It’s -16 degrees today. It’s a first for me and my family: we never experienced colder weather. As we speak, my new winter widget on the right hand side of this post ->>>>> (or down the page if you’re on…
Category: Outdoors
What’s the weather like in Oslo in November? People here in Oslo are very friendly. Locals and expats alike always ask how I’m settling in. When I tell them it’s been great they all say: “Wait until the winter comes”….
It’s been a bit more than two full months since we moved and settled in in Oslo. We had a pretty good first month and a great first impression of the city and the life here. How about two months in? Weather…
Last week was heaven, this week, the kids have arrived so we need to find activities everyday to keep them busy. It’s quite a challenge since they love our new home and, like their Dad, you need to push really…
My friends Bev is still in town with her hubby and two boys. With my husband coming back for the week-end, we organised a get away to beautiful Luzern, one hour drive from Zürich. This is the very place to…
My husband is now working overseas and he came back home on Thursday 7th May as it was our 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY! We decided to celebrate the next day over lunch while the kids are at school so we could…
This is our first ever family ski holiday trip. We considered going to Thredbo or Perisher back when we were living in Australia but it was 6,000 AUD (4,300 euros) a week with little guarantee of snow, smaller slopes than…
Hi everyone! A bit of ranting today. I’m on holidays at a ski resort and we decided to explore the biggest ski field in Davos Klosters: Parsenn. You go up from the city center with a vertical train. It all…
On Sunday the snow had melted overnight but the sun was out. We thought sunshine would provide the best first ski experience for the kids. We are new in town, we didn’t really know where to go, so we looked…