Monthly Archives: February 2018

Nord-Norge Adventure Part 6: Northern Lights Guest blogger and photos by Anders: We were eating dinner when Hans came in and told us he was ready to take us on the Nordlys Tour. We were very fortunate to be the … Continue reading →

Nord-Norge Adventure Part 5: Sorrisniva Meals Sorrisniva is also a destination for excellent local and wild-caught or gathered foods. The menu and the map showedwhere foods come from in the region, and tasting plates with local foods that came before … Continue reading →

            Nord-Norge Adventure Part 4: Sorrisniva The final event of the trip was sleeping in the ice hotel, Sorrisniva. We weren’t actually sure that we were sleeping there because of miscommunication by email, but we … Continue reading →

Nord-Norge Adventure Part 3: Reindeer Sledding and Sami Culture (remember, you can click on a picture for a full size version) We arrived at Sorrisniva, the ice hotel, and immediately got suited up for our Reindeer Sledding and Sami Culture … Continue reading →

Nord-Norge Adventure Part 2: Holmen Husky Our Arctic Adventure continued on Wednesday night at Holmen Husky, a dog sled outfitter and small lodge. They provided all transportation; they picked us up at a hotel in downtown Alta and took us … Continue reading →

Nord-Norge Adventure Wednesday, Part 1: Alta Continuing on our North-Norway tour during the kid’s winter holiday week. We flew from Fauske to Alta, in the far north. We spent a few hours in Alta where we had lunch, met a … Continue reading →

On Sunday we took the train up to Fauske, well above the Arctic Circle, about a 9 hour ride from Trondheim. Trond was here with Hanna, and Aksel visiting his parents, Elsa and Hans-Ole. They were some of the first … Continue reading →

It was Åpen Dager (Open Days) at the school this week. On Tuesday, Nora’s class didn’t go to school until noon, then they did a half hour presentation for parents at 3:30. After the presentation, everyone stayed to have a … Continue reading →

We took the bus up to Bymarka today with half of Trondheim to cross country ski. It was a nice day and we had some new snow this week, but windy. Bymarka is the home of some of this year’s … Continue reading →

We went out for a tour today with our borrowed skis. We went on the trails that are part of my walk to work, quite flat and open spaces. With new snow this week, it was perfect. We had to … Continue reading →