Last week while foraging for blueberries on the mountainside behind my cabin I stumbled on a bright red leaf. Confused, I looked around and realized what in my concentration on getting enough berries I had been completely missing: autumn has begun! In mid August? It's ...
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Why Iceland?
Seriously, what's up with everyone and their neighbor planning a trip to Iceland now? Or at least daydreaming about going to Iceland. It's funny how some countries go in and out of vogue, and it certainly seems that Iceland is in right now. At the same time, a lot of people might ...
Bye Bye, Trondheim
I'm writing this post from the train from Trondheim down to my grandmother's home in Bø, Telemark. It's a 12+ hour journey, but one of the prettiest train rides I know. We'll be going over the mountains soon and I'm going to keep an eye out for reindeer and muskoxen! I'll be ...
Things I Wish I Had Known About Winter Travel
It's crazy to think that this time last year Dan and I were busy planning our 5 month journey from our old home in Thailand to our new one in Norway. We planned to fly to Beijing and then travel overland through Mongolia and Russia into Europe, which meant that we would be ...
October 2015 – 3 Months in Norway
October was my favorite month in Norway so far. Okay, I know I've only been here for three months, but it was the best. Then again I'm not sure how much that had to do with being in Norway specifically, as I was mostly just overjoyed to finally, after five autumn-less years in ...