Bergen and Thoughts on Norway

Tweet Five days in Bergen flew. It helped that I was hung over for an entire one of those days. I’m sitting in the airport now waiting for my flight to Copenhagen (locally referred to as Kobenhavn). Watching the closed circuit televisions in the airport, it starkly reminds I didn’t pick the right continent for [...]

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In Awe With A Country I Can’t Afford

Tweet It’s 9am in middle of Norway. 3am back home in Atlanta. I’m on a train from Oslo to Bergen listening to Kings of Convenience, one of my favorite artists who happens to be native to Norway. The train is pretty high up the cliffs and we are looking down on a breathtaking river and [...]

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Oslo – Keeping Calm and Carrying On

Tweet I’m sitting on a dock on Bjorvika staring across the water teeming with ducks and boats and Hovedoya, an island across from the main coast. I rented a bicycle courtesy of my Couchsurfing host through their public bike sharing program, Oslo Bysykkel (Clear Channel), and am exploring my final day in Oslo as far [...]

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Benefits of a Bicycle

Tweet Today I’m using my host’s bicycle sharing card to ride around Oslo and explore.

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So a Bomb Just Hit My Next Destination

Tweet When traveling, you learn you must be fluid and cope with the unexpected. An unexpected I could not have anticipated needing to cope with are the two explosions that just went off from a massive car bomb severely damaging a government building in Oslo, Norway, where I am traveling to in a week. There [...]

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I’m Off For Three Months In Europe

Tweet The only thing that could have rivaled the excitement of my first plane ticket purchase this morning is the giddiness I’m feeling after purchasing the SkyTeam Europe Pass this afternoon. I will be staying with family from my father’s side in Barcelona, most of which I have never met before. I will also have [...]

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