Wow, I’m actually learning from you here. Replying to you is different from ‘leaving a reply’. Good to know.

Teams meetings…. Yuk. Glad I don’t have those where I work now. Good luck!

I think Sweden is about as flat as Denmark (and Finland). From Sweden I mostly remember hours and hours of driving through forests. Likely that’s where IKEA get their wood, plenty of it over there.

If you don’t reply to my comment then I won’t get notification (I am stuck in a teams meeting hence wandered here again)

And about the languages – yes I think what you said is correct and that is why I chose Norwegian as it tends to be easier among all three and later I could transit to Swedish if I need to. (probably not Danish because people say it’s too flat there hehe)

Finland? Millions of lakes, billions of mosquitos. Nice people but Norway has IMHO much more interesting nature. I guess I just love mountains.

When I was in Norway I spoke with some Swedes there were on holiday there and the told me something I found really odd (I hope I remember correctly): the Norwegians and the Swedes can understand each other when talking but not the writing. The Norwegians and the Danes can’t understand each other when talking but their writing is the same. Not sure about Swedes vs Danes.

There are quite a few good Norwegian disaster movies made in the last decade or so, they must be fun for you to watch and maybe improve your Bokmål as well.

Yay I got the email notification! And now it has a tickbox under, “Notify me via e-mail if anyone answers my comment.”

I love inaturalist as I like tiny things rather than big views, also since I twist my anke all the time I tend to look at ground level anyway. I have also discovered my love for alpine plants which cancelled out how much I hate climbing (down). I guess this at least give me a different purpose when going hiking.

Piano, I am using the Alfred adult method book – almost finished the first book, I will check out your one then!
I think I did ask you about Europe trip before I went there in 2023? We didn’t have enough time hence missed out a lot of great places. My partner likes Finland more but the language is just too hard.
Yes Bokmål – easier to find resources and stuff. It’s not that difficult so this is just my way of killing time

Hi Leah,

Thank for pointing out you don’t get a notification. I have just installed a plugin that should allow for notifications, will be interesting to see if it works.

Interesting site that inaturalist! I had never heard of it. Seems there’s a lot more out there (if you look for it) then one would think when just going for a hike.

Piano, always nice. Have I recommended the Leila Fletcher method (books) to you yet? Have a look at those if you like, I think they’re great.

Norway is awesome! Check out the “Eurotrip 2013” category on this very blog if you haven’t already. I would looooove to go back there. You’d love it too! Impressive that you’re learning Norwegian already, I assume it’s Bokmål?

Hi Edwin
I don’t get email notification when you reply to me btw
Today is another boring day at work that I decided to check this blog since I commented last time, then I found your comment above.

The blog does not exist anymore as I got so carried away with other personal projects, and I hate sitting in front of computer after work.
1 is inaturalist, I post any interesting living things I see when I am out and about and it basically tracks where I have been. It works for me as my main interest of nature is biology. In case you are wondering:
https://www.inaturalist.org/people/6374882
2 is piano (very very slow but that is okay) and learning Norwegian (maybe we will move there one day, maybe not, I know it’s cold and dark)

I have also cut off from social media. I guess that is just how things work for me 🙂

Thanks Leah! Also, I just checked happy-pumpkin.life but could not find your blog. What happened to it?

Angelus hut is nice too (even more popular) you can do it from Rotoiti side