A loyal and avid reader since issue 06, it is about time that I make room for a few lines on my blog for Monocle — one of the best magazines in print today.

Founded by Tyler Brûlé, who also started Wallpaper magazine, Monocle is a global affairs magazine comprising niche stories, anecdotes essays, photo montages, and more in affairs, business, culture, and design. It is a cosmopolitan mix-and-match, and its sweet layout and structuring makes it great for reading on the flight, in the bathtub or on the couch.

What continues to amaze me about Monocle is that, although highly globally oriented, Denmark somehow finds its way into each and every issue (at least how I recall it) — the peak was, as some of you may remember (correctly), when Monocle placed Copenhagen as the second most livable city in the world last summer. If nothing else, Denmark at least has a place in the Kita Koga manga series at the back of each issue where Niels Watanabe goes through life as a new James Bond.

If this sounds anything like something you like, pick it up. You won’t look back.

I did a small photo walk in Paris earlier today — it was a beautiful day, where the sun popped out and shed light on the recently renovated Notre Dame (behind the saxophone player in the photo). It has been way too long since my last visit to Paris (I think four years (!)). That will not happen again.

I have finally found the time to gather some photos from the CBS Case Competition 2006. You can have a look at them here. I will upload more, when I get the time. For now, all the pictures that are up, are from our award banquet. Below, a picture from the award banquet of my good friend Christoffer and I.

During my Christmas vacation (which is not really a vacation–four exams in January), I’ve had some time to browse through older photographs that I’ve taken. Below is a shot from Vevey overseeing Lake Geneva.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all.

From when I lived in NYC. Read more about the Statue of Liberty at Wikipedia.

Browsing my photographs, I found a picture I took August last year when I was studying at NYU. Sometimes, I dream myself back to the city, but–as alluring as dreaming maybe–one should always try to breathe in the moment. In fact, I find there is some healthy balance to be found between past, present, and future in which your mind should be. Where is it exactly? In any case, in these minutes I dream.

My good friend, Stefan Jung, has a new blog post on happiness, where he uploads a lot of pictures of happiness from a photography competition.

I thought that was a very nice idea, so I just dug up a few pictures from my archives.

All the pictures are from a camp near Mullsjo, Sweden, except no. 3, which is from Bryant Park, NYC.

In October, I was in Lausanne (photos from my trip). One of my friends, who lives down there, has just gone crazy and uploaded an inferno of beautiful photographs from the Swiss Autumn.

He also made a photo of my private tennis court - I love the view I have there. Check it out :-).

Of the more than 250 photos I took, I have assembled a small slide show of about 30.

• Pictures from my trip to Lausanne October 13-18 2005

This morning I landed in Copenhagen Airport - back from Lausanne. I’ll give you the story later, along with some more photos, but for now you will have to do with this photograph from the town of Vevey, which used to be home for Charlie Chaplin.

I like the Italian-godfather-silence-before-storm kind of feel over this one.

I first mentioned Arena di Verona in this post. Arena di Verona is an open air, colosseum-like amphitheatre, where they perform opera. I watched a sublime performance of Verdi’s Aida. Here is my most recently processed photograph.

Another shot from the Italy trip three weeks ago.

As I think I already mentioned, I took close to 600 photographs during the Italy trip, so there is more to come. Here is a view from the big bridge connecting San Marco and Academia in Venice.

The first picture I had through PS from my Italy trip.

The building in the picture is not actually in Venice, but on the neighbouring island Lido, which we passed on our trip with the vaporetto (some kind of water bus) from the airport to San Marco.

Finally, I have had the time to look at my Los Angeles (FEB 2005) photographs. Clicking on the link below, will take you to a dozen photos from the below mentioned visit to LA. We were placed among the finalists in the competition ahead of Berkeley, Wharton, and Thammasat.

Photos from LA / click here

Just another picture from our trip.

The picture is taken from a small bathing/boat bridge. We are on are way to Lake Placid from Tupper Lake (this lake is in between).

Without further comments. I’ll tell you more about our trip to the Adirondack Mountains (and with more pictures) later. We missed the peak of the leaves though, but…. ….and maybe the car on the left is an annoying element, and I have another picture without it, but since it was the car we drove, I felt like including it.

Well, obviously, not entirely without comments :-)

The last day before school (read the entry if you do not remember) was not a success in terms of watching baseball (but in terms of many other things). However, on September 23, once again, we went to Yankee Stadium in the Bronx.

And boy was it fun. The fun part was of course experiencing a different sport and a different culture, because I do not think that I could get used to watching baseball as a spectator sport. But I got to taste a very very salty pretzel, a very very sour Minute Maid ice cream, but it was fun.

In the middle of the game, the entire stadium stood up and sang “God Bless America”. What a great atmosphere in the stadium, and what a great day.

As usual, I attached a few pictures. If you have any doubt (I don’t think you have), I took them myself.

I was trying to find a more attractive title to this entry - but I don’t think I would able to capture all the emotions, the atmosphere, the despair (and at the same time) resolve, which characterize this day, and, subsequent to 9/11 01, Americans.

September 11 started with 4 minutes of silence at Ground Zero, the place where the Twin Towers collapsed - at the time of the two impacts and at the time of the two collapses. Family to the victims and many other people gathered during the day, and the names of the thousands of victims were read out loud. The relatives of the victims were allowed to enter Ground Zero (which is fenced off for the public), and lay flowers in the footprints of the Towers.As the evening came closer, A Tribute In Light started (as the other years), which is two projected light beams (consisting of several smaller beams) vertical into the sky, symbolizing the Twin Towers.

All over Manhattan, flags were half pulled, and there were different kinds of memoralia in stores such as pictures, cards etc - everyone telling their own story. All New Yorkers, it seems, has a story to tell about 9/11.

It is hard to believe that two of the world’s largest buildings stood just where I was taking these pictures. New York is moving on as smoothly as haven’t they been there at all, but they will never forget. Rising from the tragedy, next year the construction of the two Freedom Towers will begin at the WTC site. They will be 1776 feet tall, symbolizing the year the United States gained their independence.