Just over a year ago, at the beginning of last summer, I wrote a post about our ‘To Do While in Europe’ list, a priority list of what Lucas and I wanted to see while we were living overseas. Now that we’ve got just over a guaranteed year left (and a year since we compiled our list),…
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2015 in Review
Tis the season to look back on the past year, the first full year of expat life and so much travel! January was when I started working (and therefore we didn’t travel much. We’d spent the last two weeks of 2014 in America, and rung in the new year on a transatlantic flight. And no, in…
(Almost) Wordless Wednesday: Fjord Cruise
Continuing on our Norway in a Nutshell tour, we took a cruise from Flam up the Naeroyfjord (that’s the best my keyboard can do) and caught a bus down a terrifying windy road with all sorts of views and an excellent waterfall. Easily one of the highlights of the trip!
A Day in Bergen
Bergen, Norway has an interesting history. It was part of the Hanseatic League between 1350 and 1750, a German trade organization that linked many ports and had an intricate system for managing trade among them. Along with having an adorable historic port, it also has a large industrial port. Based on comments I overheard on…
Flam: By Train and Kayak
Our Norway in a Nutshell adventure started when we caught a train from Oslo to Myrdal (Read about our Oslo adventures here and here!). We were supposed to have a half hour layover (the plan was to grab lunch) before catching the Flam railway (Europes steepest and also one of the most beautiful). Unfortunately, our…