NORWAY --past trip

July 1-14 of 2017, my family and I took our first trip out of the country, and I think this is what really influenced me to take a liking in traveling. My mom lived in Norway for a couple years when she was a child, and all of her aunts and uncles still live there. I love my family here in the United States, but can honestly say, I have never felt more connected with family in my entire life. I had never met a lot of the family members there, and to walk into their house and to see a picture of our family hung up made me think about my life in America and theirs here in Norway. They aren't worried about the world around them, they didn't care about phones or t.v., and their houses are nothing extravagant..none of them were. Their really was no such thing as a BIG house..because they didn't need it. They were very very nice, cozy houses with everything you need inside. They just were so content with the family they had with them, and us being there.

I cant even begin to describe the beauty that we saw there. Something kind of odd that I could never even imagine having in the United States..ONE LANE ROADS. Their houses are seriously build into hills wherever they can find space, so if they can get a road in somewhere they will! I was a little surprised about how American-ized the food was there, but the few times we did have sea food, it was FRESH caught and cooked right there. There was an Ice-cream shop at just about every street corner.. This is no joke. They take their ice-cream very seriously even when it is 50 degrees outside, you see others with their coats on eating an ice-cream cone.. needless to say I was jumping on that band wagon.

I know Norway doesn't have anything super big that draws people to travel there but I hope that, if you ever get the chance, you make your way up there, because it is breathtaking.

This was hiking up a mountain that is walking distance from my Aunts house..she said they try to walk it as much as they can..HOW LUCKY ARE THEY!? My daily walk in America is around my neighborhood with my dog trying to chase every car that drives by.

I know it is hard to see.. but if you look down you an see all the little houses that are along the water.