Bessegen Ridge located in Norway’s Jotunheimen Nasjonalpark is considered one of the best day treks, if not the best in all of Scandinavia. Almost 30,000 people make the journey every year to hike the ridge and marvel at the beauty surrounding it. You would be hard pressed to find more stunning mountain scenery on a day […]
Icelandic Horse In Norwegian Mountains – Pic of the Week
I was out riding horses with my cousin on a bitterly cold day up in the area of her mountain farm. Despite the sub-zero conditions I was having a blast. I was able to capture this picture as the morning sun was making its way above the mountain crest right before the freezing temperatures […]
Hiking in Ringebu Norway
This was a place I hadn’t been to since I was a young kid. With so many pleasant memories, I was eager to revisit again while I was recently in Norway. Luckily the snow from the previous day had melted and we had beautiful weather for our hike. For the end of October, unseasonably beautiful! […]
Mountains in Norway- Pic of the Week
This is the pic of the week because I was here yesterday and it reminds me of Lord of the Rings. Located in the mountains around Ringebu, Norway this area is surreal looking. Sitting above the timberline it always looks beautiful. A moose ran by in the distance but I was to slow with the […]
Ringebu Stave Church – Norway
When I was a little kid I spent a few summers on my grandparents farm in Ringebu. It is up in a steep mountainous area surrounded by other farms with beautiful views as far as you could see. Like many rural farming areas, traffic along the main road was so desolate that you wave to […]
Pic of the Week- Norway
I was in Norway visiting some relatives this past winter. I was on my cousins farm having a cup of coffee outside in 0 degrees Fahrenheit. Quickly the dusk sky was offering some beautiful colors. I ran inside to grab my phone which was all I had at the time. The colorful hue behind a […]
Norway in Winter
It’s about 8 am and it’s still pitch black out . Its quiet and cold, – 6 degrees Fahrenheit to be exact. The kind of cold where your eyes water at the slightest breeze and the tear down your check will freeze in seconds . Your clothes become hard after just a couple of minutes […]
Lillehammer not Lilyhammer!
I arrived in Lillehammer from Oslo after a short 2 and 1/2 hour train ride in what had to be one of the cleanest and most modern trains I have been on yet . Although not a high speed train it was complete with comfortable seating, well designed and clean bathrooms , coffee machines and […]