Archive for February, 2009
Vigelandsparken Posted by kari on Feb 6, 2009
Vigelandsparken is part of Frognerparken, a large open park in the northwest corner of Oslo. Vigelandspark spans 80 acres with 212 bronze and granite sculptures designed by Gustav Vigeland between the beginning of the 20th century and 1944, when the giant monolith was finished. The park is one of the first sites I saw when…
Bokhandleren i Kabul Posted by kari on Feb 3, 2009
Perhaps some of you have heard about the book Bokhandleren i Kabul (The Bookseller from Kabul) written by Åsne Seierstad in 2003. Seierstad traveled to Afghanistan two weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks and lived with an Afghani family for three months. The head of the household, Shah Muhammad Rais, was a bookseller with many wives. Bigamy…
The dark side of Norway Posted by kari on Feb 2, 2009
Most of what the average person hears about Norway is positive in nature. Norway is the land of the midnattsol (midnight sun), fjorder og fjell (fjords and mountains), havet (the sea), a country of magnificent beauty. Norway is also very well known for taking care of its people with excellent health and social welfare programs. Life…