Author Archives: Holly H

In the Fall of 2018, Casey and I decided to take a break, from school and work, to get out in the world and see some of it. We embarked on a four month journey through Europe, Japan, and Thailand. We had backpacks and a general plan but a willingness to change directions on aContinue reading “The Journey Begins”

A few days ago we visited the Iron Age Farm in Stavanger. I absolutely loved it. Between my two kids, and working as Field Trip Coordinator for each of their classes, I’ve been to many, many….many living history programs over the last several years and this was easily my favorite. The site is run by theContinue reading “Iron Age Farm”

We spent eight days in Norway and I really fell in love with it. Like, can’t stop thinking about it, googling “Moving to Norway” and “Working as a nurse in Norway” in love. I owe a lot of that to my friend Mette (her husband Petter got called in to work offshore, so unfortunately weContinue reading “I ❤️ Norway”

Time flies when you’re having fun! I’m a few countries behind, and have some catching up to do. I realize I never finished talking about Norway. I have so much to write about, I’ll try to keep it short. Coming from the US with all of our problems right now, it was refreshing to experienceContinue reading “Finishing up Norway and on to Holland”

Market Square in Brussels I’ve said before that meeting people is one of the best parts of travel. We’re not only fortunate in that we have friends around the world, but we are also learning we have friends of friends who are happy to take us in for a few days. Our next stop wasContinue reading “Belgium 🇧🇪 ☕️ 🍫 🍻 🥐”

(El Camino part 1) A lot has happened since I last wrote. We toured Barcelona, hung out in a couple of beach towns, spent two weeks walking on the Camino de Santiago, went to Morocco and now we are back in Norway. Phew! No wonder I’m exhausted. Thankfully, when we were at our worst (sickContinue reading “The Camino Provides”

(El Camino part 2) Let’s see, where was I…. ah yes, bedbugs. We woke up early on our third day, passing the Cruz Ferro while it was still dark. It’s a tall pole with an iron cross atop a large mound of stones and other offerings. It’s believed that the Celts initially erected this monumentContinue reading “Bedbugs”

(El Camino part 3) I want to start off here by saying how much I admire Carlo for how he dealt with suffering the brunt of our predicament. For those of you who don’t know him, he’s big hearted, energetic, hard working and optimistic with a great sense of humor. He could have easily sunkContinue reading “The final days, bedbugs vanquished, and a vacation after our vacation”