— ‘You like my car, sir?’, asked Abdullah, visibly proud of his ageing Land Cruiser. Abdullah was my driver and guide for my day’s outing in Wadi Rum. — ‘It is an, an…, ah yes, an INTERESTING vehicle’, I replied; using the word ‘interesting’ as one does when at a loss for a something to […]
I was standing on the rock formation known as the ‘Little Bridge’ in Wadi Rum, posed for a classic tourist photo. I am not in the habit of appearing in my photographs. However, on this occasion, I needed some scale to convey the dimension of the scene. Now, I am no conventional ‘matchbox’ and the […]
The New Year was kicked off with a bonfire, Champagne and entry-level fireworks in accordance with the latest Norwegian law on pyrotechnics. (From right to left: Natasja, Kjetil and Asgjerd).
Preceded by the Quran and Communism, Muammar al-Qaddafi in 1975 proceeded to write the Green Book. The Green Book in a very simple way summarizes – and solves – the bulk of global problems over less than 100 pages of text. The work consists of three sections: Part I: The Solution of the Problem of […]
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.
💔🇾🇪 Today a war-torn country on the brink of collapse, Yemen was once marked on the maps as Arabia Felix; happy, fertile Arabia. I had never been to Yemen, but I had taken a liking to the country from watching Yemen TV on Thursday nights in Abu Dhabi. On that weeknight, then-president Ali Abdullah Saleh […]
A brief visist to London in the end of June to attend the kick-off meeting of the EuropeanaLocal project at Regents College. On the negative side: Etihad was considerably less nice on this leg than I’ve become accustomed to from my previous flights with them travelling from Brussels to Abu Dhabi. Any basket is likely […]
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 […]
I have never cared much for flying for a number of reasons, all of which I’ve dealt with in previous articles. However, my dislike for flying doesn’t take away the necessity of it. Today therefore, I find myself at Brussels Airport for the sixth time this year, waiting for my flight to depart destined for […]
Two thinkers thinking! Myself (left) and a dromedarian at a camel farm on the Abu Dhabi – Al Ain road, Abu Dhabi, UAE. (Photo: Mike Cheremshynskyi)