A lot of places saw an unusually warm Christmas this year - my parents said it was nearly 70 degrees in Massachusetts! - and much of Norway was no exception. Trondheim was snowy when I left and Bø was snowy when I arrived, but by Christmastime all that snow had been rained away. ...
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The Best (and Weirdest) Norwegian Christmas Traditions
Wait, it's already December 21? Forget blogging, I need to go downtown and buy some wrapping paper! Then again, I still have a cup of hot chocolate to finish, so I guess I could stay for a bit. Plus, I have photos of Christmas cookies to share and Norwegian Christmas ...
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 ...
Off the Path: Puerto Edén
On how to travel to Puerto Eden, in Chile People often ask me what new country I want to visit next and while I still have tons of places on my bucket list, #1 isn't just a country, it's a continent. Guys, I've never been to South America! It's a little crazy that I still ...
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 ...