Nothing beats waking up, looking out the window and seeing a snow-capped landscape. Okay so we’ve only gotten a few cm’s of snow, but still. It looks like it’s not going away this week.

I ended up getting very excited last week, when I was informed with the news, that we had great possibilities of seeing aurora borealis that night, or northern lights as it’s also called. Much to my disappointment, not even the most remote area of my neighbourhood was remote enough. All I got was city lights and lights from construction sites. I did however read online the next day, that people further up north were able to see a green belt above the horizon.

My sister has been really good to me this week, feeding my Facebook wall with (always) much needed inspirational links. She obviously understands what’s my muse nowadays ;) The subject at hand was train travels across the world. Travelling by train is a great way to see a country since you get to cover a big area in a short amount a time, and usually areas you wouldn’t come across otherwise.

The Ghan – Adelaide to Darwin

The fact that I’m now familiar with The Ghan (Train ride from South Australia, Adelaide, to Northern Australia, Darwin) definitely makes me regret that I didn’t try it while I was there. But I was 19, I didn’t really know what I was going into, not interested in planning a whole lot – just wanting to experience something new. Can you blame me? However, if I ever get the chance of going back, I will most definitely take The Ghan across Australia.

But besides The Ghan, there’s so many other places you can experience a magnificent train ride.

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It might not come as a surprise, but I obviously have a huge crush on Norway. I mean, what’s not to like – have you seen how beautiful a country it is? .. Today while surfing I somehow ended up on a blog created by a french guy, currently living in Tromsø, Northern Norway. I’ve borrowed both of these amazing photos from there ; The North Way. I have yet to figure out what he’s doing there, besides taking wonderful photos of Tromsø and northen light – but that is quite frankly all I need to be entertained.

A visit to this blog also led me to a blog directory called “Expat blog” where I found all sorts of expatriate goodies. You’ll be surprised how many people reside in another country, and blogging about exactly that. Finding all these blogs is like opening a door into an entirely different blogging-universe than what I usually find – very fascinating! If you’re just as intrigued, go check out Expat blog.

An expatriate (in abbreviated form, expat) is a person temporarily or permanently residing in a country and culture other than that of the person’s upbringing.

One of the stores I really like, but never really buy anything from is Accessorize. They’ve somehow managed to gather everything cute and pricey in one place, and you immediately feel like you need it all. When I visited the store friday, they had a big sale with 70% off. I’d previously looked at some slipper boots but felt they were too expensive, so this was my shot, and I purchased some cute slipper boots that’ll hopefully keep my feet warm. They’ve performed very well until now, and I can strongly recommend them.

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