Who Are You?

Erica Næss

I’m a Noruban-American (Norwegian father, Cuban mother, grew up in America) who finally took the plunge and moved to the fatherland, Norway.

I find lack of money or time to be poor excuses for staying home and missing out on what the world has to offer. Where there is a will, there is a way.

I’m an explorer and an expat. I will not be satisfied with less than the entire world.

I have a new public Instagram account also called NaessessaryEscape. Please feel free to follow me as I will post a lot of pictures and videos there! 🙂

I am currently traveling around the Southern Hemisphere until next Spring and have now surpassed the 50 countries visited mark!

Where I’ve Been

Places I’ve Lived:

Miami, Florida (grew up here)
New York City (5 years)
Currently: Oslo, Norway (4 years and counting)

United States (I do not count driving through as having visited a state):

Arizona (The Grand Canyon), California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida (duh), Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, and Washington D.C. (not actually a state, of course)

North America & The Caribbean:

Canada
Cuba
Cruise ship stops: Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Bahamas, Barbados, Virgin Islands (UK & US), Cayman Islands, etc.

Central America:

Costa Rica
Panama
Cruise ship stops: Mexico, Honduras, Belize

South America:

Peru
Ecuador (including the Galapagos!)

Europe:

Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Liechtenstein (day trip)
Lithuania
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal (cruise ship stop)
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
UK (England & Scotland)