Where the Waterfalls Mean Home
Insights from my World Travels
Yesterday is a day I will remember for the rest of my life. We took the train from Oslo Sentralstasjon to Myrdal, a cross-country trek lasting nearly five hours, complete with stunning window views like something out of so many postcards. As you reach the more mountainous part of the country, the ride starts to …
This post isn't going to be specifically about our Norway travels, but I wouldn't feel entirely right continuing to document this amazing experience without taking a moment to pause and give thanks to the reason my family is able to do this in the first place. My grandmother passed away earlier this year after a …
I går var vår siste dag i Oslo. We meandered around the city again, intermittently napping and still trying to shake this jet lag. I didn't think a six hour time change was going to be this hard, but admittedly I didn't have the most helpful sleep schedule to start, so it's realistically much more …
Hello, world! We had a great day exploring the city yesterday. I thought I'd post some pictures (finally) while I sit here battling jet lag. Flowers, flowers everywhere.Some images from our gorgeous hotel. The video is a screen inside the elevators that keeps playing these mesmerizing backdrops. This stall in particular sold several highly elaborate, …
Hello again from Norway! Quick update if anyone is planning to read this regularly...I've registered the blog to live at http://www.strofo.net, though the WordPress address will still take you there. I feel like the first thing I have to say is that this has all felt very surreal so far because of a few things …
This won’t be too long because the jet lag is real at the moment, but we’ve arrived in Norway. I feel...just really happy to be here. There’s just something that feels right about it. It probably seems like a small thing to folks who don’t experience difficulties with their names, but I’m pretty excited to be …
I’ve landed in Minneapolis, and given that I’ve got a half-hour Lyft ride through rush hour traffic, I figure now is as good a time as any to start writing. In about 36 hours, we will board our first of two flights taking us to Oslo, the capital of Norway, where we will stay for …
Where the Waterfalls Mean Home 