From the prairie to the fjords (with a few stops along the way.)
posted by Emily @ 5:43 PM
I'm 31 years old and living with my husband, Kevin (and our pets) in Gjovik, Norway. I'm originally from Iowa (go Hawkeyes!) but since marrying 6 years ago, my husband's career has taken us to Chicago, upstate New York, and now Norway. We arrived in Norway in August of 2006, and are slowly becoming familiar with all things Norwegian. As for the title of my blog, although we are a little bit south of the Arctic Circle, we're still really, really far north, and sometimes it does feel like we're at the ends of the earth...I thought that "Top of the World" had a nicer, less doomsday ring to it, though!
4 Comments:
At Mon Feb 12, 09:46:00 PM,
Keera Ann Fox said…
It's a small world after all. (No, no need to thank me for that earworm. All yours.)
At Tue Feb 13, 03:35:00 AM,
Anonymous said…
That's great! Where is this person from in IA?
As for skiing, we just bought new ski parks, ski pants, and gloves for our CO trip...I am so excited to hit the slopes soon.
At Tue Feb 13, 08:02:00 AM,
Tim said…
That must be a treat. The closest I've been to having someone from the "neighborhood" was a woman that came to Norway from Texas to marry a Norwegian.
I guess we Prairie folk and Southerners have to stick together. ;)
At Tue Feb 13, 08:38:00 AM,
Emily said…
Keera, thanks, your earworm replaced the latest Nelly Furtado song that is played on the radio every 10 minutes and that I just can't get out of my head..."why must all good things come to an end?"
Kari, she is from Carroll, so up north, not too far from good ol' Mason City. Have fun skiing!
Tim, I am still shocked, what are the odds of 2 different people from a small state like Iowa moving to a town of 30,000 in Norway? I'm very happy about it--not only do I have someone who will understand everything I say (I talk really fast!) but she even knows that Coke and Pepsi are pop, not soda! Woo hoo! Emily
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