I love living in the mountains, but the only annoying thing is that the buses to Oslo run so rarely that it can be difficult to catch a flight without leaving for Oslo a day early. Sure enough, when I checked the bus schedule last week I realized that I'd have to leave Rauland ...
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The Kosan Travel Pack System Might Actually Be Genius
This post contains affiliate links. Running a travel blog, especially one called "Heart My Backpack," I get so many emails from luggage brands asking me to try out their backpacks. And I always delete all of them, because I already have a backpack I love, and more often than ...
I Celebrated Cyber Monday with a Blog Makeover
Black Friday and Cyber Monday are the sort of holidays that make me want to lock myself in my room all weekend and ignore the outside world - while blasting Christmas music, of course! But late Cyber Monday evening it occurred to me that actually, there was something I had been ...
10 Very Norwegian Meals to Make in Norway for Less Than $10
I am always saying that travel in Norway doesn't have to be expensive (in fact you can read all my tips for visiting Norway on a budget here) and that includes eating. Because while a lot of food in Norway is crazy expensive, you can also find plenty of food in supermarkets that ...
7 Things No One Tells You About Life After Backpacking
Saturday marked four years since I returned from my very first backpacking trip. I only know this because I returned to my home in Chiang Mai on Loi Krathong, which also happened to be the night I first met Dan. No, this post isn't going to be about that romantic story, gross. ...