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Entries Tagged as 'Everyday In Oslo'

Gyms In Norway

March 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I have been meaning to post this list for a while now, and just am finally getting to it. But I hope you find it useful. It is a small list of the main gyms here in Oslo and in Norway. SATS is definatelly the most popular, but I got to FitnessXpress and highly suggest [...]

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Tags: Everyday In Oslo · Norway · Tips On Settling In · Visiting Norway

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

Weather Update

February 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Well it has been a lot lighter here the past week or so. It is funny because it gets dark during the day (at the beginning of winter) very quickly. But then now, it is getting lighter and lighter very quickly. Its surprising how fast it all changes! It has been a little warmer during [...]

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Tags: Everyday In Oslo · Norway · Weather

Pizza Anyone?

February 18th, 2008 · No Comments

I was thinking of talking to the Persian guy who opened a pizza place across the street from my apartment here in Oslo about putting some kind of specials or deals here on my site to send him customers. I just don’t know if anyone reading my blog would like that or not. You have [...]

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Tags: Everyday In Oslo · Norway

Photo Opportunity

February 17th, 2008 · No Comments

So I know that most of the people that read my blog are not here in Norway. But for those of you who are, and who will be…as I said earlier, keep your eyes peeled for more news about my photo-studio opening. It should not be too long. I will also post examples of my [...]

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Busy Busy

February 17th, 2008 · No Comments

One of the things that has been keeping me so busy lately is that I am trying to restart my career as a photographer. As you all know I recently got an amazing camera. Now I am just trying to set up my “studio”. One thing I found recently was a little mini LCD TV [...]

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A Weather Report From Me :)

February 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Oh its so nice! It snowed a few days ago (just snow and no rain…it was fun) and stayed for a few days and snowed a little every day for the last couple of days (only a little). But the fun part is it did not start to melt until today. I love it so [...]

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Tags: Everyday In Oslo · Norway · Weather

Snain

February 1st, 2008 · 3 Comments

The lesson of the day…is my new invented weather word…Snain. And if you visit my blog recently you will see it in a picture on my weather widget on the side in a picture that looks like this.
Yes my friends, snain is SNOW + RAIN all at the same time = SNAIN.
Lets just say, if [...]

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Tags: Everyday In Oslo · Weather

Living In Norway Is Expensive!

February 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment

Which you all already knew…but sometimes when I buy groceries, it is just painful how much we spend. AND we are trying to get the “less expensive” items.
Today I found out why while I was looking through the current news in Norway on Aftenposten.no. I saw an article about the richest people in Norway. And [...]

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Tags: Everyday In Oslo · Norway

Fire

January 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I built a beautiful fire in the fireplace all by myself tonight. It is gorgeous. It has been pretty cold inside the apartment for some reason the past few days. Even though it has not been as cold outside. Anyways, hers my cozy fire :)

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Tags: Everyday In Oslo