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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
A year ago, when we received the “Destinations Rated” issue of National Geographic Traveler magazine, I was surprised to see that the top-ranked destination in the US was Columbus, Indiana. This year, the highset-scoring destination is once again close to “home,” as the honor went to the Norwegian fjords. The scores are calculated based on [...]
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 [...]
A few photos of Stavanger after dark:
We spent last weekend on the beautiful Koster Islands in Sweden to attend our friends’ wedding. I just got a chance to upload some of our photos, so I thought I’d share a few:
Today I happened on a blog article titled “Why Norwegian is the easiest language for English speakers to learn.” What a depressing headline for someone who has been trying to muddle her way through learning the language for over two years now. The piece outlines in very clear grammatical terms why Norwegian ought to be [...]
We’ve been back from San Francisco for two weeks, and I’ve finally gotten the chance to post something! A technical glitch with my blog, followed by a poor attempt to fix the problem by upgrading the software meant that I haven’t even been able to post for a while. (And I was stuck with that [...]