Archive for the ‘Travel’ Category

Heading for PubCon Search Marketing Conferences 2008 in Las Vegas!

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

Saturday its time to head for the yearly ´PubCon Search Marketing Conferences in Las Vegas – I’m looking forward to 4 days full SEO, PPC, Tracking, Viral and and and inspiration!

Pik-Nik, I wont eat that…

Saturday, October 18th, 2008

To all Danes…  would you ever eat a Pik-Nik..  its with cheese taste…

( I found this commercial on my way to Vilnius…  seems like they eat Pik-Nik there…)

And for my foreign friends…  a bit of Google Translate

Remember to include the Vilnius TV Tower!

Saturday, October 18th, 2008

Wow…  I’ve been to Vilnius quite a lot of time… seen a lot there and around, but it was first last Saturday that I ever was up in the Vilnius TV Tower and I must admit – it was a mistake not to have been there before….   its close to be a must to include it in a visit to Vilnius! What a great view and soo nice sitting with a beer and some food and getting a ’spin’ over Vilnius.

Pretty impressive from the ground

And what a view from the top of Vilnius TV Tower

Pretty cool with the tower as a shadow…

And another great picture from the top of Vilnius TV Tower

Won’t waste a second on Mojito Naktys

Saturday, October 18th, 2008

The bar and club scene in Vilnius is very good and when I’m around I like to visit the nice place with my friends, but last weekend made me decide to exclude one – Mojito Naktys.

I don’t mind being told that a club or lounge is full – that happens for all good places once in a while…  but to spend a long time in a line at Mojito Naktys and asking the bouncer politely about the situation, getting told its totally full (even though people are leaving) and that they wont let us in for the next hour or so… and then seeing the bouncers at Mojito Naktys letting their friends in!! That totally sucks Mojito Naktys!!
The cool club Absento Fėjos, which are often packed, were also pack last weekend, but at they do a decent way of handling the line – and Michael and I had a great night there.

So when you see this sign in Vilnius – then you know its time to turn around – no idea to waste your time in a line outside Mojito Naktys… just the 5 cents from an ‘angry old man’…  ;-)
Or at least somebody who knows how to spend his time better…

And yes, there is no much of a line outside Mojito Naktys, because people find out about their bad policy…  just for the friends…

OMD2008 in Düsseldorf

Sunday, September 21st, 2008

OMD2008 was really a cool exhibition – so many companies and such a great vibe! But the day started with a HUGE line….  seems like they just cant figure out how to bring in several thousands of people in a short time..

But in there everything was really good…  meet a lot of people I knew…
And got a beer or two with the Traceworks.dk boys

Really good seeing you guys – interesting hearing how Traceworks are expanding!!!

OMD is known for making one of the biggest Online Marketing exhibition in Europe and all the people are professionels, which means no consumers hunting branded stuff like bags, cups and t-shirts…  but check out these kids hunting branded stuff…  seems like they had a good catch…  ;-)

Meet the TraceWorks boys at OMD in Dusseldorf

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

This morning I was up way to early . needed to be in the Vilnius airport for a 05.30 morning plane to Dusseldorf, Germany, with a stop in Riga…  puuuuh…  but fortunately I was able to sleep in the plane..  ;-)
Arriving in Duseeldorf I just dropped my suitcase at the hotel and then it was off to the OMD (Online Marketing Dusseldorf) exhibition – a huge online marketing exhibition in Dusseldorf which I have been at 2 times before – first time to check the exhibition and the year after as advertisor with Addvisors Hamburg.
Not long ago after I entered OMD I found the TraceWorks boys…..  more to come!

But I can tell that OMD is really intersting, also this year…

Supporting Georgia by buying Georgian Spring Water

Saturday, September 13th, 2008

Skaiste and I decided Thursday to support Georgia by buying Georgian Spring Water ‘Borjomi’ instead of local spring water – and it did in fact taste really nice…  not that I’m any expert of spring water…  ;-)
Skaiste bought a special on with lots of salt in…  I kept to the normal no gass…

Cigar-clubbing in Vilnius

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

Tuesday evening I went cigar-clubbing in Vilnius with my friend Domas and Jurgio aka George.
Domas and George picked me up for some food at the nice place Rene – Belgium heavy food for men and a couple of their strong beers…  nice, but not something you could do everyday..  the food was delicious, but too fat for everyday…
Afterwards Jurgio suggested that we went to a new cigar club that was about to open, but we could get in anyway, so…  I dont smoke anything, not even a good cigar, but when I heard about a good selection of Calvados and a couple of Single Malts I was rather easy to persuade…
The cigar club was really really nice and the service was competent and servicemindend – situated in the old town of Vilnius it was of course in one of the old house…  so cool!
And George told me that we will also be able to use a room there for a small private poker session…  just between friends..  not bad at all…  need to test it sometimes in he future….

The cigars are being lit by our chef while George is enjoying the nice cellar room we’re in..

And Domas is showing how to enjoy a cigar the gangster style

Velobar aka bicycle-bar in Vilnius

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

Sitting with a beer and some good friends in Old Town of Vilnius I saw my first bicycle bar – in Vilnius its called Velobar – nice idea, even though I dont really like making the connection between beer drinking and manual labour….

The Velobar in Vilnius
Velobar in Vilnius

Bo also liked the idea of a bicycle-bar – the Velobar in Vilnius
Bo also likes Velobar in Vilnius
To be honest I dont know if its the bicycle-bar concept that Velobar has or its the girl dancing in front that Bo likes the most..  I guess it the overall concept…  ;-)

And yes my friends, next time we hit Vilnius I can of course get Domas or Giena to order us this bar + we need to try these Segways…

Carlsberg, but no guns and bombs!

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

On my visit in Visaginas (op north east in Lithuania) I saw a lot of great nature, but I did also do some seightsightseeing in the town…  what really amazed me was how the town was sort of situated in the forrest…  so forrest in between the different areas of the town, and with forrest I dont mean those planted alleys and parks, but forrest that was there before Visaginas!
But Vigaginas did also have some bars and a couple of restaurants – and one place caught my attention – this place they sell Carlsberg, but people should please leave their Guns and Bombs outside…  it reminds me a bit of Copenhagen, here we cant bring SoftIce into the busses….  ;-)

Carlsberg, but no Guns and Bombs please…
Carlsberg, but no Guns and Bombs