Halloween is this week so we have beautiful orange pumpkins in the stores at the moment. Living in Norway has really made me value food. In Oz we have everything all the time – pumpkins all year round – so nothing is special any more. But in Norway most things are very seasonal – it [...]
I love my ‘me time’ walking around the farm taking pictures. I’m still very new to the country-girl tag and so everything to me is still very exotic. I am a little girl discovering a new world. But I do sometimes miss Moose telling me what things are…lol – so, I have a habit of [...]
Even though ‘hello’ is probably the most used word in any language you will probably not need to use it much in Norway. This is because Norwegians have an asocial society. If you are standing at the check-out, sitting at the bus stop or passing the neighbour, you can be guaranteed a non-conversational experience. Norwegians [...]
The further ‘out of the way’ you go the more common it is to see folk cottages standing by the side of roads, along fjords or in a thicket of trees, minding their own business.
Reindeer is synonymous with Sami culture and life but the Norsemen have certainly cottoned onto the goodness of reindeer cuisine. This rustic meal is perfect for cold Winter nights and packs you with energy for the next day of playing in the snow.
In Norway, there are still Lefse recipes around from the 1630s! This is supposedly the traditional and original Hardanger recipe used:
In the winter we rest.
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Tonight’s sky was filled with the Northern Lights.
It’s always fun to take kids to the beach.
Even in the peak of summer our mountains have touches of snow.