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June 25, 2018

Visiting Oslo: Free Things to Do

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June 18, 2018

Oslo: Getting to the City from the Airport

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August 18, 2016June 16, 2018

Guide to Cape Town

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August 17, 2016

Bangkok: Gaggan, #23 World’s Best Restaurant

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August 6, 2016

Cape Town: The Test Kitchen

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July 4, 2016

Paragliding in Cape Town, SA

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May 31, 2016

Round-the-World Trip

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September 2, 2015

On the Refugee Crisis in Europe

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August 2, 2015August 2, 2015

Lima: Museo Larco

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Mom is arriving tomorrow and she is super excited to come back to Oslo to meet her first granddaughter! 👶🏻💗 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Fun fact: In Norwegian, we have different names for each grandparent that correspond with whose parents they are. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 👵🏻👴🏻 For example, my parents are going to be called Mormor and Morfar, which means mother’s mother and mother’s father. So although my dad is Morfar to my daughter, my brother’s boys will call him Farfar (father’s father). ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This is a lot clearer than the generic grandma and grandpa we have in English. But that makes it easy because Rurik’s parents have no competition to be called Granny and Grandpa. 😉 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ —————————————————— ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #visitoslo #oslove #mittoslo #visitnorway #oslobilder #ilovenorway #osloby #nortrip #norwaypng #whattodoinnorway #vigelandsparken #frognerparken #sculpturepark #fountain #mormor
If you saw my story, then you know that Alice is here! 💜👶🏻 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ When you’re overdue, everyone in Norway tells you to run/walk up stairs. I was in no state to run at the end of my pregnancy (or now lol), but luckily she arrived and no real medical interventions were necessary. What a relief! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We have been busy settling in to newborn life and getting to know our babe. She’s really a fantastic, and unusually alert newborn. 💜 We think she looks like me, but with darker hair. 😉 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Rurik has been a fantastic daddy and husband so far, and I don’t know what I would do without him! 💗 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🧳 Travel tip: If you want to visit Croatia in high season, but want to avoid the crowds, try some of the less popular islands. For example, this picture was taken on Korçula. All of the islands in Croatia are pretty great, so you can’t really go too wrong. One of our favorite less traveled islands was Mljet. It’s right next to Dubrovnik, but people usually only go for a day trip, so staying there was peaceful and great! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ——————————————————————— #croatia #croatiafulloflife #croatia_photography #crostagram #croatia_instagram #timeoutcroatia #visitcroatia #lovecroatia #croatiaonmymind #unlimitedcroatia #ig_croatia #girlsmeetglobe #citizenfemme #sheisnotlost #womenwhoexplore #girlsborntotravel #shetravels #femaletravelbloggers #globelletravels #girlsthatwander #travelgirls
NO, Alice hasn’t arrived yet. 😩 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Going past your due date is honestly the worst thing. It’s so much harder physically and emotionally than you can imagine. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ It’s also frustrating because if I were in the US they would’ve induced me a few days ago. However, Norway prefers to make you wait longer because they want everything to be as natural as possible. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ As much as I agree that natural is best, at this point it seems clear to me that she is going nowhere and they’ll have to induce anyway, so it’s really frustrating that they keep making me wait. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I don’t sleep well, I’m anxious and exhausted. I have an appointment at the hospital tomorrow, so I’m hoping they’ll induce and my little love will be here soon! 🤞🏻😩 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ———————————————————————— #montenegro_dreamers #montenegro🇲🇪 #montenegrophoto #visitmontenegro #instamontenegro #gomontenegro #montenegrowildbeauty #mojacrnagora #balkans #adriatic #waytomontenegro #girlsmeetglobe #citizenfemme #sheisnotlost #womenwhoexplore #girlsborntotravel #shetravels #femaletravelbloggers #globelletravels #girlsthatwander #travelgirls #kotor #kotormontenegro
She’s late, she’s late, for a very important date. No time to say hello, goodbye, she’s late, she’s late, she’s late! ⏰ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I modified this from what the White Rabbit says because apparently Alice takes more after him than her namesake. 😂 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ✅ Travel tip: This is part of the rooftop of the Duomo and I highly recommend getting your tickets in advance and then being at the beginning of the line when it opens. They have to take you up in groups in an elevator, so it gives you a little bit of time to be there and enjoy it before it gets too crowded. 😊 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ———————————————————————— #milanocityitalia #thisismilano #ig_milan #loves_milano #volgomilano #milanomia #visitmilano #mymilano #girlsmeetglobe #citizenfemme #sheisnotlost #womenwhoexplore #girlsborntotravel #shetravels #femaletravelbloggers #globelletravels #girlsthatwander #travelgirls #duomodimilano #duomomilano #duomo
Roman villa ruins on Lake Garda. And NO, she’s still not out, for all those asking. 😝😬😩 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Everyone’s like, weren’t you supposed to have a baby by now??? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Today I went to a lunch meetup with some other moms I’d never met before in my area. Everyone kept asking, “When’s your due date?” Me: “Yesterday.” And then people kept being confused lol, thinking they misheard or something. 😝 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ So, yes, we are still waiting... ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ——————————————————————— #italytrip #travelitaly #italiabella #italy_vacations #topitalyphoto #italyinsider #italy_ig #volgoitalia #magicaitalia #italiait #lakegarda #lagodigarda #rivadelgarda #instagarda #visitlagodigarda #girlsmeetglobe #citizenfemme #sheisnotlost #womenwhoexplore #girlsborntotravel #shetravels #femaletravelbloggers #globelletravels #girlsthatwander #travelgirls #sirmionedelgarda #sirmione
In the garden of Eden...or Verona. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This is the Giardino Giusti, a peaceful oasis from all the tourists in Verona. Seriously, everyone was jammed into Juliet’s balcony, which was super lame, and yet this gorgeous spot was infinitely better. Go figure! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ If only our yard could be this nice...but that’s a project for next year. 🌳🌹 This was also one of my only dresses I could still wear while pregnant! 😝 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ——————————————————————— #italytrip #travelitaly #italiabella #italy_vacations #topitalyphoto #italyinsider #italy_ig #volgoitalia #magicaitalia #italiait #girlsmeetglobe #citizenfemme #sheisnotlost #womenwhoexplore #girlsborntotravel #shetravels #femaletravelbloggers #globelletravels #girlsthatwander #travelgirls #verona #veronaitaly
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