If you’re anything like me, you’re looking puzzled and saying, “Really? Mozambique?!?” This is a country that was definitely not on my travel radar a month ago! When I think of southern Africa, I think of South Africa, Tanzania, Kenya, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Basically safaris and Victoria Falls. So when our friends invited us to [...]
On Sunday night, Lucas and I went to Tara and Tor’s house to watch the playoff game between the Colts and the Jets (They have an NFL international subscription to watch the live CBS telecast online). Although I’m not a huge football fan, I did enjoy watching the game. However, like so many Superbowl viewers, [...]
I know that a few people have been eagerly waiting to see some photos of our trip to India, so I’ve been working overtime this past week to try to get them sorted and uploaded in a timely manner. We don’t want any repeats of last summer’s Alaska trip! [Speaking of... I have finally started [...]
I’ve noticed that for the past month or so, my Twitter updates have been predominantly weather-focused. There have been some exciting things going on at work, but I guess I assume most people don’t really care about the goings-on of our office. If you are interested: The summary is that our manager is moving to [...]
Earlier this year, when Lucas and I were out in Bærum visiting some friends, we all went for a walk in the woods. I wasn’t watching my feet and ended up stepping on a snake, which startled me more than anything else, and made me feel extraordinarily bad for the tiny snake. Our friends were [...]
No, I’m not talking about the weather, but perhaps I should: The season seems to have taken a sudden nose-dive around here! On the weekend of our move (was that really only 1½ weeks ago?) I updated my Twitter status to comment how the weather was a perfect fall day. The sun was shining, the [...]
Almost as soon as we had the keys in hand, we started the hassle of moving from one apartment to the other. After just a few days, we were incredibly thankful that we bought a place so close to our old one! The first weekend we borrowed a dolly from work (and a shopping cart [...]
Unfortunately my plans for blogging more regularly were hindered last week by the flurry of moving activity! However, things are starting to slow down a little now that the new place is finally livable! To recap the whirlwind home-buying process: Sunday 23 August – We went to the visning for the apartment, and spent about [...]
Today was our first full day back in Oslo. It’s a relief to be home after our crazy trip, and the cats are certainly glad to see us. Even Maia, the reclusive cat, seemed a little more social than usual. Being away for two weeks isn’t usually so exhausting, but this time it was essentially [...]
The last stop on our crazy two-week whirlwind trip was Chicago, where we squeezed in some sightseeing between catching up with Katie and Shane. We did the architecture cruise on the Chicago River, which was even more interesting since we were still in apartment-hunting-mindset and there are a lot of nice riverfront condos. We visited [...]