Unwittingly, Jonathan and I stumbled across the perfect reprieve from Oslo's cold, dark winter last weekend. We took the T-Bane (Metro) east from the city center to the Toyen station. There we visited The Munch Museum first , a real treat! Lunched there at the café. Then we decided to talk…
A Look Inside The Munch Museum
This Sunday we visited The Munch Museum , Oslo's tribute to one of Norway's most famous citizens, the legendary artist Edvard Munch . Four versions of Vampire, produced in various years The exhibit is unique in that it focuses on more than Munch's paintings. He dabbled in photography, lithography, and even home…
Beware of Christians (A Review)
In this 2011 documentary, four American Christian dudes travel all over Europe asking (pretty self-indulgent) questions about (high school level) theology and what it means to really (no, really dude) follow Jesus. Now, these are four quintessential American-Christian-college guys. I feel like I know them, like I've talked to all…
The List Every Oslo Resident Needs
What should we do this weekend? The classic question. The Oslo Music Festival -- June 2011 Living in a city like Oslo is great because there's always something to do. Unfortunately, as an expat, it can be tough to know what all (or any) of the options are. If you…
Travel Dreams for 2013
Living so far north, we feel the darkness and cold a little deeper and a little longer than most. I don't have much room to complain, seeing as I live in Oslo, possibly the mildest Scandinavian city, weather-wise. But somehow I can't help it. Once the holidays are done, once…
Our Christmas Card ~ 2012
Sleighbells ring. Are you listening? No? Perhaps only I can hear them. I do live in Norway, so, sleighbells could mean it's Christmas time, or it could mean that the roads are too icy for cars, and the locals have switched over to their Sami-driven teams of reindeer in order…
It's a Small World, after all.
Enjoying Small World covered in Christmas lights... in 2003 AND 2012, Disneyland Trip 34. Deep-fried, cinnamon-and-sugared churro. That's the smell. Music and the rattle of roller coasters and laughter and the murmur of the crowd. Those are the sounds. Disneyland is a theme park. I won't try to make it…
O Christmas Tree
Most years, Jonathan and I have put up our Christmas tree on or around December 1st. This Christmas season has been different. I've been in California for four of the last six weeks. The first trip was for pleasure; the second was to celebrate the life of Jonathan's Grandpa Wilson,…