The last time I visited Tromsø I was, I don't know, like six years old? My only two memories are of listening to builders working outside my family's hotel room at 4 am in the bright sunlight and watching the midnight sun not quite set over a beach. Come to think of it, I'm ...
Should Narvik Be On Your Northern Norway Itinerary?
At least that's the question Dan and I were asking each other when planning out our Northern Norway road trip. I had been to Narvik before, on a day trip from Abisko, Sweden, but while it made for a nice escape from Sweden (I mean, obviously), I wasn't sure if it was worth ...
Marmorslottet: Norway’s Marble “Castle”
I didn't make it far after leaving Mosjøen before stopping again for the day. Mo i Rana is about an hour and twenty minutes from Mosjøen, and while I was interested in seeing this old industrial town I was most excited about exploring some of the natural wonders in the area. I ...
Should I Stay in Norway? (And Should I Blog About It?)
Have you ever been on a flight where the person next to you won't stop talking, when all you want to do is plug into the airline entertainment system and cry over a bad movie? Well, a couple of weeks ago I was that person - the one who couldn't shut up. Sorry, Liam! I was ...
My Best Piece of Blogging Advice (That Nobody Seems to Want to Hear)
Sometimes I wish I could go back five years to when I was writing blog posts in a sand-filled journal and uploading them at Internet cafes and tell myself that someday I'd be doing this as my full-time job. There's no way I would have believed it. I'm well aware that I've ...