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 …
Category: International
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 …
Red-Nosed Helsinki
Helsinki I woke up to a drizzle with fall in full force and Helsinki wrapped in dark and damp and large yellowed leaves everywhere. Walking the couple of kilometers to my first meeting gave me a sense of “downtown” in the city, and I finally figured out that I had not been running …