First, the big news: Dan and I bought a car! Perhaps you can guess what that means for our future plans in Norway. While our rent-a-wreck wasn't too expensive at 4,600 kroner ($540) a month, it wasn't the best car and I realized it would be a bit silly to continue renting ...
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January 2016 – 6 Months in Norway
Six months in Norway! I feel like that should mark a huge turning point in my life here, like suddenly I speak fluent Norwegian or have learned to adore brown cheese (my one major failing in my attempt to be Norwegian as possible). Does finally learning to ski count? Let's just ...
Learning to Walk the Norwegian Way
And by learning to walk of course I mean learning to ski! Though if I'm calling skiing the Norwegian way of walking I should be referring to cross-country skiing, while this post is actual about the easier yet also more dangerous kind of skiing: alpine. I've dabbled in ...
An American in Rauland – Why?
Questions, questions, questions - that's what life has been filled with lately. Everyone seems a little confused about what I'm doing in Rauland right now, and while I'm confused about pretty much every other aspect of my life at the moment, this is one question I am able to ...
Norwegian Cabin Life
Oh hey, blog, I remember you! It's not that I've been meaning to ignore you, it's just that I've been distracted. By what, you ask? All the cabin things. Dan and I moved into my grandmother's cabin in Rauland on Tuesday, which was also when we started our super ...