This week, thousands of people from across the globe will arrive in the Danish capital Copenhagen to take part in the most important international event for homosexual, bi-sexual and transgender men and women – World Outgames 2009. On the agenda is in one of the largest and most important conferences on homosexual rights the world has ever seen.
Literally talking around the water cooler this morning, the Carpe Diem team discussed the weather. Yes the weather. It’s only June so we shivered at the thought of the peak of winter. As we pondered pessimistically about the cold, our Danish resident here at Carpe Diem, reminded us all that winter has its perks as long as you know how to do winter like the Europeans. One such perk is mulled wine.
2UE, the Scandinavian Tourist Board, Scandinavian Airlines and MyPlanet, the Scandinavian travel experts are giving away a fantastic holiday for two people to experience the land famous for the midnight sun, Vikings, fjords, classic design culture and bustling modern city life.
As a lover of all things old school and a sucker for bright colours, Carpe Diem was more than excited to hear about Lego’s collaboration with Digital Blue to make Lego inspired MP3 players, cameras, alarm clocks, walkie talkies and boom boxes.
A bag of “candy” all the way from Denmark floated around the office today and has split the Carpe Diem team into two camps: lovers and haters. The controversial candy, called salt lakrid, tastes as good as it sounds (clearly I’m in the latter camp).