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Carmen Cristina Pettersen Carpio

Originally from Ecuador, Carmen Cristina is now settled in Norway and works for the tourist organisation Region Stavanger. She writes for Life in Norway about adjusting to the Norwegian lifestyle, and runs her own blog all about Ecuador.
Modern waterfront of Sandnes, Norway. Photo: Richard M Lee / Shutterstock.com.

Living in Sandnes

Latin American Stavanger

Latin American Dancing in Stavanger

Volunteering in Norway

Volunteering is to Norway as Dancing is to Latin America

Social Cooking

Cook and Socialise in Stavanger

Stavanger food

Eat and Meet in Stavanger

Norwegian idioms

Funny Expressions and Idioms in Norwegian

View over Oslo and Oslofjord from Frognerseteren T-Bane

Tackling Assumptions about Norway

Please in Norwegian

The Challenge of Learning Norwegian

A cruise ship in Stavanger, Norway

From South America to Stavanger

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