Life in Norway

Life in Norway I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

Here and Now

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth April 22, 2015

It’s seven AM and the alarm goes off, like it does on most mornings. I crawl from under the duvet avoiding the two little bodies pressed to me. Looks like the kiddos have made their way into our bed for cuddles during the night, once again. Not long after, the […]

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Skeikampen in Norway I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

When Travel Destination Becomes Home: The Plan for the Next Forty Years

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth March 5, 2015

It almost became a habit, the repeated departures and arrivals. The exhilarating feeling of having all your belongings packed in couple of bags or in the boot of a car with no or new destination in mind, does have a certain addictive quality to it after all. New life, new […]

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Lillehammer, Norway I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

Blogging from my Backyard – Welcome to Lillehammer!

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth April 24, 2014

It’s getting closer to the season that makes me simultaneously nervous and excited — visitor season. As family and friends are booking their holidays to visit us, at least so we hope, we get ready by borrowing extra mattresses, checking that extra linen is good to go and moving everything in […]

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Home Sweet Home Feature I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

Late Winter Early Spring Bliss in Norway

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth April 3, 2014

Home sweet home. One hundred percent and then some! I thought I’d never want to leave New Zealand, but when it was time to go, the departure was less painful than I feared it would and could be. With quick visits to Finland, Morocco and Finland again before landing at […]

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Field of gold in Lillehammer Norway, thumbnail I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

Lillehammer: Becoming a Hometown

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth July 16, 2013

Warning. This is a long one. Get a cup of coffee or tea ready, or crack open a cold beer. And check back on thursday when I will have something more compact lined up for you! Someone recently asked me why, how and when our little family ended up in […]

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Christmas Market in Maihaugen, Lillehammer in Norway I @SatuVW I Destination Unknown

Life in Norway: Christmas Market the Norwegian Way

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth December 5, 2012

If you came for a visit in our apartment you might forget all about the approaching Christmas. It is possible to spot the odd Christmas card here and there but that’s about it. We continue to get those cards from our loved ones even though I’m the worst person to […]

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Life in Norway: Welcome Winter!

by Satu Vänskä-Westgarth November 20, 2012

After boasting about traveling home to winter and probably being quite annoying on Facebook sharing our local ski hill’s snowy photos, we got to Norway ready to get the skis and snowboards out of the storage and guess what happened? It started raining. We watched the snow slowly disappear of […]

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