There are two key events that help make a new place truly feel like home: 1. having someone visit you and getting to show off all your new local knowledge 2. leaving for a trip somewhere else and getting to return home. I'm taking care of the second one right now - I'm typing ...
Get off the Path: Arslanbob, Kyrgyzstan
The Country Kyrgyzstan The Place Arslanbob Why You Need to Visit One word: walnuts! But if one word isn't enough (or maybe you suffer from a nut allergy?), Arslanbob is a beautiful village nestled under the snowy cliffs of Mount Babash Ata (4,427 m). But most ...
That Bitter Expat Syndrome
Perhaps my last post was not exactly overflowing with positivity. Dealing with Internet companies is never fun, and trying to sort it out had me frustrated for weeks. Except by the end it wasn't just about the Internet anymore. It was Norway's fault we didn't have Internet, if ...
A Run-In with the Norwegian Mafia
A review of Stiftsstaden AS Trondheim - how they totally screwed us over I've said it before, but I'm going to say it again: I am SO happy to be living in Norway! After having spent many a magical holiday here as a child I was a little worried that the reality of non-vacation ...
August 2015 – 1 Month in Norway
This is going to make me sound like the Grinch Who Stole Summer, but I had been dreading August for probably the past six months. I know, I know. Like, I know. Watermelon, beaches, suntans, picnics, swimming - summer is awesome! But what I find a little less awesome is times of ...