1. You will never be able to eat strawberries and raspberries from anywhere else in the world again. This is a fact. Norwegian berries are so good that I indulge in the 3 months we can get them and can’t stomach imported ones the remainder of the year. So I basically only eat berries for […]
When I was quite young, I remember watching a documentary on TV about a city called Kalapana on the big island of Hawaii. I never forget this documentary as it showed footage of this city being swallowed up by slow-moving lava and destroying virtually the entire place in the late 80s, early 90s due to […]
I have been to Oslo a few times prior to moving here. And in all honesty, I never liked it. I mean, I really didn’t like it. When people would mention coming to Oslo to me, I usually told them to pass on visiting and to hit up Bergen instead. Oslo lacked personality, charm, and […]
When I was in Ukraine, I had the opportunity to visit the Ukrainian National Chernobyl Museum in Kiev… a museum dedicated to the events on April 26, 1986, and what has transpired since. My plan when heading to Ukraine was to actually visit Pripyat/Chernobyl itself, but the tours were shut down indefinitely so I had […]
**UPDATE on May 1, 2013** A reader had informed me that the Titer test is no longer necessary in order to move your animal from the US into Norway (or any country into Norway for that matter). I have looked at the necessary information and it no longer requires this, which reduces a huge […]