Remember when I first went to Albania and could not stop talking about it? Well, I think Spain might be my new Albania, because I'm suddenly obsessed. It's crazy because before this year the last time I had visited Spain was back when my shoes closed with velcro, but in the past ...
The Best Lesser Known Instagram Spots in Norway
My last post about Norway was a bit of a downer, so today I thought I'd focus on something more positive: how beautiful Norway is! I mean, everyone knows that already. And you know that especially well if you ever spend any time on Instagram, because Norway is all over that ...
Finding the Best Hostel: Bergen, Norway
The accommodation landscape has changed a lot in Bergen over the past few years. You can find a more updated post with the best hotels and hostels in Bergen here. I live five hours from Bergen and four hours from Oslo, so this year I've made an effort to visit Bergen a ...
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 ...