Süd-Tirol is where good apples come from. Anyone who has eaten apples know the name, and probably thinks Süd-Tirol is in Austria or Germany. But Süd-Tirol is the very northernmost […]
We went to the Dolomites in the late half of September. End of the summer tourist season. We were the last guests on the hotel, before they closed the doors […]
The Dolomites are legendary name to both mountaineers and geologists. The pink and beige mountains, with the characteristic layers, the free-standing towers with flat tables on the top, are on […]
(When you have read this blog post, you will appreciate how lucky we are to have oil!) During the last posts, I have taken you on a tour along the […]
We all love a day on the beach! The sun, the salt water, fish playing, sand castles, a good book and ice cream. The soft sand… …the sand, which creeps […]
I stand on the edge of the cliff. Below me, the sea, and the eternal sound of breaking waves and screaming seagulls, riding the air, mocking my fear of stepping […]
Tuff – tuff – tuff… MS Origo moves slowly thorugh the water, her engine puffing, almost as taking a pause to think and look around between each stroke. She is […]
I am a petroleum geologist for my day time job. Petroleum geologists study sedimentary rocks, because they are the ones that contain oil (sand and limestones) or are the source […]