One of the less devastating reports I have seen regarding people fleeing bad lands are in relation to those crossing over from Russia into northern Norway. After they've made their journey to Russia, they can cross the border to Norway, but only on wheels. It's not a pedestrian crossing. So most of the refugees arrive by bike ( Read more... )

"bomb explosion at Alta airport" (or something like that in norwegian), i read in the headline. wot? eviol terrorists in the land of fjords and midnught sin ( Read more... )

i have returned to my beautiful home.
would it surprise nayone if i say norway was full of vikings?

* i think i post more "i'm back" notes than regular updates, or even leaving notes.

norway is rated the most peaceful country on earth.

i guess that must be after we left it.

it's the seventeenth of may!

double eep -- i haven't psotted for six weeks!

however, i have a good excuse: I've Been To Hell.

i have also visited a lot of relatives -- and no, they were knot dead.

more later -- hopefully, in somewhat less than six weeks.

the 17th of may is kwite special to us norwegians. we get up at ungodly hours (for a holiday) to walk in or watch parades, put on weird, but nice national-romantic costumes, and indulge in ice cream and all sorts of creamy stuff. and flags ( Read more... )

did i mention that i am in norway these days? one wouldn't think so. the rest of europe is racked by blizzards, while my native land lies free of snow and bathed in sunshine ( Read more... )

part two of tamf and twiggy's trek around Europe went across snow-covered mountains. since our train set out early (but not too early), we actually got to see some of Norway's pretty pieces of nature before it got dark. you do get a bit sick of pines after a while, but fortunately, there was also fir as a distraction. oh, and pine ( Read more... )