchtesgaden, Gosau, Hallstattersee, Bischofshofen, Bad-Gastein, Heiligenblut, Grossglockner, Krimml, Zillertal, Neuschwanstein, Munchen Når: Juni 2009 Utsikt vestover frå Kehlstein Haus nær Berchtesgaden Dagen starta uvanleg tidleg i baksetet på ei drosje i Abu Dhabi, den heldt fram […]
Who: Myself, EuropeanaLocal colleagues What: Sightseeing in Umbria and Marche, meeting in Ancona Where: Gubbio and Spoleto (Umbria), Bolognola, Monte Sibillini, Macerata, Numana, Monte Conero, Ancona (Marche) When: March 2009 Farmlands in the countryside in the western part of Marche
Kven: Meg sjølv Kva: Jordan på tre dagar (i minste laget) Kvar: Petra, Wadi Rum, Karak, Daudehavet, Nebofjellet Når: 12-15. Februar 2009
Who: Evaluation Working Group, EuropeanaLocal What: Project meeting with a hint of sightseeing Where: Veria, Greece When: September/October 2008 These gentlemen may look innocent enough but combined with sufficient amounts of Tsippouro they proved to be quite sufficient to kick-start our evening out.
Kven: Oskar Henriksen og meg sjølv. Kva: Vitjing i Sana’a (Jemen). Kvar: Sana’a og det nære omlandet. Når: Slutten av August 2008.
Kven: Harald, Øyvind og meg sjølv Kva: Biltur langs Costa del Sol frå Gibraltar til Barcelona Kvar: Malaga – La Linea de la Concepcion/Gibraltar; Gibraltar – Malaga – Ronda – Antequera; Antequera – Granada; Granada – Catral; Catral – Peñiscola; Peñiscola – Montserrat; Montserrat – Barcelona. Omlag 1400 km Når : Ni dagar (7-15. Juni […]
28 things I did during a two week drive in California, Nevada and Arizona from the 21st of October until the 3rd of November 2007 in the company of friend and colleague Idar Thoresen Kvam. I remember looking for something like this list before leaving, in the event that someone else is too, here is […]
A recent study trip with Avinet’s “corporate mother”, Asplan Viak, took me to Berlin in the company of about 60 merry colleagues. Following a similar experience in Turin, Italy, last year my expectations were split. Happy, as always, when thinking of the opportunity to enjoy evenings out in good company – but at the same […]
View from the ascent to Scafell Pike from Wasdale, overlooking Wastwater and the Cumbrian coast on the horizon. This years fishing trip was destined for the Cumbrian mountains in North-Western England, making it the third of our fishing trips abroad, succeeding trips to the highlands of Scotland and to Connemara in Western Ireland. The original […]