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  • A bridge too far

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    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…

  • Happy New Year Everyone!!!

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    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).

  • The Green Book: the third universal theory

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    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…

  • Tsippouro in Veria (Greece) September/October 2008

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    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.

  • Going to Yemen

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    💔🇾🇪 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…

  • London in June

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    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…

  • Gibraltar and Costa del Sol (Spania) Juni 2008

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    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…

  • Why I think you should fly Etihad

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    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…

  • Thinking

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    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)

  • TV-dramas I feel comfortable recommending

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    Before 2007 I wasn’t much of a TV-series person. My schedule didn’t really allow me to follow a specific time slot every week for a prolonged amount of time. Then came full season DVDs, downloadable TV-recordings and Internet TV; a series addict was born. Since then I have seen a respectable amount of series, some…