For regular readers discovering I’m about to write about another Norwegian holiday season, you could be forgiven for thinking Norwegians never work. I can hear you now: “Come on David, they already have Easter, the public holiday stuffed month of May, the giant summer shutdown, and Christmas. Do you really expect us to believe those [...]
My Travels in 2012 – And Plans for 2013
I resisted as long as I could, honest. Here is my Best of 2012 post, although I’ve tried to make it a little more interesting by focusing on the places I visited – both in Norway and elsewhere. Afterwards, I’m super excited to reveal the places I shall be visiting in 2013. Lillehammer, Norway Jan [...]
Christmas Time at Bærums Verk
It’s been a right royally cold week in Oslo! The temperature has been below -10C for most of the week and even touched -19C at one point. It only got colder than that once last year, when I was introduced to biathlon. Not that I’m complaining though, I’d rather it be cold than wet. As [...]
Winter Sun – Escaping the Darkness
Last year I made the horrendous mistake of staying in Norway throughout the cold, dark winter, while all the Norwegians flew south for at least a week of sun. Not this time. As soon as the first flakes of snow landed in Oslo, Gerry and I jumped on a plane. Tenerife has long been popular [...]
Blogging from 35,000ft
Hey everyone! It’s all been a bit quiet on here lately and my apologies for that. Life has taken over. Specifically, a death in the family requiring a hastily-arranged trip back to the UK, and some difficult times at work. In the little spare time I have found, I’ve been hard at work on XPAT.no. [...]
An Afternoon in Røros
It’s well into October and I’m still writing about my summer vacation around Norway! Faced with a mammoth seven hour plus train journey from Trondheim to Oslo with only me for company, my mum seemed a little glum at breakfast time. So I tried to cheer her up: That didn’t work, so instead I told [...]
Flåm Ferdaminne Holiday Apartments, Flåm
When booking our summer trip, one of the first things we had to do was secure accommodation. Despite its tiny size, thousands of people pass through Flåm every day in high season, so accommodation is scarce. After my first few attempts resulted in “we’re full” messages, I fired off an email to Flåm Ferdaminne, which [...]
Exploring Flåm
After our epic rail journey, my parents and I finally made it to Flåm. Words can’t do this place justice, so I’m going to start with some photos: Situated deep within centre-west Norway on an arm of the mighty Sognefjord and nestled tightly below towering peaks, Flåm is a prime example of a Norwegian fjord [...]
My Norwegian Summer Vacation
Last year I described my surprise at Norway’s Big July Shutdown, when pretty much the entire country takes their vacation. This year, I was a little more prepared for it. My family joined me for a few weeks and we travelled around some of Norway’s prettiest places. We took in two UNESCO World Heritage sites [...]
A Personal Update
Other than celebrating my first year in Norway, I’ve been a little quiet on here of late. Reason being, I’ve been incredibly busy! A New Job When I moved here one year ago it was on a temporary contract, so my future was always unclear. Sadly things didn’t work out so the past couple of [...]
