by Katrine Sivertsen | Jan 15, 2024 | Blog, Katrine
Finally got out of the house and went for a walk to Hålandsvannet. Laid down in the snow watching the blue sky and frozen lake. Magical. 
by Katrine Sivertsen | Jan 14, 2024 | Blog, Katrine
The weather gods have gone nuts. Snow everywhere. 
by Katrine Sivertsen | Jan 13, 2024 | Blog, Katrine
Flights are booked. Thank you SAS bonus points and awardhacks.se. Japan, be ready in February! 
by Katrine Sivertsen | Jan 12, 2024 | Blog, Katrine
Chilling with a face mask, thinking of new adventures. 
by Katrine Sivertsen | Jan 11, 2024 | Blog, Katrine
Terry took off to Aberdeen for a long weekend to visit family. I stayed here with my parents and this fluff ball. 
by Katrine Sivertsen | Jan 10, 2024 | Blog, Katrine
After a few quiet days without family at the cabin, we drove back home to Randaberg since Terry is heading to Scotland tomorrow. 
by Katrine Sivertsen | Jan 9, 2024 | Blog, Katrine
Fortunately, the sunsets are easier to catch in the afternoon than the sunrises in the morning. And without anywhere to go or be, I have time to sit quietly and enjoy it. 
by Katrine Sivertsen | Jan 8, 2024 | Blog, Katrine
Even without work or any expectations or plans the next day, sleep does not always stay with me all night. But in those cases the upside is I get to see beautiful sunrises like this one. 
by Katrine Sivertsen | Jan 7, 2024 | Blog, Katrine
The rest of the family drove home and Terry and I were left to our own devices. We made an attempt at skiing since the temperature was now over -20 celsius. The conclusion was that it’s still cold. And I’m still an incredibly slow skier. 
by Katrine Sivertsen | Jan 6, 2024 | Blog, Katrine
It’s become increasingly cold lately and temperatures of -30 Celsius have been reached. Best to stay inside. Hihi. 
by Katrine Sivertsen | Jan 5, 2024 | Blog, Katrine
Another day to read, lego, audio book, sauna, eat, nap, family, cats. All the good things in life. In addition, Terry and I were responsible for dinner and dished out some veggie lasagne (unbeknownst to the meat lovers) and homemade pavlova. 
by Katrine Sivertsen | Jan 4, 2024 | Blog, Katrine
Read, lego, audio book, sauna, eat, nap, family, cats. All the good things in life. 
by Katrine Sivertsen | Jan 3, 2024 | Blog, Katrine
Read, lego, audio book, sauna, eat, nap, family, cats. All the good things in life. 
by Katrine Sivertsen | Jan 2, 2024 | Blog, Katrine
We had a pleasant but long visit at the hospital today, but still had enough time to drive up to Hovden again. Good to be back. 
by Katrine Sivertsen | Jan 1, 2024 | Blog, Katrine
We left the fairytale castle all covered in snow today, and drove north again. The snow had been coming down hard and led to white and slippery roads so we had to creep slowly forward. When we crossed the border, the next stop was legevakten, or the emergency room for... 
by Terry Thorpe | Dec 31, 2023 | Blog, Terry
Thorskog castle in Sweden was our destination for ‘ringing in the bells’, full credit to my better half for finding this place. What a gem. We had an incredible 3 days in a wonderful Swedish castle chugging champagne and trying not to bump into suits of... 
by Katrine Sivertsen | Dec 31, 2023 | Blog, Katrine
A full program awaited us today. After a decadent breakfast buffet, all the guests gathered outside the castle for a walk through the ancient woods surrounding the estate. And as if by magic, it started snowing. We drank from St. Olav’s water source which was supposed... 
by Katrine Sivertsen | Dec 30, 2023 | Blog, Katrine
We checked in to Thorskog slott outside Gothenburg. Absolutely gorgeous fairy tale place. We have two memorable nights to look forward to here. Shortly after checking in to our room, we were treated to a half bottle of champagne and chocolates on the door. But they... 
by Katrine Sivertsen | Dec 29, 2023 | Blog, Katrine
In preparation for our New Year’s celebration we drove the first section today to Oslo and stayed overnight at my brother’s. And tomorrow we will be heading to this place… 
by Katrine Sivertsen | Dec 28, 2023 | Blog, Katrine
Terry and I have finally gotten started on his gift from last year: a Lego T2 camper van just like his own! Terry has postponed it as long as possible… something about his creativity not being allowed to unfold when there are step by step instructions… 
by Katrine Sivertsen | Dec 27, 2023 | Blog, Katrine
It took until about dinner time before I realized I hadn’t gotten dressed today. Oh, well… And one of the cats loooves him some wooly stinky slippers 
by Katrine Sivertsen | Dec 26, 2023 | Blog, Katrine
I couldn’t wait any longer. This year’s Christmas sweater is now revealed. And not only does it look awesome, it plays “Jingle bells” with the lyrics “meow, meow, meow…meow, meow, meow…”. What’s not to love? 
by Katrine Sivertsen | Dec 25, 2023 | Blog, Katrine
Christmas Day is almost always spent entirely in pajamas and this year was no exception. The gifts were all unwrapped last night. I had also brought a gift from last year, Terry’s T2 Lego van, that still needs to be built. So that’s our project for the next few days... 
by Katrine Sivertsen | Dec 24, 2023 | Blog, Katrine
The best Christmases are the ones spent with all the people you love the most, and I am lucky enough to get to do that again and again in these magical snowy surroundings. Always among my happiest moments of the year. 
by Katrine Sivertsen | Dec 23, 2023 | Blog, Katrine
True to tradition we watched “Dinner for one” tonight, also known as “Grevinnen og hovmesteren” in Norwegian. The rest of the day was mostly spent in pyjamas. 
by Katrine Sivertsen | Dec 22, 2023 | Blog, Katrine
Packed our bags and loaded the car for a snowwhite drive up to the cabin to reunite with the rest of the family (including 3 cats) and celebrate Christmas. 
by Katrine Sivertsen | Dec 21, 2023 | Blog, Katrine
One more day in Randaberg with my kitties before tomorrow’s drive to the mountains. Stumpy managed to take a selfie. But she has to work on her smile. 
by Katrine Sivertsen | Dec 20, 2023 | Blog, Katrine
First order of business was to say hello to my kitties and then unpack. In the evening we went to see the magnificent performance “Eks” at Rogaland teater. 
by writer | Dec 20, 2023 | Blog, Terry
We arrived home, tired but happy, had a couple of days to visit kids and cats then headed for the snow-peaked mountains of Hovden. The next week was spent in the company of the Sivertsen clan, surrounded by great people, food and drink and snow. Lots of snow. We were,... 
by Katrine Sivertsen | Dec 19, 2023 | Blog, Katrine
Up early. Korean Air had rescheduled the flight to more than 3 hours earlier than original departure. Yawn. Lugging two pieces of checkin plus hand luggage and shopping bags through the metro and train station resulted in a sweaty arrival at the airport. 14 hours, 3... 