RoadTrip #5.4: Driving Trollstigen – a thrilling experience!

September 23, 2021

The escapade continues… After admiring the dramatic towering mountains of Romsdalen, I told Carl that we could make a detour and drive by the Trollstigen, a famous zigzag road in Åndalsnes, since it was on the way. He was all game for it, hurrah! I only saw the road on postcards before, so it was … More RoadTrip #5.4: Driving Trollstigen – a thrilling experience!

RoadTrip #5.3: Majestic towering mountains of the Romsdalen valley (Mannen, Trollveggen, etc)

September 20, 2021

Romsdalen, the valley encased by dramatic and towering mountain walls on both sides, was lying next to Gudbrandsdalen, and so is the topic of interest in this entry. We drove along the river Rauma which flows in the middle of the valley. Our eyes feasted on the mysterious and ragged mountain edges, which according to … More RoadTrip #5.3: Majestic towering mountains of the Romsdalen valley (Mannen, Trollveggen, etc)

Roadtrip #5.2: Driving along ‘the valley of Gudbrand’ (Gudbrandsdalen), feat. the Ringebu Stave Church

September 12, 2021

After camping at Mageli in Tretten, we continued our roadtrip on to one of Norway’s popular valleys, the Gudbrandsdalen. There are many legends surrounding the 230-km stretch of a valley, which runs through famous mountain ranges Jotunheimen and Dovrefjell-Rondane. VisitNorway calls it “the king of the valleys”, and it doesn’t disappoint. During our trip, aside … More Roadtrip #5.2: Driving along ‘the valley of Gudbrand’ (Gudbrandsdalen), feat. the Ringebu Stave Church

RoadTrip #5.1: Camping by Lake Losna in Innlandet county, Norway

September 8, 2021

We are not yet ready to say goodbye to summer, so we went on a 5-day roadtrip across Norway, from east to west. 🙂 We left Wednesday afternoon, at around 15:30, and reached the small village of Tretten in Øyer municipality, Innlandet county by 20:30. Tretten, with a population of only about 900, is situated … More RoadTrip #5.1: Camping by Lake Losna in Innlandet county, Norway

RoadTrip #4: Taking the shortest ferry route in Norway (Svelvik-Verket)

September 1, 2021

After some busy days at work, Carl and I hopped on to Missan and drove along the coast to the town of Svelvik, which is now part of Drammen in the Viken County since January 2020. It used to be its own “kommune” and belonging to the Vestfold county. The plan was to look for … More RoadTrip #4: Taking the shortest ferry route in Norway (Svelvik-Verket)

RoadTrip #3: An afternoon drive w/o a destination (Horten, Spiralen)

August 30, 2021

This trip started as something random. I just completed participating in the first week of lectures for masters, and still had some time to spare during the last day. So carl and I hopped on “Missan” (portmanteau from Missy, our cat, and Nissan, the car) for a short roadtrip, which led us to the coastal … More RoadTrip #3: An afternoon drive w/o a destination (Horten, Spiralen)

RoadTrip #2: Visiting four unique stave churches in Viken county, Norway

August 22, 2021

Stave churches symbolize the richness of Norwegian history, art and culture. All of the remaining ones have passed the test of time. Each one is unique and a good representation of Viking creativity and craftmanship. Today, Carl and I semi-planned a roadtrip to visit 4 of the remaining 28 stave churches in Norway. All four … More RoadTrip #2: Visiting four unique stave churches in Viken county, Norway

RoadTrip #1: The Viking Route (Vikingveien) in the Norwegian East Coast

August 21, 2021

This is our first official road trip after fully purchasing our first ride two days ago. 🙂 We decided to plan a little, but be more on the spontaneous side. So for this entry, we explored the eastern coast, beginning with a Geopark, driving along sites where Viking settlements and burial mounds were founded and … More RoadTrip #1: The Viking Route (Vikingveien) in the Norwegian East Coast

Book 3: Haruki Murakami’s Norwegian Wood (1987)

March 24, 2021

Murakami, H. (1987) Norwegian Wood. Vintage 2003. English translation by Haruki Murakami (2000). A fictional story about a Japanese teen who lost his bestfriend, and who eventually fell in love with the bestfriend’s girlfriend. It is also a story about love, sexuality and mental health. The protagonist had to make a choice between the bestfriend’s … More Book 3: Haruki Murakami’s Norwegian Wood (1987)

Book 2: Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist (1988)

February 23, 2021

Coelho, P. (1988). The Alchemist. Editora Rocco Ltd. English version by Paulo Coelho and Alan Clarke (1992). Harper Collins Publishers. A fiction story about the shepherd boy Santiago who traveled from Spain to the Pyramids in Egypt in pursuit of his dreams. On the way, he came across certain people who helped him accomplish his … More Book 2: Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist (1988)