travel
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London (England) 2005
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London (England) 2005 A study trip in a standardization project brought me to London in the company of some excellent people with whom the evenings passed easily. This trip will reside in my memory as the trip when we ultimately ended up in seriously gay, non-hetero sexual venues every single night. Why? Nobody knows. […
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Inverness (Scotland) 2005
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Inverness (Scotland) 2005 Another business meeting took me for a quick trip to Inverness. The highland capital at the end of the famous Loch Ness appeared far more appealing to me than on previous visits to the city. Mainly because I have failed to go to the nicer parts of the city before. Pubs, cider…
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Hannover (Germany) 2005
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Hannover (Germany) 2005 The ultimate technology experience is undoubtedly the CeBIT fair in Hannover. In 2005 this means car navigation systems, mobile phones, smart mobile phones, incomprehensible corporate solutions for which it is almost impossible to envisage any use case and memory keys. Thousands and thousands of memory keys in all shapes and colours. […
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Ringkøbing (Denmark) 2005
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I got to experience this lovely little place on the Danish North Sea coast during a conference. The flat, rolling landscape and the high, high is fascinating as it constantly changes character with the wind and the weather. Walking among the sand dunes on a foggy night with the roar of the North Sea in…
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Edinburgh (Scotland) 2005
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Edinburgh (Scotland) 2005 A project at work brought me to Edinburgh in the beginning of February. Still shaken by the climate change between Norway and Brazil I set out together with a number of exellent friends and colleagues to enjoy the Scottish capital during the Six Nations Rugby Tournament. [ (Stein) Runar Bergheim, 0 .…
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English skills in Rio de Janeiro
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I picked up this brochure at my hotel in Rio. It told me to visit the Belmonte bar, a fine establishment that seems to be packed with people most of the week. I do not doubt their capability of producing wonderful food and serving cold beers. It is this brochure that interest me. The design…
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Natal & Rio (Brazil) 2005
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Just like the month of december is a month of cheerfulness and anticipation before the holidays, january is the month of hang over. It is cold, it is dark, it has tons of work on store and the next holiday is yet out of reach. This if any is the month to leave Norway behind…
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Lisboa (Portugal) – 2/2004
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The Portuguese, like unlike Norwegians, know that they will never be taken seriously in Europe. They are simply to small – and this makes them a very relaxed and agreeable people to deal with. The city itself has much to offer to the taste of most anyone. Traveling with my excellent colleagues in Avinet I…
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Bremen (Germany) – 2/2004
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Bremen (Germany) – 2/2004 I may have said it before, but it deserves repeating. Go to Bremen. Go to Bremen now. Being completely ignored by Norwegians as a tourist destination it is a gold mine of a city. The two last weeks of October the people of Bremen celebrate at the Freimarkt – comemorting Bremen’s…
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Natal, Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil) – 2/2004
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Natal, Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil) – 2/2004 The autumn is a good time to go to South America. While it is getting steadily colder in Western Norway, spring has just kicked in just south of the Equator. Average 24 hour temperatures of 26 degrees celcius can be mean for someone who live in a…