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Winter Olympics '94

Fri, 14 Jun 2024 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [64]

My Year 4 (4th grade) teacher started drawing some rings on the chalkboard and then asked us to guess what she was referring to. When she got to the second ring, I raised my hand and said "the Olympics." The 1994 Winter Olympics are the first Olympics ... Read more >

Art Nouveau, Ålesund

Mon, 17 Jun 2024 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [60]

A land of art nouveau! In the first ever guidebook I glanced at about Norway, I noticed a city perched on a peninsula surrounded by blue sky and about the most spectular setting ever. Ålesund is where I had to be. I would often gaze at that ... Read more >

Nordkapp

Sat, 29 Jun 2024 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [60]

For the longest time, or I should almost say that since the beginning of my travels, I've had a disdain for tourist traps. Some places I've ended up at are popular for a reason, but others are popular simply because. I set out from Mehamn yesterday; ... Read more >

True North

Thu, 27 Jun 2024 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [58]

This European journey hasn't gone the way I originally planned it. Nothing bad has happened but the rest of Scandinavia wasn't originally on my radar. My "internal compass" as I call it guided me to go north, and as far north as I could possibly go. ... Read more >

Norwegian Cuisine in the Midnight Sun

Sat, 22 Jun 2024 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [147]

Blue sky awaited me this morning after a bad dream about a friend. After so many days of rain and dark clouds, the sun was shining and it was warm out. Monica made Norwegian waffles this morning. Unlike their Belgian counterparts, they have a soft texture ... Read more >

Arctic Circle

Thu, 20 Jun 2024 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [19]

My journey northward continues as my internal compass needle continues to point north. I'm on my way to visit my friend Monica who lives outside of Narvik but I still had a lot of ground to cover as it's a long way from Ålesund to Narvik. Norway ... Read more >