I've started thinking about my travel itinerary for 2017, and while the planning process has mostly consisted of me squealing in excitement at my computer as I narrow down the list of places I want to go, it's also brought along a distressing realization: I'm not a backpacker ...
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Shut Up, Wanderlust, Let Me Be Happy
This wasn't the post I had meant to write today. But sometimes when I open Wordpress to share something that I hope is entertaining or helpful my brain gets confused and thinks this blog is the same as a diary and instead all the feels come out. So like, sorry in advance, ...
How Travel Killed My Ambition
Since moving to Norway this past August I've been flooded with ideas of different things I want to do here. All of the possibilities have me so excited, and almost a bit nervous, as I might not have time to live all the different fantasy versions of my new Norwegian ...
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 ...
2015, How Did You Do That?
Happy 2016! My family celebrated at my grandmother's home in Bø, which was positively magical. In recent years I guess I always felt too cool to stay home for New Year's and have instead gone off to places like Edinburgh and London to celebrate with friends, so I had forgotten ...