Real food	2008-11-13
This is how happy I was that Martine made me meat balls for dinner.
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Visitor	2008-11-03
Martine left yesterday after four days in sunny Oman. Having someone from home visiting after a couple of weeks alone on a project in Oman is quite nice. Especially when that someone is you girlfriend. The picture is taken on the hotel beach a quiet middle eastern night.
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Submited 2008-11-04 09:21:43 by Martine:
It's cold in Oslo, I want to go back to Oman...
Submited 2008-11-05 17:38:21 by Henning:
They are playing live salsa music outside so you should come back soon!

Most sorry, sir	2008-11-01
The room service here is fantastic. We ordered freshly squeezed lemon-mint juice (try it - it's really good!) and got it served 15 minutes later. The unfortunate waiter managed to spill a little bit of juice on the table cloth. He was really really sorry. So after I had paid the bill, said it was ok and convinced him that he did not have to come back with a new glass of juice he left apologizing. 5 minutes later he returned with a tray of chocolate. I could get used to this...
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Submited 2008-11-04 12:58:26 by Martine:
Henning has now set up traps in the hall outside his room, so that he always gets chocolate ;-)
Submited 2008-11-05 17:38:36 by Henning:
Good plan :-D

Dinner on the floor	2008-10-23
A nice thing about traveling is that you get to meet new and different people. Like these guys. They invited me for a traditional Omani dinner. We were all sitting on the floor and chatting while eating a goat they had slaughtered the same day. The meat was delicious and the company both fun and interesting.
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Back at the Shangri-la	2008-10-18
I'm back in Muscat after a couple of days at the oil field in the dessert. After I checked in ("welcome back Mr Ellingsen") they called me from the service center and said I was entitled to some free welcome gifts. I selected my gifts and went for a swim. When I came back this table was waiting for me. Not bad at all!
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Submited 2008-10-20 16:44:21 by Matteus:
Hmm, I find myself wondering what kind of dessert it was, to have an entire oil field in it. Some sort of dessert that involves deep-frying chocolate and pieces of fruit perhaps? I can see why a couple of days of that would require a couple of bottles of beer.
Submited 2008-10-20 16:47:48 by Matteus:
I know it's petty to comment on things like that, but you should expect it when you post pictures of beer where people who should be reading about martensite transformations can see them
Submited 2008-10-25 21:21:43 by Henning:
You say dessert, I say shut up ;-)