*disclaimer: not actual races. Last weekend, the docks of Kristiansand became the headquarters of Tall Ship races. This event takes place in the city every four years and it consists of ship-schools coming to town from all over the world i.e. Russia, Brazil, Portugal, Poland, The Netherlands, Germany, Ecuador, UK, etc. If you’re a little lost (just like I… Read more →
Bergen
First trip so far and the best one yet. Last week, the Reinhardtsens and I traveled to the beautiful city of Bergen. It was a long drive but that was also due to stopping several times at different points of the road to appreciate the beauty of Norway. First, we stopped at a park-like area with a river coming from… Read more →
Summer 2015
Hei hei! I’m back in Norway for the summer, this being the third year in a row. wow Time FLIES by. I’m really happy to be back, as always. This time I’ll be staying here for 6 weeks (longest I’ve ever stayed) hoping to improve my Norwegian speaking skills, improve my hiking skills, hopefully see new things… Read more →
Reverse Culture Shock II: Romantic Relationships
Hei hei! I hope you’re having a great week! I certainly am. I want to thank all my friends and acquaintances who have supported this blog fervently after my last post. I’m very grateful for having all of them and I’m very happy to announce that thanks to them, my previous article regarding reverse culture shock, was a success! 😀 so I… Read more →
Reverse Culture Shock: An Effect of my Cross Cultural Relationship
Hallo alle sammen! Tonight I’ve decided to write about a topic that’s been at the back of my mind for some time now but hadn’t had time to meditate about: reverse cultural shock. If you had told me about it at the beginning of last year, I would’ve thought it was impossible but guess what? now, speaking from experience, I… Read more →
Recap Summer 2014
Hei hei! First of all, I want to apologize for being absent for so long! The purpose of this blog is to share my experiences in Norway and it was a success during the first year but sadly not for the second one… but hey! I’m here to vindicate myself! I’ll give you a quick recap of my second summer… Read more →
Oslo: last day in Norway
Hallo. My viking and I traveled to Oslo this morning, the plan is to spend the night here today and go to the airport early tomorrow. My plane leaves at 10am and I still have to check in and get my ticket and stuff.. not looking forward to it! It’s gonna be a long way home, after 1 train, 3… Read more →
Last day in Kristiansand
So this has been the best summer of my life. I’ve visited the best country in the world and met some of the nicest people ever, also best hosts. I met my internet love person after 2.5 years of non-stopping chat and found in him a partner with whom I’d love to spend the rest of my life with. I… Read more →
Møvik fort
So today we visited an WWII museum, which is basically a group of abandoned Nazi bunkers that are now displaying old pictures, maps, old uniforms, weapons, artillery, personal items and just the second biggest canon the Nazis had for WWII. Read more →
Grimstad
So today we drove to Lillesand and Grimstad, two beautiful cities, the latter more beautiful than the former in my opinion, still just as cozy and welcoming. I could live there. Read more →