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Norwegian Hospitality Posted by kari on Aug 19, 2010
I continue to be impressed and thankful for Norwegian gjestfrihet (hospitality). I really haven´t experienced anything like it. I made contact with a woman with whom I have mutual friends and colleagues from a previous job and from college. She lives here in Tromsø and she´s very familiar with where I come from. It´s times…
Gun politics in Norway Posted by kari on Aug 17, 2010
The reason this topic is on my mind is because I was at a skytebane (shooting range) the other day in Tromsdalen, just across the bridge from Tromsø. A friend saw the patch I received for completing firearms safety training in MN and asked if I´d like to try myself at leirduer (clay pigeons) here…
Animal life in Norway Posted by kari on Aug 16, 2010
If you are outside of Oslo, you will likely see more than just måser (sea gulls). In fact, when I lived in Oslo, well actually I lived a good 15 min. T-bane ride from the city center, I saw a hjort (deer) right outside my apartment one day-that was unexpected, but certainly pleasant. It made…
Camping in Norway Posted by kari on Aug 14, 2010
I just got back from my first fjelltur (literally, mountain trip) in Nord-Norge and was it ever fantastisk! We really should have gotten moving long before we did, but so goes it. We were just on our way up at about 9pm when we remembered we had forgotten to take kaffe and matpakker (lunch bags)…
Picking berries in Norway Posted by kari on Aug 10, 2010
Oh how I love to plukke bær (pick berries). Believe it or not, I refused to eat frukt (fruit) up until college. It was something about the texture that I absolutely despised. To this day, I will never understand how I went 18 years without liking frukt. I drank fruktjus (fruit juice), but that´s certainly…
Norwegian Labor Rights Posted by kari on Aug 3, 2010
Although jeg har ikke begynt å jobbe (I haven´t started working) yet (and probably won´t for another month-I finally applied for my arbeidstillatelse (work visa) today, I have the sense that there can´t be many other countries in the world that boast the kind of labor laws that Norway does. The Norwegian arbeidsdag (work day)…
Are Norwegians cold people? Posted by kari on Aug 2, 2010
I´ve been asked many times if Norwegians are cold people-you know, hard to warm up to. I´ve also been told by many people that this is the case. I have found that the answer to this question depends on where in Norway you are. I also don´t have a perfectly clear answer because when I…