oslo
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a quick trip to oslo
A few weeks back I was fortunate to take a short solo trip to Oslo. In the last five years, I have traveled far less than I used to (between the onset of the covid pandemic and then becoming a parent), and this was my first non-work-related trip by myself since…2021, at least? So it Continue reading
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love letter to norway
I’m just back from a 10-day trip to Norway. I mentioned in my last post that Norway had been on my mind lately, and thinking ahead to this trip is part of why. It was the first trip back since my husband and I moved away a year ago, and we visited three cities spanning the country Continue reading
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hello, june
In my last post I mentioned that I was going to Oslo for the weekend, and that turned out to be a very good idea – after a weekend of summer-like temps and sunshine in Oslo, it was snowing in Tromsø when I arrived home late Monday night. “Velkommen til vinteren,” said my cab driver Continue reading
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oslo strikkefestival: yarn
I have a few posts-in-progress lined up for the blog once I have a chance to finish them, but as school has intensified this term, and the US election season approached its climax in the past weeks, it’s been a bit of a struggle to get anything finished. And today, after having woken up to the Continue reading
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quince & co.
A lot has happened in the month since I wrote last. The middle of the semester is busy as usual, so the weeks seem to be flying by. I was beginning to suffer from some cabin fever but I took a weekend trip to Oslo a few weeks ago that was incredibly refreshing – I celebrated Continue reading
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norsk folkemuseum part 2: indoors
I’ve been back from Norway for nearly two weeks and I’m finally settling in again and beginning to get back into a work flow. It’s so easy to forget how much of a buffer is sometimes needed between long travel and diving back into work. In any case, today I’m writing about the other half Continue reading
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norsk folkemuseum part 1: the open-air museum
I’ve been wanting to get to the Norsk Folkemuseum on Bygdøy all summer, and last week I finally made it! The official English name is the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History, but for the sake of simplicity, I’m simply going to refer to it as the Folkemuseum. One of the perks of attending the International Summer School at Continue reading
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hello from norway
Soon I’ll be sharing photos of a few of my favorite finished Vasas as promised, but I’ve been packing, traveling, and fighting off jetlag, so it’ll still be a few days, I’m afraid! I arrived in Oslo on Tuesday and I’m here for the summer, taking an intensive Norwegian language course at the International Summer Continue reading
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a few updates
I’m back in Seattle after a few weeks of travel over the holidays, and it feels quite good to be back in the office and working again. I had a lot of fun on my travels, though. Here are a few things I’ve been up to: I spent the new year in Oslo, which was Continue reading
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