Updated January 2023 After living in Japan for three years (one as a child and two as an adult), I have a lot of thoughts about your trip to Japan. In my last post I shared an itinerary for what I'd consider a perfect one week trip to Japan. It covered the two Japan trip musts ...
23 Things to Do in Stavanger, Norway – From a Local!
To be perfectly honest I only recently realized what a wonderful city Stavanger is to visit. I had driven through Stavanger several times and never thought much of it, but I also had never spent the time to properly explore the city. But then my friend Vanessa moved to Stavanger ...
How to Photograph Northern Lights – Exact Camera & iPhone Settings
Since moving to Tromsø I've been posting lots of northern lights photos, so I guess it makes sense that one of the most common questions I get asked is how to photograph the northern lights. And while snapping a great photo of the northern lights isn't quite as simple as pointing ...
New City, New Blog!
My travels have slowed down a lot over the past few years, which has meant that I haven't had as much to write about here. And while I've been happy to travel a bit less, I have missed the blogging part of travel blogging. And so I started to wonder if there's any other kind of ...
What to Know About Whale Watching in Tromsø, Norway
Hi! I’m Katie, pretending to be Silvia for the day (I’ve swapped my English accent for an American one and everything). I’m a marine mammal researcher in Tromsø (northern Norway) and I LOVE whales. So, Silvia asked if I could write about whale watching in northern Norway from my ...