There are many surprises living in a new country and there is something that they do in Norway that I find very strange. When you go shopping at any store (grocery store, 7 eleven etc.) no matter what you buy, if you want a bag you have to pay extra. It is never included when [...]

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Its funny to come to another country like Norway and have an “outing” to a familiar place…like Ikea.
So yesterday the event of the day was the trip to Ikea. And apparently here it is a big deal to go to Ikea. There are special bus stops around the city for the “Ikea” bus. And yes, [...]

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Yesterday was a very interesting day for me. It was an absolutely gorgeous sunny fall day. But the real excitement started when I went out by myself to go look at an apartment that was available for rent (with a map in Norwegian, and instructions like “just go here, turn here, go straight, and around [...]

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I have been meaning to mention a special thanks to two fellow bloggers. First is to Erica from a A Beautiful Mess. I know she has a very popular blog, and I emailed her asking a question - but never expected to actually be answered. Not only did I get a very sweet and long [...]

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A couple of weeks before I left for Norway, I came across a website that I was going to share with all the expats out there in the world called Expat Essentials. But I didn’t have time then, and was reminded again of the site when I was so excited to find an [...]

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I read an interesting article on EscapeArtist.com today about being a “Full-Time PT”. The author of the article happily shares his advice on what he calls being a full time perpetual traveler, and deliberately homeless.
I’ve heard of expats and people who take long amounts of time off for traveling and exploring. But never heard of [...]

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Now that I’m in Norway I am out of the dial 1 plus the area code of the US…. and know that the country code for Norway is +47. But for everyone else out there in places other than Norway, I found a great link. The reason this one is so simple, it dosent automatically [...]

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So now I am officially an American in Oslo, Norway. I’m here, and I got here last Friday. I made it in one piece with all of my luggage. The traveling was very exhausting and the first day I was here I spent most of the day sleeping. It wasn’t so much jet lag as [...]

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I know that its getting close to my time to leave for Norway because I am running out of things to watch on my tivo. I have canceled all of my normal season passes, and I have nothing left to watch!
Being the reality tv junkie that I am …I was quick to check that I [...]

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I am in the process of doing my last minute packing. Making sure all my luggage is not over weight. And I am so ready to go!
I am leaving on Thursday, and have already said goodbye to my friends and most of my family. I am so excited and its happening so fast! One more [...]

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