Rational or not, to me, the success of this entire trip hinges upon whether or not we get to see the Northern Lights tonight. It was important to me that Faith’s only “ask” was fulfilled, and that she didn’t have to make another trip to Alaska just to see the aurora borealis. After our Ice … Continue reading Tromsø – Judgement Day →

I woke up the following morning still trying to process the epic failure from the previous night. Everyone else in the group was also disappointed, but Faith surprisingly took it in stride - you can’t control nature. Thinking that we only have 2 more nights in Tromsø, and one of the nights is taken up … Continue reading Tromsø – Ice Dome Experience →

Given its northerly location, Tromsø is one of the top places in the world to see the aurora borealis. I scheduled 5 days in Tromsø thinking it would be enough time to catch a glimpse of the Northern Lights. What I hadn’t taken into account was the weather. Throughout our stay in Tromsø, it was … Continue reading Tromsø – Reindeer & No Lights →

We girls had talked about going on an international trip for years, but never made it happen until now. Now that some of the kids are older, and I’m retired with no restriction in the number of vacation days, we finally made it happen. As we were trying to decide where to go, everyone was … Continue reading Southern Norway – Oslo, Bergen, Ålesund →