An American In OsloAn American In OsloThis is about my life as an expat moving from the US to Norway. It is also about my travels around the world. Articles
Hello From India :)
2008-03-10 16:40:00 Hi everyone! It has been a while, I know. But I am still not at home, just back in Bangalore. We found an internet cafe here so I am happy to have the chance to say hello and read my emails. Thank you all for all the wonderful comments. I will answer the many questions I ... More About: India
India For Two Weeks
2008-02-29 04:43:00 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 ... More About: Other , Weeks
To Portugal!
2008-02-29 04:39:00 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 ... More About: Portugal , Other
Entertainment
2008-02-29 04:21:00 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. ... More About: Entertainment , Other
Advice For Traveling To India
2008-02-27 23:28:00 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 ... More About: Advice , Traveling
Lithuanian Independence Day
2008-02-27 00:00:00 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 ... More About: Pictures , Independence Day
Getting A Visa To India
2008-02-23 03:30:00 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 ... More About: Travel , Visa
Dialaflight
2008-02-23 03:29:00 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. ... More About: Other
Night Owl
2008-02-23 01:19:00 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 ... More About: Night
Keeping In Touch While Traveling
2008-02-23 01:16:00 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 ... More About: Other , Touch , Traveling
Shes Got A Ticket To Ride?But Forgot It At Home!
2008-02-23 00:34:00 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 ... More About: Norway , Home , Ride , Ticket
New Program
2008-02-18 14:19:00 I got this new freeware photoediting program called GIMP. Has anyone heard of it? It is supposedly the “free version of photoshop”. Its super complicated and I think it will take me a long time to figure out but it is really cool…and did I mention free?? Anyways the reason I am mentioning this is because ... More About: Program
Weather Update
2008-02-18 14:14:00 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 ... More About: Weather , Norway , Update
Pizza Anyone?
2008-02-18 14:06:00 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 ... More About: Norway , Pizza
Hi!
2008-02-18 13:44:00 I am so sorry that I have been so inattentive to my precious blog lately! Thanks everyone for sticking around though! I really appreciate it :) Ive been really busy with some business deals that we are working on and preparing for India. Since I will be in India from April to July there is a ... More About: Norway
Photo Opportunity
2008-02-17 22:25:00 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 ... More About: Photo , Opportunity
Busy Busy
2008-02-17 22:20:00 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 ... More About: Busy
An Interview With Chris (A Fellow American In Norway)!
2008-02-09 22:15:00 It has been a while since I have had an interview with an expat to share with you! I am excited today because I have here an interview with a fellow American living in Norway :) His name is Chris , and has some great thoughts on living life in a foreign country as an expat. ... More About: Interviews , Interview
Mortgages
2008-02-06 20:29:00 Money Magic is a UK firm that specializes in providing our clients the best mortgage advice and the lowest loan rates. And they have something that other mortgage firms do not…. FREE financing advice and quotes. Mortgages seem to be quite a popular topic lately! But mortgages in the UK are more close to ‘home’ ... More About: Other , Ages
Ice Ice Baby
2008-02-06 20:23:00 I still love the cold weather, don’t get me wrong, walking in certain places with the ice on the ground is just scary. For example, my gym is about a ten minute walk from my apartment. Not so bad. But the path that is not flat, it is a little bit, okay more than a ... More About: Baby , Other
Lifelock
2008-02-06 20:17:00 Introducing a new and improved way to secure your identity and secure your good name. How you ask? Only with lifelock. Lifelock is a identity protection program that keeps your identity secure. They do a whole variety of things to keep you safe and secure from the all to common problem of identity theft. They order credit ... More About: Other
A Weather Report From Me :)
2008-02-04 22:01:00 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 ... More About: Weather , Norway , Report , Weather Report
Vikings
2008-02-04 21:57:00 Here is another blogging assignment to challenge my creativity… Branson lots. These posts about different real estate companies are really challenging my cold-Norwegian-ish brain. :) I get to call myself “Norwegian-ish” don’t I? I think I’ve earned it so far. Maybe not the full “viking” status…but definatelly Norwegian-ish. :) If I am lucky and honored ... More About: Other , Vikings
Cars
2008-02-04 21:53:00 Marius and I always have the disagreement about what kind of cars are better. The big huge cars (like I like), or the itty bitty kind of cars (like he likes). I know though that I like big cars because they are more practical in America. Once I saw a big truck (like I like) ... More About: Cars , Other
TV
2008-02-04 21:49:00 As you all know by know, me being an American living in Norway, I miss my American TV. I have found a few sites though now that I can watch some of my TV shows on (I am so happy about that). But to make it a better viewing experience, I need a tv mount ... More About: Other
Small Living Space
2008-02-04 21:46:00 In my last post I mentioned how hard it is to find an apartment or a place to rent here in Oslo (especially for foreigners, sorry to say). But the reason I am whining a little bit about this is because we are still living at a friends house in a teeny tiny closet sized ... More About: Living , Space , Other , Small
Rentals
2008-02-04 21:43:00 I am supposed to write a blog post on Outer Banks which I did not know what that was, but found out that it is “Carolina Designs Reality”… basically they rent vacation homes and property. I guess it would interest me more if they rented homes in Norway (because it is so hard to find ... More About: Other , Rentals
My Blogs Name
2008-02-04 21:39:00 Although going to an ashram in India is not exactly the same as going to a Vegas hotel, I am so excited for my new experiences and travels! But one thing is that I have been (for a while now) wanting to change the name of my blog to something more interesting. Now I really want ... More About: Other , Blogs
Snain
2008-02-01 00:07:00 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 ... More About: Weather
The Happiness Wave
More articles from this author:2008-02-01 00:02:00 Catch the happiness wave! There is a great program out there now to help lift your spirits called The Sedona Method. The Sedona Method is a key to happiness (and who couldn’t use a little more of that?). Find out how Mariel Heminway and Marci Shimoff found their wave of happiness! In The Sedona Method they ... More About: Other , Happiness , Wave 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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