Then a quick drive under Tromsø island to watch the twilight over the city docks. And lastly, we stopped by the bridge to the mainland to watch the pink fade away from the first snow of Autumn.

I’ve always liked flowers but I never became interested in them until I lived in Norway. I guess its because Australian flowers have always just been there. It was only when I moved to the other side of the world that flowers became fascinating. The colours are exciting, the shapes are curious and I just [...]

You haven’t been to Norway until you’ve had a Norwegian strawberry. Strawberry season here is late July and very short so you better be quick if you want a taste of paradise in the Arctic. You can buy Norwegian strawberries from grocery stores however street stalls are nearly on every corner in the cities during [...]

I landed at Oslo airport after a brain numbing 38 hour journey from Melbourne, Australia. This would be the first time I would see my new home. I walked through those last sliding doors into Norway, but saw nothing – no rolling hills, no frosted lakes, not even darkness from the polar night. A mysterious [...]