This weekend, we went with Tara and Tor to Tor’s family cabin in the mountains. Even though we’ve been in Norway for three years, we’ve never experienced a traditional cabin trip. Even more embarrassingly, we’ve never been cross country skiing.
We drove up on Friday night, and our first cross-country experience was quite an adventure – [...]
In case you live under a rock (or outside the US), last night was the Superbowl. That’s a big American football game that everyone watches, even if they’re not into sports. Normally I don’t really care about it, but this year the two teams playing were the Indianapolis Colts and the New Orleans [...]
There are some things about living here that I don’t really think about until someone else points them out. In this case, we were talking to Lucas’s family about apartments, and somehow we ended up discussing buildings that overlook one another. Our new apartment is definitely in one of those buildings.
This is the view from [...]
One of the little things that I love about winter in Norway is the prevalence of fireplaces and wood stoves in the houses and apartments. You might think this is because I can curl up next to the fire when we visit friends, and it reminds me of the old farmhouses of Indiana (i.e. the [...]
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, [...]
In the Weird Coincidences department…
The day after I published my last blog post, a new series of ads went up in the Oslo subway system, featuring money origami! I think I did a double-take the first time I saw one of the signs at the station, but unfortunately my camera battery needed to be charged, [...]
There is a very bizarre mix of things that interest me, and I’m always excited when two of those interests overlap (for example, last month’s mash-up of Halloween and Geek culture).
Today’s strange bedfellows are travel and origami. More specifically, foreign currency and origami. Along with the rest of my family, I’ve been doing origami since [...]
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 [...]
For months (probably years now) I’ve been meaning to start a regular feature about some of the random products I pick up at the grocery next door to the office. We often head over to buy snacks and soda in the afternoon, and since the shop regularly changes part of their inventory, I’m often tempted [...]
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 [...]