It is surreal to live according to nature.  In big cities and average climates humans make their own times and their own lives but in dynamic places of the world, like Northern Norway, nature makes all the rules. Instead of living the same day-in and day-out, we live by the seasons and move with nature.  [...]

Norwegian cakes always look beautiful, as if they have just come out of a decadent country magazine.  Eating cake is certainly an event in Norway.  Cakes are way too pretty to be eaten in the hand with fingers.  They are served on plates, always with a little spoon. Table settings are very much a part [...]

As an Outlander, you might not have the ‘inside’ knowledge of what to buy and what not to buy for your baby’s nursery.  This information in Norway is usually past down from mothers, discussed in mothers groups or even posted on mother and parenting blogs – however, some of us don’t have the luxury of [...]

When I first came here I was put in a group of immigrants to learn Norwegian.  It hadn’t occurred to me that I was actually an immigrant myself, so I thought it very weird to be mixed in with everyone else.  Americans, Brazilians, Vietnamese, Georgians, Puerto Ricans, English, Russians, Germans and even Australians were considered [...]