Tromsø has treated us very well over the last few years.  We have many fond memories and will miss our favourite places.  Feeling a little indebted and sentimental, we thought to give something to Tromsø to remember us by. With having young children, one thing that I have missed is having the books to read [...]

I’m always amazed at how many people show up to 17 May celebrations.  With all of us squished into our little Storgata it is a wonder how any parade gets through. The Russ never fail to please with their bright red cars and wacky sense of humour.  It rather resembles a pride parade than a [...]

This was the first episode of the show I have been able to watch, so this review will be presented by yours truly. In this episode the seven remaining contestants found themselves in Nordmarka, the woodlands north of Oslo. The group was backpacking along one of the many hiking trails in this area. The gay [...]

This week’s show opened with the competitors zooming down a fjord, Nærøyfjorden, in a speed boat.  Their destination –  Gudvangen!  The folk enthusiast twinkled her fingers in the water and popped them in her mouth.  ’I taste my ancestry’, she said.  Gudvangen is where her Norwegian family come from.  She had always seen pictures and [...]