Stockholm Marcus Carson, a former ACORN and Local 100 staffer, has been living in Sweden with his family the last 10 years. He claimed to me last night that Stockholm was a beautiful city. On that, as on so many other things, I’ll have to take his word, because all I know are …
Month: October 2007
Moving Towards the Cities
Oslo Norway was a short course. Three meetings in less than 24 hours: NORAD, the Norwegian Development organization with a view of the water, LO, the giant labor federation with its huge building overlooking the former bazaar, and finally Norwegian Church Aid, a huge NGO hidden discretely around the corner from the heart of …
Hotel Kamp and Russian Marines
Helsinki The man from Nokia said to meet him at the Hotel Kamp in the lobby, it was a landmark hotel right on the Esplanadi, the main downtown walkway going to the sea in Helsinki. It was easy to find, though my first lobby, elegant, ancient and refined, turned out to be the …