Posts Tagged ‘holiday’

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 one:

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For the next two weeks Avinet colleague I.T.Kvam and myself, are going on a road-trip in California, Nevada and Arizona hoping to get the highlights of San Francisco, Yosemite Valley, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon.

Depending on whether we can get a steady up-link now and then we may – or may not – upload the odd photo along the way! If you feel envious by now we have accomplished our primary objective. To see what you are missing out on, a link to California’s official vacation guide is enclosed.

Californias Official Vacation Guide | California Travel | Vacation Ideas

The German capital lies on both banks of the river Spree where it has grown out of the settlement of Cölln founded in 1237. The city is now home to about 3 385 000 (2000) citizens spread over an area of 890 square kilometres. Germans love cars, something which puts a definitive mark on the cityscape

Walking Berlin

I found Berlin to be a messy capital in terms of layout. The city maintains a polycentric structure where the most festive neighborhoods are tucked away in the furthest and most remote areas and not apparent to the first-time visitor.

Never theless, it is a great city and a great document to the impact of differnt types of government philosophy as it was exercised in the eastern and western part of Berlin during the Cold War.

Spring holiday during the last week of May took me to once more to Lisbon during the 2006 installation of the Rock in Rio music festival. This added to the delights of the Portuguese capital which are already rich in numbers.

My favourite holiday destination over the past three years was once again made victim of my presence as I made my way across the atlantic, leaving behind the cold of the Scandinavian winter and greeting the equatorial summer.