Live Life Passionately – Motivation Monday What does that even mean? Live life passionately? I think Van Gogh’s quote gives us something to think about. In the end, he followed through with his mantra and killed himself and we lost one of the most...
Is Traveling in Your Genes? Sometimes I wonder, if there is something wrong with me. Why can’t I be satisfied with a nice 2 week vacation in some resort on a beach somewhere? Traveling is such an essential part of me and who I am. Is traveling in your genes too?...
To the Moon and Timbuktu: A Trek through the Heart of Africa Book Synopsis #Disclaimer: Post contains affiliate links To the Moon and Timbuktu: A Trek through the Heart of Africa by Nina Sovich tells the story of a young woman who struggles with combining her...
Becoming a US Citizen So last Friday, I became a US citizen. Finally. After 10 years in the US, first on a student visa, and then, after getting married, the infamous Green Card. The process of becoming a US citizen has been quite interesting and laborious to say the...
Fiskesuppe – Norwegian Fish Soup Norway, my love… How you enchant me with your dark, green forests, your foggy mountain tops, your deep, blue fjords. Your trolls and magical stories still spark my imagination of stories long forgotten. And then your food....
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