The Geeky Blogger
For this year's Easter holiday, I and my girlfriend Renate visited Flåm, Norway. Flåm is a small town located in a fjord in Hordaland county, just a few hours from our home city Bergen. Renate had her 35th birthday during Easter, so we wanted to do something to celebrate. And since it had been quite... Continue Reading →
Anubis is all dressed up for the 17th of May, which is the Norwegian Constitution Day. Every year on this date we celebrate the national holiday of Norway. We dress up in our nation's folk costumes, wave the Norwegian flag, sing our national anthem, and participate in parades. I'm Norwegian, and also the writer of... Continue Reading →
This picture was taken on my first ever 17th of May, three weeks before my first birthday. It is soon The 17th of May, also known as the Norwegian Constitution Day. This is a day for enjoyment and patriotism, much like 4th of July is for Americans. Although, Americans seem to indulge in a bit... Continue Reading →
In the Fall of 2009, around the time Halo 3: ODST was released, I started serving my one year of mandatory military service as a guard in The Royal Norwegian Air Force. (I swear this is going to be relevant.) After two months of an introductory boot camp, they assigned me to a base outside a... Continue Reading →
I was born in 1990, to an intentionally unmarried couple. When they wanted to have me baptised six months later, they ran into some opposition. The church refused to baptise me, since my parents were "living in sin". They did manage to find a different church to do the job, but that should have been... Continue Reading →
After almost a month of traveling, I was starting to get homesick. It was starting to be more tiring than fun to move location almost every day, so Venice would be the last new place I visited on my journey. When I left Venice, I found the quickest route towards Norway by train. I did... Continue Reading →
I like to check the stats for my website every now and then. Besides checking where my visitors are from, checking how they found my blog is one of the most interesting stats. Here are a few weird search terms that have been used on different search engines, and that have sent people to my... Continue Reading →
Merry Christmas, and a happy new year to you all! I would like to gift you a bunch of links to Christmas and New Year's Eve related posts I have made in the past. Enjoy 🙂 Doctor Who Christmas Special Reviews Discovering Harry Potter New Year's Eve Trick-or-Treating Ten Fun Christmas Songs Reindeer Roast Recipe... Continue Reading →
In Norway we have a tradition where each year the television channels air shows with a Christmas theme that has a new episode each day between December 1st and December 24th. December 24th is the main day of celebration in Norway, so a British or US TV calendar would end at the 25th instead. ... Continue Reading →