2006

Where Europe meets Asia

I was one week in Istanbul, on the border between Europe and Asia. Sultanahmet Sultanahmet is the historic center of Istanbul. Hagia Sophia This was the largest church in the world for 1000 years. Dolmabahçe Palace The European-style Dolmabahçe Palace…

A new trip to Moscow

We were in Moscow a week in September Kremlin Russia is ruled from inside the walls of the Kremlin. By day Moscow has lots of churches, Stalin skyscrapers and corrupt policemen. By night Moscow by night also has its share…

Home and on the road in Norway

Spring is my favorite season in Norway. Oslo The World’s largest cruise ship, Freedom of the Seas, stopped in Oslo from the 26th to the 27th of April, on her maiden voyage. West coast We toured the west of Norway,…

A trip to Caucasus

I visited Baku in June, 2006, and then took the night train onwards to Tbilisi in Georgia. Tbilisi I arrived in Georgia by train, and what I saw made me sceptical… until I saw the center or Tbilisi, which is…