travel
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Ireland: The rain it raineth every day
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During a recent trip to Ireland, me and colleagues Heather, Ivar Petter, Jostein, and Rune visited several key actors on the Irish ICT scene within public sector services, e-government and EU R&D projects. The Irish economy has been booming over the past few years and it was well worth the effort to see what they…
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Prague: One day of PSI and spring
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Acting upon an invite from friends and colleagues Olga and Rob of MDR partners I decided to make a detour to Prague for one day. The occasion was a workshop on the PSI directive and its consequence for reuse and creation of value added services in the private sector (or at least outside its original…
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London: Business and Black Metal
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During Easter week I had to go to London on a meeting to prepare a project proposal for the 7th framework programme. Simultaneously Avinet colleague and Vreid lead singer, Sture, was kicking off a mini-tour to launch their new CD “I Krig”. To my deep regret I had never heard Vreid play live before, despite…
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Tenerife: Sea, mountains and an ex-fishermans village
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High-brow, well-educated, Norwegian families do not travel Tenerife. They do not travel to any of the Canarian Islands. They go to exotic destinations where they can be pioneers, be one with nature and live with the locals. This they cannot do on Tenerife. But then again, they don’t do that anyway, they just like to…
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Om å reise med buss
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Gjekk gjennom Galleri Oslo i dag, hovudstaden sin største busstasjonen. Har sjeldan sett så mange bistre menneske på ein stad som eg kan minnast. Det er ganske tarveleg å reise med buss. Eg hadde gløymt dette då det er mange år sidan eg nytta denne forma for transport. Eg trur det er tre år sidan…
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Syden var ikkje så gale likevel!
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Har for fyrste gong vore i ‘Syden’. Nærare bestemt på Tenerife, ei av dei største øyane i Makronesia. Det var ei openberring. Eg er ein av dei som alltid har smykka meg med aldri å ha gjeve etter for masseturisten i meg og reist til det vulgære, ekle, turistifiserte ‘Syden’. No har eg altså vore…
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Luxembourg in January
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I often curse at the unwelcoming climate in Norway in the interval of time between November and February but, as a compensation for freezing, atleast we have snow. What is the “�%&/ point of winter in Luxembourg, or any other non-skiing city in the world? Starting the year off in a slow manner, business didn’t…
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Erfurt (Germany)
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Described by Luther as being “in the center of the center of Germany”, Erfurt is the captial of the State of Thuringia in the former East Germany. Founded in year 742 it now is home to about 200 000 citizens distributed over an area of 269 square kilometres. Erfurt has the feel of a medieval…
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IST 2006, Helsinki (Finland)
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Founded in 1550 by Gustavus I of Sweden, Helsinki is today the capital of Finland with a population of roughly 570 000 (2006) spread out over an area of 186 square kilometres. The national stereotype is someone who can sit idle in a sauna (at about 80 degrees) for several hours without uttering a word.…
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Cycling and tourism, Newcastle (England), 2006
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Situated in the region of Northumbria between the Scottish border and North Yorkshire, Newcastle upon Tyne has a population of 266 000 inhabitants (2006) distributed over roughly 112 square kilometres. The settlement dating way back to the romans, the city owes its name to a castle built by the Normans in the year 1080. Locals…