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Entries from February 2008

India For Two Weeks

February 29th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Today (technically yesterday, its the morning now…got to go to bed soon!) we got our visas to India. Talk about cutting it close time wise. We got our visas yesterday, and our plane leaves today at 11:30AM! Ha. It is typical with us to have things always pushed to the limit! But at least we [...]

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To Portugal!

February 29th, 2008 · No Comments

So as you all know already I am leaving for India…well, today. I am so excited! I am coming back in two weeks then we are going again on April 15th back to India for three months. It should be fun! But what I am super excited about is that in between my two trips [...]

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Entertainment

February 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment

It is always an interesting experience watching movies and shows here in Oslo, but not because of Oslo :) It is because Marius and I have VERY different tastes and opinions on what constitutes as a good movie or tv show to watch. I love all the girly type of romantic movies and reality shows. [...]

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Advice For Traveling To India

February 28th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I got a little love from a fellow expat in India who stopped by my site and shared a little of her knowledge from living in India with me before I go! Its so sweet when someone lends a helping hand out of the blue…so just in case you missed it, here was her good [...]

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Lithuanian Independence Day

February 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment

See pictures from the party here!
Last Saturday we had a party to celebrate Lithuania’s Independence Day and the new news website we have built for Lithuanians living in Norway (lietuvis.no).
It was held at our language school here in Oslo, and we were quite surprised at how many people came! There was a presentation of the [...]

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Tags: Lithuania · Pictures

Getting A Visa To India

February 23rd, 2008 · 2 Comments

So we went to apply for our visas to India for our trip coming up. The Indian embassy in Oslo is in a part of town that I had not been before. And to be honest, I was really glad Marius had been there before because I do not know if I would have ever [...]

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Tags: India · Travel

Dialaflight

February 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

There is a new leading independent UK travel company here to help us all with all of our vacation planning woes! :) It is called DIALAFLIGHT. They help you tailor plan a vacation to fit your needs exactly how you want. It does not matter what kind of vacation you want, they can help you. [...]

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Night Owl

February 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment

I have been a night owl lately. One of the many things that I have been doing in preparation for going to the Ashram in India is a lot of meditating (yes - I am one of those people :). Marius and I have been doing meditations from 1AM-3AM every night for about one month [...]

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Tags: Ashram · India

Keeping In Touch While Traveling

February 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

As you all know already, I am soon leaving the beautiful cold (yes, I love the cold) weather of Oslo, Norway to travel to a much warmer land…India :) I am so excited you have no idea.
One thing is for sure, I will have to stay up to date with my communications with all of [...]

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Shes Got A Ticket To Ride…But Forgot It At Home!

February 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Well, I did a big no-no here in Oslo last week. I was going to my Sunday night yoga class at 5:30pm. I was already late to the underground and so was going to be about fifteen minutes late to class. Anyways, I packed my purse light because I didn’t need anything with me because [...]

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Tags: Adjusting Advice · Everyday In Oslo · Norway