Went out for a walk with Jana today who is a volunteer at the school through Cuso International and facilitates the e-learning programs...

When I leave the house, I put on my snow pants, then my boots. My hat, sometimes goggles, neckwarmer, parka and gloves. It looks a little...

Stopped by the sunrise festival today! We all stood in a big man-made pingo for a photo op, and then wandered around and took pictures...

I don't want to write much about school, for obvious ethics and confidentiality reasons, but also because it's boring to the reader....

Alright, let's start with the house. Here is the boiler room. There's a boiler and a hot water tank and a furnace and stuff. Here's the...

I'm not very exciting you guys. You're all like, WOW ADVENTURE and I'm like WOW I SPENT TOO MUCH ONLINE SHOPPING. So Blizzards are bad....

I finally have internet so I can update and talk to all you lovely people. I've been writing my blog in a word document until I could...

So I have no internet or phone service at my house. Today I also had no internet service at school. So I felt pretty cut off. This...

No fun updates today. I'm still in the B&B. I planned to go out for a walk, get a post box, mail a letter, get some stamps, get utilities...

-31 today? No biggie. I'm at the B&B and so are two Germans (well one lives in Calmar, but the other is from Munich) They're...

The most important lesson I would like to impart from my flight today is that one should never have a pressurized sealed water bottle on...

So my mother, and everyone else has been on me to write a blog about my upcoming move to Tuktoyaktuk NWT. I was like, I'll just facebook...

It is early morning and we are heading down to the train station. Gaby has kindly kept our big luggage at her place as we will be...

We are up bright and early to head to the train. We leave the keys of our perfect Air B&B in the mail box and head down the steep path...

We both have enjoyed our beautifully presented meal at the Scotsman. We have about 2 hours left before the performance at the Concert...

We awake to a beautiful Bergen day, the sun is shining and we are heading out to run/hike up Floyen. There is actually 10 hikes you can...

This is our busiest day in Oslo before we head out on the train tomorrow to Bergen. First on the list is walking to the The Vigeland Park...

After a good nights sleep we are greeted with a lovely breakfast that our host has laid out for us. We have yet to be introduced to Gaby...

We are off to Norway! There are a few hiccups along the way, but it is never a good story without hiccups. I am travelling Icelandair...

I am off to Noway for an adventure with a girl friend. "Why Norway?", everyone asks. Well, a few reasons, Norwegian desserts dominated...