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Street art in Woden, Canberra, Australia 

We have moved back to Canberra, Australia after two glorious years on my expatriate assignment in Trondheim, Norway. We had started to think of Trondheim as home and we were … Continue reading

December 20, 2017 · 3 Comments

Street art in Bergen and reflections on Norway 

Our experience of Norway for the past 21 months of living in Trondheim has been narrow. I’ve driven to Kristiansund and Dombås, past Dovrefjell and Snøhetta, I’ve hiked part of the Pilgrim’s path. We’ve … Continue reading

May 28, 2017 · 3 Comments

One more street art post from Valéncia, Spain 

You can see more posts from our 10 day stay in the old town of Valencia, Spain here.

April 20, 2017 · Leave a comment

Street art in northwest old town of Valencia, Spain 

We are in Valencia, Spain for the Easter school holidays ( påskeferie ) and I am a fan of public art. We bought tickets online for the Valencia v Sevilla … Continue reading

April 15, 2017 · Leave a comment

Street art in central old town, Valencia, Spain 

This morning our favourite, hole-in-the-wall coffee bar was closed! It’s a public holiday today for Easter week but we didn’t expect the coffee bar to close. We wandered into the … Continue reading

April 14, 2017 · 1 Comment

Valencia old town and more street art

We wandered around despondently looking for a nice place to eat lunch that takes care to prepare decent food instead of microwave reheating frozen meals for tourists. That is a … Continue reading

April 13, 2017 · 4 Comments

Mercado Central and more street art in Valencia, Spain 

For more posts from our trip to Valencia see: Procesión del Cristo de las Penas, Valencia old town Valencia old town and more street art Mercado Central and more street art in … Continue reading

April 12, 2017 · 1 Comment

Street Art in Valencia, Spain 

It’s Easter school holidays (påskeferie) and we took advantage of living on the top of Europe, cheap direct flights to Barcelona with Norwegian airline, cheap accommodation through booking.com and decided … Continue reading

April 10, 2017 · Leave a comment

A glimpse of Zurich 

For our winter school holidays ski trip to Switzerland we flew into Geneva and out of Zurich. This gave us the opportunity to see a little bit of a French-speaking … Continue reading

March 10, 2017 · 4 Comments

Autumn in Bavaria – en route Dessau and Leipzig 

It’s the autumn school holidays in Trondheim, Norway and we are expats so we did the predictable thing and took affordable flights to Berlin. We hired a car and drove … Continue reading

October 9, 2016 · 6 Comments