I've been waking up in the best mood everyday this week, which is sort of unheard of for me - I am so not a morning person and rarely crack a smile before noon. But these days I haven't been able to stop smiling, because it's finally AUTUMN! Okay, I realize it isn't ...
expat life
When You Begin to Hate the Place You Love
About a year and a half ago I wrote a blog post about that dreaded "bitter expat syndrome" and how I planned on doing everything I could to avoid feeling those same bitter expat feelings towards Norway that I had once felt towards Germany, and then Japan, and then Thailand. That ...
Heart My New Cabin
If you follow me on Instagram, then you might have noticed that lately my stories have taken place in a different setting. Dan and I have moved! Okay, we're still living up in the Norwegian mountains and we're still living in a cabin - in fact we only moved about 10 ...
An Easter Ski Trip to Silkedalen in Rauland
It's the most wonderful time of year in Rauland again: Easter! Easter is the busiest holiday for Rauland, and it's when our small town of 1,000 people suddenly fills up with 10,000 visitors. It's pretty crazy! But it's also really, really magical. And not just because of ...
How to Make Your Life More Koselig
So, you might have noticed this trend that's been going around lately, where people are saying that Danes have figured out the secret to happiness and it's called hygge. Except if you ask any Norwegian about this Danish concept of hygge they will roll their eyes, because ...