I never thought a tombstone would make me smile and say ‘how cute!’  But you just can’t help yourself when you see one like this.  It is even in 3D.  I think it is a wonderful idea to have something such as this carved on your tombstone that represents your life.  A site like this [...]

The Kristiansten Fortress is in Trondheim over looking the city.  Built in the early 1680s, it was strategically placed on the east hill to protect the city from inland attacks, especially from the Swedes.  In the Great Northern War, the fortress achieved it’s purpose in 1718.  Just its mer presence deterred the Swedes. Karl VII [...]

Kardemomme by (Cardamom City) is a book and a play written by the late Thorbjørn Egner.  It is set in a fictional city with a camel, a lion, palm trees and a comical cast that suspiciously look like country Norwegians with bad mustaches.  It is certainly filled with Norwegianess from the songs, characters and storyline [...]

I loved Disney cartoons, Marvel and DC comics when growing up.  Mickey, Donald, Spider-man and Batman were household names.  Since being in Norway I’ve had to learn new names for my favourite characters but somehow they don’t seem the same.  A lot of the character names are the same in Norway as used in the [...]