Month: November 2010
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Berlin: Axica by Frank Gehry
Back to pictures of my Berlin trip. For two days, we had meetings in a fantastic conference center designed by Frank Gehry. Axica, is located inside a squarish building which houses the offices of DZ Bank. The bank is located next to the US embassy and the Brandenburg gate (Brandenburger Tor) in Pariser Platz. To…
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I am one year old !
My then new iMac Dear readers, thank you for visiting. This blog has been running for just a little bit over a year. Happy Birthday to me. This is the 170th post! How did I manage? The first post was put up on November 4, 2009 – “Hello World” was just a test. So was…
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Berlin: 5 nights of opulent minimalism
Grand Hyatt, like all chain hotels, look alike – the one in Berlin is an exception. It was one of the 19 buildings built in the no-man’s land near the Wall (Postdamer Platz), by José Rafael Moneo. The interiors was described by Wallpaper as “opulent minimalism” – I am not sure what it means or…
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Berlin cityscape
My employer organized a week-long conference in Berlin. It was a chance for members of the group from around the world to meet each other and us in the operating center. Of course, there were training sessions every day but they did provide entertainment and dinners at spectacular locations. Three of the locations were even…
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Aerial views of Turkey
The day we left Antalya, the sky was cloudless as you can see from these pictures taken from the plane. The white rectangles are greenhouses for fruits and vegetables. Antalya is the fruit basket of Turkey. The mountains on the far side of Antalya are impressive as they go right out to the Meditteranean. Kemer…