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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 →

School Report: The kids are happy to go to school every day, although they seem to get by without working too hard at Norwegian. They have friends who are more than happy to speak to them in English, and translate … Continue reading →

Observation 1: It saddens Anders to know that baseball is only represented by the Yankees (with a dash of Red Sox) in Europe. He noticed that there were only Yankees fans around town (with an occasional Red Sox fan), now … Continue reading →

Anders performed with Steindal Skolekorps at Trøndersk Mesterskap 2018 today, the Trønder regional band championships. Bands from all over the region came to compete, from little kids as young as 8 to adults. There were bands playing in 3 different … Continue reading →

  Ted at work: On Wednesday I tagged along with Ted to work so that we could go downtown to give yet more documents to the bank. His building is the same as it was 12 years ago, with the … Continue reading →

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/26/reader-center/arctic-winter-night.html My friend Jenna shared this article with us, thinking of our long northern nights. It doesn’t feel so extreme here in Trondheim, especially when the days are getting longer. But stopping to reflect on it is valuable, while we … Continue reading →